HARDBALL IN PARIS is the first of the John Davis trilogy. The novel is set in the summer of 1961 in Paris. 15 year old John Davis is at a crossroad in his life. Together with his best friend Rod Bishop and various members of his Babe Ruth baseball team like Randy Covert, John is able to intercept and interupt the dasterdly plans of a vile and ruthless ex-NAZI soldier, Helmut Dreitzer.