New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. dj. Hardcover first edition - Fritz Tolm, publisher of a once liberal newspaper but now part of a gigantic consortium, has already seen his life and that of his wife become a slow suffocation - caught between the threatening violence of terrorists and the oppressive police apparatus and surveillance - the "safety net" - designed to protect them. Translated from the German by Leila Vennewitz. 313 pp. Dust jacket design by Paul Bacon. ISBN: 0-394514041.