The Perfect Invader

Sergeant Bannon, a twenty-year-old American infantryman, finds himself in an unexpected position of power in the sleepy border town of Grafenburg, Austria, at the close of World War II. The societal frameworks of religion and state have evaporated in the immediate post-war chaos, leaving only the young Sergeant’s rigid and naive moral aesthetic as the absolute authority. Who would bat an eye at his careless usurpation of the centuries-old township laws and mores, cavalier raiding of local farms for war trophies, or arbitrary imprisonment of suspected former Nazi sympathizers? Who would stand up to him if he betrayed curious admirers won over to him by his speeches about American democracy? What if he even betrayed the woman who loved him? When a warped sense of righteousness spreads through a man like the Reich upon Europe, it will take The Perfect Invader to save him. But will the invasion come in time?

About the Author:
Robert Burns was a 25-year old veteran of the European theater when he wrote and published The Perfect Invader in 1950. He went on to a career as a Foreign Service Officer in the U. S. State Department, taking great pride in his role in the U.S. victory over the Soviets in the Cold War. He currently lives in Orlando, Florida.