His name was Tixe Ylno. The U.N.C.L.E files could tell nothing about him except for that code name. He could be anyone—a cab driver, a corporation executive, a scientist, a storekeeper...ANYONE! He might be anywhere in the United States. But whoever or whatever he was, U.N.C.L.E. had to find him because he controlled a secret that had the world at his mercy!

"Tell us all about Dagger!" That was the command thrown at Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin by the unseen THRUSH agents who kidnapped and interrogated them with lie detectors. And from each U.N.C.L.E. agent came the same answer: "We know absolutely nothing of DAGGER." "You appear to be telling the truth," said the hidden voice. "A pity..." But it was more than merely unfortunate that the U.N.C.L.E. organization had never heard of DAGGER. For the secret behind that name was an insane plot for mass murder - the murder of the human race.

"Was it a madman's hoax or...?", Napoleon Solo was wondering s he watched the members of a distinguished scientific convention cluster angrily around Sarah O'Rourke, beautiful niece of the eccentric Irish biochemist "King Mike" O'Rourke. The paper which Sarah had brought to the convention was gibberish, utter nonsense - or so it seemed at first. Then suddenly Napoleon heard the deadly cough of a silenced pistol, and the scientist standing next to Sarah jerked and slumped to the floor, dead. As Sarah screamed an Napoleon sprinted to her side, the thought that leaped into his head was: No on commits murder for a hoax!

The body had been drained of blood... In a remote area of the Transylvanian Alps, an U.N.C.L.E. agent had been killed in mysterious circumstances. The man's footprints in the snow led up to the base of the tree where he had been killed, but here were no pursuing tracks, no clues at all as to what doom had overtaken him. There were only the two small holes in the neck, and a complete absence of blood. Napoleon Solo and Ilya Kuryakin didn't believe in vampires - but as they investigated their fellow-agent's death they were forced again and again to wonder if perhaps the old terrors of the region had more reality than the world would like to think...

A cache of stolen Uranium leads Napoleon and Illya on a safari into danger, in this fast-paced suspense thriller. The figure hidden in the folds of an Arab burnoose crouched in darkness, holding a miniaturized transceiver close to his face. When he heard three faint pips, he continued his message: "Attention Waverly. Have located THRUSH post office. Hope to identify package tomorrow before distribution of mail. Advise Kuryakin - repeat, Kuryakin. Message ends." Quickly he hid the tiny instrument in his bedding, and lay back as though asleep. And in a tent nearby in the encampment, another man stood up from a suitcase full of electronic equipment and said softly, "somebody in this caravan is using a radio transmitter..."

A gigantic space station orbiting the Earth...and no one knew who had put it there! United States officials knew the monstrous space satellite was not theirs. The Russians could not claim it either...nor England, nor France. IT was an enigma, an awesome weapon of war hanging over the entire world...waiting... Waiting for what? Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin had to uncover the mystery behind the Monster Wheel before it was too late - and with each clue they uncovered, the threat became more horrifying!

The trail began in Rio de Janeiro... Two beautiful girls had been killed in a mysterious car wreck near Rio, and a large number of people seemed determined to discourage any investigation of the accident. Since the girls were U.S. citizens, the FBI became interested...and they quickly alerted U.N.C.L.E. When Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin finally uncovered the secret hidden in the wilds of Brazil, it was only the beginning of their mission. For now they faced a fantastic plot that could destroy the world...and the countdown to disaster had already started!

A routine assignment that led to world disaster! Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin were bored with the seemingly useless tip they were checking out: they had to find a man named Dundee, but they didn't know who he was or how he could be important. But obviously he must be...for suddenly THRUSH declared war on all U.N.C.L.E. agents, trying to keep them away from the mysterious Dundee. Even as they fought to stay alive, Solo and Illya's minds were leaping head: Was Dundee aminion of THRUSH? Or was he working on his own, with THRUSH closing in on him? Either way, what deadly secret was the man hiding?

An invisible dirigible? A moment before, the house had been solid, completely normal in appearence. Then, suddenly, it wasn't there. Instead, there was a huge circular pit in the ground, almost as if a bomb had destroyed everything. But there had been no explosion, no sound...nothing. The U.N.C.L.E. agent who stumbled upon this discovery could hardly believe the evidence of his own eyes - but he knew he had to report it to Mr. Waverly. And when he did, Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin were plunged into the strangest adventure of their careers, fighting a deadly THRUSH weapon they couldn't even see!

