
Someone is after belly dancer Mata Hurens, who has a message for Mr. Waverly. She boards a train for London as does April who is trying to see to her safe arrival. However, a bomb has been planted on the tracks. The train derails and many are killed, including Mata Hurens. April survives and is determined to find the murderer. By impersonating the dead bellydancer, April hopes the killer, thinking he's failed will make another attempt. Then, April and Mark can capture him.
On an island near Greece, UNCLE Agent, Mark Slate watches as a Thrush agent tests a new drug by spraying it on some partying villagers. The drug slows them to half speed. If the drug is unleashed on the world, ecomonic chaos would ensue. The only known antidote is on its way to the Island via commercial flight ... on the fleas of a dachsund accompanied by UNCLE Agent, April Dancer.
Zalamar is a tiny but very important Arabian State. Mark is there to protect it's ruler, Ali Hassen, after rumors of trouble. Unfortunately, Mark is unsuccessful. Ali Hassen succumbs to poisoned popcorn and his daughter, Fatima, who is next in line to rule, is kidnapped. April, a dead ringer for Fatima, is sent to Zalamar to impersonate Fatima until she can be found and released from her captors.