The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathon Hoag

Jonathan Hoag discovers a mysterious substance under his fingernails and can't remember what he does for a living or how he spends his days. He enlists private detectives Edward and Cynthia Randall to follow him and uncover his identity, entangling them in a web of intrigue and nightmarish encounters… causing all to question their own and each others' sanity. From the bestselling author of STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND, GLORY ROAD and STARSHIP TROOPERS.


"Not only America's premier writer of speculative fiction, but the greatest writer of such fiction in the world." 

- Stephen King


"There is no other writer whose work has exhilarated me as often and to such an extent as Heinlein."

- Dean Koontz


"One of the most influential writers in American Literature." 

- The New York Times Book Review


"Heinlein wears imagination as though it were his private suit of clothes." 

- The New York Times


"Heinlein… has the ability to see technologies just around the bend. That, combined with his outstanding skill as a writer and engineer-inventor, produces books that are often years ahead of their time."

- The Philadelphia Inquirer


"One of the grand masters of science fiction."

- The Wall Street Journal


Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988), often called the Science Fiction Grand Master, was the author of such ground-breaking novels as STARSHIP TROOPERS, RED PLANET, STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND and THE MOON IS A HARSH MISTRESS. He is generally considered the greatest and most influential science fiction writer of the twentieth century. In addition to being a bestselling author, Heinlein's novels won 4 Hugo awards, 3 "retro Hugo" awards, and the first "Grand Master Award" from the Science Fiction Writers of America. www.virginiaedition.com, http://heinleinarchives.net