A science-fiction detective mystery, Hardcover Edition (softcover also available). Four world-renowned scientists, once working together, separated now, doing their own research and experimentation because of a disagreement: the ultimate utility of their startling creation. Germany is turned upside down by a freelance photographer who stumbles onto a sinister plot that could change the world. Can he stop it? Trains, car chases, and a beautiful and mysterious women will change his life forever. Reviewers have said it's a "campy cross between a Raymond Chandler detective mystery and the sci-fi of Karle Capek's R.U.R." and "a dark tale which gleefully employs beautiful women, dungeons, mad scientists, and a terribly mixed up detective." Erika is "a detective story that marches to its own drummer...marching through many deft descriptions of contemporary Europe and ending in a surprising and dark climax." "You won't be able to put this book down."