The Fire Agent

David Baerwald’s The Fire Agent is an epic love story and sweeping saga of global espionage, world wars, and the emergence of fascism.

An epic love story and sweeping saga of global espionage, world wars, and the emergence of fascism in Japan, Germany and the United States from David Baerwald.

Inspired by the lives of the author’s own grandfather and father, The Fire Agent centers on a Japan-based, German Jewish director of the IG Farben chemical company who becomes an American spy and his son, a U.S. Army intelligence officer in Tokyo during the post-World War II American occupation.

World English rights for The Fire Agent were acquired by Aaron Robertson and Cindy Spiegel at Spiegel & Grau on a pre-empt from Stephanie Steiker at Regal Hoffman & Associates in a significant deal.

Publication date to be announced.

Will be available at all major book retailers and your local independent bookstore.

Preorder links will appear here when available.

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