Richard Marner

Investigative reporters uncover an ominous master plan in which scientists vanish, space missions are dubious and a freak accident kills the courier of a tape containing a secret radio message from an unmanned Mars probe. Genuine or an April Fool's joke?

Dolly, London model-girl, Tiffany Jones, watches television with her bespectacled flat-mate and confidante, Jo. As they watch news reports of the State visit of President Jabal of Zirdana, a small independent state in Europe, Tiffany is overcome with fascination and an intense dislike of the cruel President. Will she do anything about it?