Mogul's drilling operation in Alaska is disrupted by one Eskimo with a high-powered rifle. But is it just one man? Life on the North Slope is tough. But during the ballyhoo of an oil-men's convention in Fairbanks, Stead and Thornton discover that there are human problems in Alaska too.

What is it like to be captured by dangerous mercenaries in an African civil war? Willy Izard finds out the hard way when he replaces Thornton on a trip to Ebon.
Mogul's frantic efforts to free him centre on Jane Webb, Stead's former secretary (Philippa Gail), and her husband - a mercenary officer played by John Barcroft, best known for his performance as George Forsyte in "The Forsyte Saga".