No Latitude for Fools

Is the threat of an impending attack reflected in the brain waves of a pilot? How does the instantaneous analysis of these waves control evasive maneuvers of the plane? Dr. Julian Jahmes finds the answer for the Canadian Department of Defense. Violating the Secret Services Act, he applies this discovery to help his patients to overcome their paralysis. The Security Intelligence Service seizes his equipment and records. When the prototype of a computerized prosthesis is stolen and...
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Is the threat of an impending attack reflected in the brain waves of a pilot? How does the instantaneous analysis of these waves control evasive maneuvers of the plane? Dr. Julian Jahmes finds the answer for the Canadian Department of Defense. Violating the Secret Services Act, he applies this discovery to help his patients to overcome their paralysis. The Security Intelligence Service seizes his equipment and records. When the prototype of a computerized prosthesis is stolen and his biomedical colleague mysteriously killed by a foreign power, Julian escapes with secret copies of his research and sails his yacht to Europe.

     Not heeding the warning of a psychic friend in Amsterdam, Julian takes an attractive Czechoslovakian refugee, Ann Karesova, on as crew. They weather a storm in the Bay of Biscay and sail to Spain for repairs. Partying in Marbella, Julian indiscreetly describes his research to a US naval intelligence officer on holiday with his wife. Ominous signs suggest that he is being watched. After he discovers that the boat has been searched, they attempt to leave, but suddenly a fat man on the dock points a gun at Julian and demands the records of his research. They narrowly escape and sail through the Straits of Gibraltar. Off the coast of Africa a large motor yacht stops them. In the ensuing gunfight, Julian sinks the vessel through an explosion in their engine room.

      When they reach Las Palmas in the Canary Islands, Julian overhears Ann making radio contact with a Russian ship. While at anchor, Julian is persuaded to show Ann his research on mind to mind communication. Assuming a telepathic connection, he tries to find out whom Ann had called. Ann pretends to be under Julians mental control and learns about his innovative research. Despite the subtle deception on both sides, they admit to being in love.

     Their next stop is Antigua, an idyllic Caribbean island. Enjoying the dinner at a quiet anchorage, two men board them. Holding Ann as a hostage, they force Julian to spy on an old friend, Ernie Keppler, who has chartered his trawler to the CIA for research on underwater rocket installations. They trap the men by devious means, force confessions and then dispose of them.

      Julian sails to the island of Virgin Gorda. When he returns from clearing customs, Ann points a gun at him and reveals herself as a secret agent of the Russian intelligence service, the GRU. Her orders are to take him to Russia. In the ensuing argument she shoots Julian with a tranquilizer and flies him to Russia via Cuba. As the director of the Psychophysiological Research Institute in Rostov, Ann directs Julian to train soldiers of a special task force in mind control. By conditioning a special section of their brain, they become aggressive robots with superhuman strength and totally devoid of fear. In spite of their antagonistic roles, they become lovers again.

      Julian is persuaded to repeat the research he did in Canada. He trains prisoners in mind to mind communication. Listening to their thoughts, he becomes aware of a conspiracy to escape. He joins the Russian prisoners and escapes with Ann as an unwilling hostage. They bide their time in a submerged hull till they can be smuggled out of Russia by devious means. Their guide, a Russian prisoner who organized the escape, leads them to an old Greek monastery. The monks communicate with thoughts and not with words. Here they learn how ancient mystical knowledge foreshadowed Julians research on mind to mind communication.

     During this time, Ernie and a friend discover Julians boat in Virgin Gorda. They trick the caretakers and hijack the boat with plans to sail her to Florida. Off the coast of the Bahamas, they are rammed by a Russian sub. Ernie survives and is taken to Russia. He is tortured with drugs and sensory deprivation to reveal the whereabouts o