End-Stage: Book Three of the Presidential Trilogy - Tapa blanda

A PARTICULARLY MALIGNANT RUSSIAN DEFECTOR TO THE WEST IS GUNEND DOWN IN FRANKFURT BEFORE HE CAN DIVULGE VITAL INFORMATION. HIS BODY, THOUGH IRRPARABLY DAMAGED, IS KEPT ALIVE BY HIGH MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY AND WITH FRESH SUPPLIES OF OZYGENATED BLOOD, BRAIN DEATH IS NOT COMPLETE. THE TASK FOR THE PROTAGONIST, A HANDSOME WOMAN PARAPSYCHOLOGIST, IS TO EXTRACT INFORMATION FROM THE DYING BRAIN BEFORE NECROSIS OF THE BODY IS COMPLETE. AMID THE MAZE OF CYBERNETICS AND COMPUTERS INTERFACING WITH THE PATIENT'S FLESH SOMETHING FROM THE DEFECTOR'S BRAIN - A GHOST IN THE MACHINE AS IT WERE - GETS INTO THE SOFTWARE BEFORE RE-ENTERING A HUMAN BODY - THE PRESIDENT OF THE U.S.