With General McFee convinced that Durell had pushed his luck one too many times, he nevertheless volunteers for the assignment that would take him to Ethiopia to investigate a mysterious atomic blast in the back country of that African nation.
This was a real person, William B. Aarons, 1914-2002, the brother of Edward S. Aarons. But according to WBA’s son, and confirmed by their agent, WBA did not write any of the six books; they were all penned by Lawrence Hall. (Source: Al Hubin and Jeff Falco)