Agent of Influence

NEWS/WORLDWEEK is up for grabs. The Communications conglomerate that owns many of America's largest newspapers, magazines and television stations is the target of a hostile takeover bid by French media magnate Marcel Bresson. But something sinister and deadly lurks beneath the surface of this awesome corporate maneuver. A secret, silent partner who will stop at noting to see that the multi-billion dollar transaction goes through. A ruthless foreign entity determined to topple the government of the greatest nation on Earth by controlling the most insidiously powerful weapon ever devised -- the U. S. media.

Now, brilliant young Wall Street investment wizard Jayson Lyman is on the inside track of the biggest deal of the century -- one that could cost him his life...and the future of his country.