Active Measures

by Alexander Court

An American doctor is sent by the American government to take out a fellow physician who is using his interest in eugenics and euthanasia to pursue a terrorist agenda of genetic cleansing to rid the world of ethnic diversity and create a pure race in his own image. Original.

320 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published February 1, 2001

Reviews

[JW · Rating 2 out of 5]

Alexander Court is the pen name of Steve Pieczenik, a psychiatrist who served as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the late 1970s. His medical and State Department background provides the most interesting parts of the novel. This twisting tale of intrigue isn’t much of a thriller; the lengthy expository dialog occurring doing action sequences is beyond belief (damn those bullets – this is important). I wonder what he really has against the Swedes.