The George Kelley Collection
Adventure Stories


ASSIGNMENT: BUDAPEST
Edward S. Aarons
Greenwich, Conn.: Fawcett, 1957.
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Fearless Sam Durell, code name "Cajun", is a seasoned veteran of the CIA's secret "K" section. Cool and calculating, Durell is frequently called on to fight his country's war of espionage in the far-flung corners of the globe. When his superiors present him with a difficult assignment, not even the heartfelt pleas of his devoted girlfriend can interfere with Sam's objective: "I do what has to be done. It's my job." His current mission: track down the infamous Bela Korvuth, former general in the Hungarian secret police and master of political assassination. Korvuth has secretly slipped into the United States disguised as a refugee, and is considered a major threat to national security. Korvuth is under orders from the Communist regime to eliminate Durell, and kill or kidnap an important Hungarian physicist who escaped to the United States shortly after the Russian invasion of Hungary. The trail to locate the physicist and elude Korvuth ultimately leads Durell to the bombed-out streets of Budapest, where he confronts his dangerous rival in a grim showdown set against a backdrop of traitors, terrorists and freedom fighters.