The Rat Race

An experienced Navy officer awakens on a Manhattan street, only to discover that his mind now inhabits the body of a reckless Wall Street broker. Fresh from a secret atomic mission that obliterated a carrier, he struggles to explain his impossible knowledge while trying to keep up with the broker’s chaotic personal life—an overbearing wife, a striking mistress, and a demanding secretary.

With every step he takes, the former commander is drawn deeper into a web of wartime espionage and political maneuvering in Washington, where his insider information about the new bomb could change the course of the conflict. The novel mixes noir‑ish humor with a biting look at postwar America, as he juggles loyalty, desire, and the absurdity of living two very different lives.