The Polish security service assigned
a remarkable number of agents» 480» to sabotage the pope's historic nine - day visit to Poland in June 1979, for example, although without success.
A
number of fairly
remarkable incidents occur during Daniel's time in Little Boston, including an explosion with personal consequences, the appearance
of an unknown half - brother (Kevin J. O'Connor), tense negotiations with
agents from Standard Oil, and Daniel's baptism in Eli's church.