The Death Freak is the result of a shu-

perb collaboration-a suspense novel~"

by Clifford Irving (yes, the Clifford

Irving) and Herbert Burkholz, the criti-

cally acclaimed novelist. Their plot is

simple: Take two top spies-one Amer-

ican, Eddie Mancuso of the CIA; one

Russian, Vasily Borgneff of the KGB-

the leading experts in their respective

countries on UKDs (Unusual Killing De-

vices). Both are members of elite killer

squads, and after twenty years in the

business, both men have decided that

the time has come to retire. But in the

CIA/KGB, it isn t that simple-both

know too much, and if their superiors

knew what each was thinking But of

course, they do know, for both agencies

have CYBER-model computers pro-

grammed to predict what their men

will do.