The Betrayal Game by David L. Robbins

Robbins enjoys blending history and fiction in writing his novels. The Assassins Gallery took us back to the 1940's during W. W. II and the fourth term of F.D.R. The Betrayal Game takes us back to 1961 and the Kennedy-Castro drama. Once again blending history and fiction, Robbins re-introduces Prof. Mikhal Lammeck. Lammeck was a key character in earlier Robbins novels.

In the Spring of 1961, Lemmeck arrives in Havana to research a new book on assassinations. Lemmeck finds himself involved in CIA, KGB, Mafia, and Cuban Undergrand plans for assassinations.

The Betrayal Gang is wonderfully written. The reader "visits" Havana and all of Cuba in the early days of revolution. Lemmeck describes the beauty of the Cuban food and climate. The story takes us into the continuing efforts for assassination and invasion.

An author's note explains the situation in the months leading to the Bay of Pigs. Robbins says the majority of the novel is thinly "fictionalized facts." He has added two sections of annotations - the first to be read along with the novel. The second is to be read after the completion.

I highly recommend this and all of Robbins's work.

Ernie Aiello