Veteran British agent Quiller returns, this time to foil an international conspiracy to take over the world through subliminal thought control. Quiller is sent to Miami to investigate the strange behavior of his old colleague George Proctor. Has Proctor been turned by the Soviets? Is he on drugs? Yes and yes--and there's much worse, as Quiller learns. Subliminal messages added to TV commercials are turning Americans into zombies ready to support those who want to ""buy America and sell it to the Soviets"" as part of a benevolent totalitarian world-order, a new Thousand-Year Reich. Throughout, Quiller is pure Quiller--maybe a little purer than usual--and his long-term fans will welcome his return. Newcomers may be put off by a style that's both manic and weary, like a caffeine high.