Take a Mexican political party that demands the territorial return of Texas... and New Mexico... and Arizona... and California. Add a Chinese paper exporting operation that exports a fine engraver’s surface for the familiar five-dollar portrait of Lincoln. Stir with a Countess who has made a fortune in cosmetics and runs a private little kingdom at her castle deep in the Mexican jungle. Mix in the CIA and AXE, prickling each other’s sensitivities while the nation and the highest men in government are stumped to stop the ruin of the American economy... And suddenly, in the meeting between Hawk and the CIA man, the ingredients have blended into a little pill they hand Nick Carter. His instructions are: straighten things out — or swallow your defeat in L pills!