The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

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IN UTANGAVILLE, AFRICA,
it took two days...
IN SPAYERWOOD, SCOTLAND,
it happened overnight...
IN A SMALL GERMAN TOWN,
it worked immediately...

In each town, people suddenly turned into mindless, babbling creatures who thrashed about wildly, uttering weird, half-human cries — and died. Doctors and scientists were baffled as to the cause. A sudden plague, some mysterious virus? But to the members of the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement, there could only be one answer: THRUSH had a deadly new weapon for world conquest.

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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! And he might be anywhere in the United States.

But whoever or wherever he was, U.N.C.L.E. had to find him — because he controlled a secret that had the world at his mercy!

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The photos had already cost one life...

...and as the men from U.N.C.L.E. saw them projected on a screen in Alexander Waverly's office, they realized they were seeing a new weapon, which could mean the deaths of billions more. For these secret photos showed a new THRUSH weapon in action — huge, silent aircraft so incredibly swift and maneuverable that no nation's defense system could intercept them!

THRUSH was already at work building a fleet of them — and U.N.C.L.E. knew the work had to be stopped!

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"Tell us all about Dagger!"

This was the command thrown at Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin by the unseen THRUSH agents who kidnapped them 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!

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Was it a madman's hoax, or...?

Napoleon Solo was wondering as 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 and Napoleon sprinted to her side, the thought that leaped into his head was:

No one commits murder for a hoax!

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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 there were no pursuing tracks, no clues at all as to what doom had overtaken him.

There were only two small holes in the neck, and a complete absence of blood.

Napoleon Solo and Illya 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...

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"SOLO CALLING STATION K...
...SOLO CALLING STATION K...."

The figure hidden in the folds of an Arab burnoose crouched in darkness, holding a miniature 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...."

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A Gigantic Space Station Orbiting The Earth
...And No One Knew Who Put It There!

Unites 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 enormous 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!

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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 they now faced a fantastic plot that could destroy the world... and the countdown to disaster had already started!

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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 ahead. Was Dundee a minion of THRUSH? Or was he working on his own, with THRUSH closing in on him?

EITHER WAY, WHAT DEADLY SECRET WAS THE MAN HIDING?

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DISAPPEARANCE WITHOUT SOUND OR TRACE!

A moment before, the house had been solid, completely normal in appearance. 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 across 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!

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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 advisor 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 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?

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WHO WAS JOHNNIE RAINBOW?

"Johnnie Rainbow?" said Illya. "An unlikely name."
"An unlikely individual," said Waverly. "Probably one of the finest criminal minds of the last fifty years. Evidence indicates that he was the mastermind behind England's Great Train Robbery a few years ago — plus a number of more recent crimes of similar magnitude, with international implications." Waverly paused. "I'm afraid our sources in England indicate that Rainbow's continual successes have attracted the attention of another group, one in which we are vitally interested."
"THRUSH?" said Napoleon.
"Yes — and they must be stopped from making any alliance with Rainbow. That will be your assignment, gentlemen, and you must carry it out at all costs!"

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PRELUDE TO WORLD CONQUEST

As Napoleon and Illya watched the filmed interrogation of a THRUSH agent, Waverly explained, "This man has revealed that he was distributing information to THRUSH investors on gold stocks in Africa. When he said to buy or sell, they did — and at the price he specified."

"But that isn't illegal," Solo protested.

"Not in itself," said Waverly. But THRUSH's plan is an international conspiracy, originating in England, to manipulate stocks in this country by using the five-hour time difference between London and New York. They seem very close to cornering the market on the gold reserves of one of the new African nations. Can you imagine what THRUSH could do with that kind of power in the explosive situation in Africa?"

As the two U.N.C.L.E. agents nodded grimly, Waverly said, "Then you know why the safety of the world may depend on stopping THRUSH's scheme!"

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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 there 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...

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Who Had Kidnapped Napoleon?

It was almost unbelievable: Napoleon Solo, U.N.C.L.E.'s top enforcement officer, had 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 discovered why he had been captured — and knew the security of the world depended on his escape...

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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 or its circumstances.

But could he somehow have escaped from the explosion and defected to 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.

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U.N.C.L.E. would probably never have been drawn into the bizarre affair of the criminals' escape network if Mr. 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 realised they were pitting their wits against the ruthless cunning and greed of a single man whose enterprise knew no limits.

But then a more sinister organisation showed interest in a take-over bid...

There were girls involved also — two of them, both beautiful in their way. The only thing was: which of these birds was the THRUSH?

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Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin, U.N.C.L.E.'s trouble-shooters, find themselves in Wales in a desperate bid to foil THRUSH's unscrupulous plans for world take-over.

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MYSTERY
IN THE
SKIES

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 came 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...