The Reward

James Vlam boating in the Med. witnesses the loss of a thermonuclear bomb from a crippled B-52 only a year after a similar historic incident off the coast of Spain in 1966. Fast forward to the mid-nineties . Vlam's attempt to sell his secret of the obsolete bomb with the help of his girlfriend, Fay Abrahams, a stunning woman working as a doctor in health clinic in Montreux, Switserland, opens Pandora's box that threatens the re-election of Bud Morgan, US president. When Doris and her husband Simon Empleberger, who own the clinic, learn of Vlam secret they hatch a diabolic plan to destroy their nemesis, Bud Morgan.Doris, who worked at the White House when Morgan was National Security Adviser realizes that finding the bomb would unlock a dark secret deeply hidden in Morgan's past. James Vlam, the main character, gets entangled in this web of political intrique.Chased by the CIA and MOssad, and near financial ruin Vlam sees his 'reward'recede into Never Never Land.Only one person can save him: Fay, his newly found love who falls in love with another man. Will she bring him wealth and happiness or is she part of the problem? That's the central question. A wide-ranging saga with a tightknit, fast-moving plot on an international scale. Fact-based and sophisticated, with its balanced blend of adventure, romance and high finance, this quasi-historical narrative should appeal to a wide audience. About the author ( bold type) James Defares, jack-of-all-trades and workaholic-physician, biologist, mathematician and entrepeneur-has held a number of academic posts, including the chair of mathematical biology at Leyden University, visiting professor at Stanford and visiting lecturer at Harvard.He is the founder of Parmalux, now a large bio-pharmaceutical company in Holland.Defares has written a dozen non-fiction books.His first thriller, Superyacht, appeared in 2004.He has developed a number of new techniques, one of which has found application in the testing of NASA astronauts in Albuquerque.As a songwriter he has produced several CD's which have played on Dutch radio and TV. He currently has a private medical practice in Leyden and spends part of his time in his second home in Montreux, the City of Evil