This is a non-sequential sequel to, the previous The Commodore, an historical novel whose description is as follows: The original takes place just before and during WWII, starting with a young couple sailing on the Hudson, just below the high cliffs leading up to West Point. The couple are two American analysts, in their early twenties. They fell in love while sailing on the river, and sharing time together, discussing history, at The Commodore soda fountain in Newburgh, NY., just before the start of the war; a time when they became inseparable. Sam Harbour is a statistician and Madison Bell is considered a foremost authority on military history. Naval Intelligence grabs up Sam and the COI, or the OSS, takes Madison. They are separated through subterfuge on a grand scale, and then wind up in England, separately, just before U.S.

entry into the war. They eventually work together and develop a formula called "Crystal Ball," which, along with the help of ULTRA, predicts German movements well into the future. Along the way, they fly on the Dixie Clipper back to the States for a special meeting with FDR at Hyde Park, after having met with Eisenhower in his secret underground headquarters in London. While they fight the internal inter-ally politics of the times, along with fighting the battles of personal intrigues, they try to keep the Allies from making a strategical error that will only extend to the war. The drama that occupies Sam's and Madison's lives during the war, extends into the turn of the century and to another young couple in their twenties; the man is American and the young woman is German and they eventually find themselves sailing on the Hudson and going to the Commodore soda fountain. The historical events in the original novel and in this novel, that the couple is involved in, did occur, which makes one wonder if, indeed, Sam and Madison were a part of it all. This sequel: CODE NAME: COMMODORE, will leave less to wonder as it steps back in time to reveal even more than the first book.