The lovely Sonia Delmar takes a bite of chocolate - and thereby involves Simon Templar in the most thrilling adventure of his young career. Seems the young lady is an American munitions heiress...and the chocolate is drugged. The game is kidnapping, blackmail and international turmoil in the very vulnerable Europe of 1930. And though the Saint's allies are the stalwart Roger Conway and the powerful Sir Isaac Lessing, his adversaries are equally formidable: Rayt Marius, who would sacrifice the lives of millions for his own profit; Prince Rudolph who fancies himself the new Napoleon; and Vassilov, agent of the Kremlin...