Deadly hatred threatened Illya and Napoleon from all sides... It seemed incredible that an intelligent man like Dr. Richard Armden could turn violently against U.N.C.L.E for no apparent reason. Dr. Armden was a valued scientific adviser for U.N.C.L.E., but now he refused to have anything to do with the organization. "Thieving, communistic, war-mongering murderers!" he called Illya and Napoleon. Baffled, the two agents tried to question Dr. Armden's colleagues in this small university town...and met with the same implacable hatred and threats from all of them. It couldn't be coincidence - THRUSH must have discovered a new method of winning over the minds of scientists to their cause. But how did they do it? And how could U.N.C.L.E. fight it?

Who was Johnnie Rainbow? THRUSH's alliance with an international criminal mastermind must be prevented - but can Illya and Napoleon find Johnnie Rainbow in time?

A clown in a play, a sinister man named Porpoise, and a deadly maze lead Solo and Illya to a devious THRUSH plot for world power with African gold.

Meanwhile, back at Utopia... While Napoleon Solo was deskbound at U.N.C.L.E. HQ in New York, desperately fighting off multiple THRUSH offensives, Alexander Waverly nervously waited for the end of his forced vacation in the ultra-secret resort called Utopia. But even here Waverly was not safe, for THRUSH had discovered his whereabouts and had infiltrated two of the most deadly assassins in the world. Their assignment: kill Alexander Waverly! Only the cunning and determination of Illya Kuryakin, guarding Waverly without even the U.N.C.L.E. chief's knowledge, could save U.N.C.L.E from a double disaster.

Who had kidnapped Napoleon? It was almost unbelievable: Napoleon Solo, U.N.C.L.E.'s top enforcement officer, ha been captured on the doorstep of U.N.C.L.E. Headquarters, and carried away helpless before his fellow agents could act. There were no clues to tell who had been behind the kidnapping; there was no trail to follow to rescue him. Yet Illya Kuryakin and the rest of U.N.C.L.E. had to try. Meanwhile, Napoleon awoke in a strange fortress and dicovered why he had been captured - and knew the security of the world depended on his escape...

"Deceased - line of Duty", U.N.C.L.E.'s dossier on Joseph King said their former Lab Chief had been killed during a field test of his Particle Accelerator Rifle, a very deadly new weapon that backfired on him. There was no doubt about his death of its circumstances. But could he somehow have escaped from the explosion and defected THRUSH, taking the secrets of that weapon with him? Could he now be fighting treacherously for a position of power in THRUSH, using the P.A.R. against his rivals? The head of THRUSH's San Francisco satrap claimed that was true, and he had voluntarily walked into U.N.C.L.E. Headquarters to ask for help against King. Obviously U.N.C.L.E. had to act - but Napoleon and Illya knew they would be facing sudden death from all sides.

Shadow over Europe. U.N.C.L.E. would probably never have been drawn into the bizarre affair of the criminals' escape network if Alexander Waverly hadn't felt hungry in Holland. Even afterwards, Napoleon Solo had to chase half across Europe and Illya Kuryakin was forced to pose as a murderer before they realized they were pitting their wits against the ruthless cunning and greed of a single man whose determination knew no limits. But then a more sinister organization showed interest in a takeover bid...

It started as a friendly vacation - but it became a sinister and deadly assignment. More dangerous than atomic weapons. A cool blond with gorgeous curves, a yachtload of power-hungry thieves scrambling for the 27 parts of an invention that would give world mastery to whoever assembles them into a cube - these are among the desperate odds faced by Solo and Illya.

Czech scientist Karel Novak invents a machine capable of controlling men's minds for peaceful ends. But T.H.R.U.S.H. has a different use for it... The first step in their plan is to seize control of U.N.C.L.E. headquarters. In turn, agents Napoloeon Solo and Illya Kuryakin penetrate to the heart of THRUSH's European network in an attempt to defeat the fiendish scheme. But who will act fastest? The U.N.C.L.E. agents? T.H.R.U.S.H.? Or-perhaps the machine itself?

"Five major air crashes in two months—the cause of all of them a complete mystery. In each case the plane's instruments were working perfectly, the crew was in command and ground control in contact. Then the plane would suddenly nosedive into the runway as it cam in to land, killing most of the passengers. Those who weren't killed outright died mysterious deaths shortly after. Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin hurried to Nice to follow a trail that led unavoidably to THRUSH—and to a monstrous master-plan that was moving steadily toward the point of no return..."—Back cover.