Stallion Gate-Open Mkt Author:Martin Cruz Smith In a New Mexico blizzard, four men cross a barbed-wire fence at Stallion Gate to select a test site for the first atomic weapon. They are Oppenheimer, the physicist; Groves, the general; Fuchs, the spy. The fourth man is Sergeant Joe Pena, an Indian, and a man of great complexity--warrior, musician, hero and informer. Los Alamos lies on a mesa s... more »urrounded by a vast Indian reservation. It is the most secret installation of the war, the future encompassed by the past. It is also a magnet to soldiers, roughnecks and scientists, including Anna Weiss, a beautiful and talented refugee with whom Joe falls deeply in love. "A magnificent successor to GORKY PARK...a powerful and erotic idyll, blending love and betrayal, humor and heartache, jazz and war. It is also about the most important ten seconds in history." (Publisher's Source)« less