Sold!, Book 1 of the Baumann Chronicles, is based on true events. In 1979, Werner Baumann is a promising young researcher at the University of Berlin when he and his friend Peter, an East German dissident, are taken hostage by the Stasi and held in seclusion somewhere in Berlin. Fortunately, working behind the scenes, the CIA station chief arranges a swap of people, ultimately freeing Werner to go live with his aunt and attend medical...