Near fine in a fair only dust jacket with rubbing and edgewear. Hardcover first edition - New McCall, , (1971). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in a fair only dust jacket with rubbing and edgewear. . First US printing. A political thriller, set in Berlin in the 1970s, in what was then the near future. A "safe" compromise candidate is the premier of East Germany, but he proceeds on a program of liberalization, which includes tearing down the Berlin Wall - but the repercussions are he is kidnapped by the Russians, Soviet tanks roll in - 222 pp.