Barron plots to use a stolen Soviet missile to destroy an international peace conference in a week on an island in the Persian Gulf. When the US consul in Homeland is murdered by Dejkhaiman Baron, Alec Franklin, a US intelligence agent, is ordered to travel to Homeland to act as consul as well as investigate the murder. As soon as he arrives in Capital, Alec is chased by two of Baron’s henchmen, who intend to kill him, but Alec manages to escape.