S M Barton

If I Should Spy Before I Wake S M Barton

Inspired by now-declassified CIA research programs during the Cold War...

Why are the members of the Inner Sanctum of Atlantis so determined to recruit psychology student Maddy Walker for a Department of Defense research program in 1978?

Introduced to the group by her psychology professor, Dr. Ben Pynchon, Maddy quickly recognizes the mind control techniques used on dissenters. Anyone who dares to challenge their teachings is subjected to emotional coercion and cast out of the social circle, but to what purpose?

With its arsenal of psychological games, propaganda, and covert ops, the Inner Sanctum of Atlantis attempts to hoodwink the government into exposing defense secrets, with some help from a cooperative United States senator and his staff. No one is safe from the long reach of the well-funded, well-connected, well-hidden Soviet spy network.