The Defection of A.J. Lewinter

A new edition of the spy classic by Robert Littell, New York Times bestselling master of the espionage thriller. The black comedy follows a pawn in the American military complex whose decision to change sides might determine the outcome of the Cold War. An engineer who’s spent most of his career studying ceramic nose cones for ballistic missiles, American scientist A.J. Lewinter is used to being a cog in the military-industrial complex—until, while at a conference in Tokyo, he rushes into the Ru