In a universe containing countless millions of habitable worlds life takes upon itself an incredible diversity of forms.

Intelligence is difficult to define, but by and large it is the ability to solve problems. Korzaak and Ischklah were specialists at solving the apparently insoluble but it took every last ounce of their ability to grapple with the enigma of an apocryphal planet.

Reliable data sources contradicted one another. Ships vanished mysteriously. Men vanished with them. But the strangest secret of all was the riddle of the enigmatical nexus between Korzaak and Ischklah themselves.

In the realm of science things are often far from what they seem. In the science of sociology this is truest of all. Those who seem to control human affairs may only be figure-heads. The real power lies in unsuspected places... sinister... alien...

Mervyn Wayne called at the offices of an apparently normal, respectable, old-established city firm and overheard intrigue of nightmare quality. He found himself a fugitive from an organisation whose ramifications extended everywhere.

Society was being master-minded by someone, or something, so irresistibly powerful that Mervyn's first reaction was hopeless fear. Gradually, however, he learnt how to distinguish allies from organisation men and began building a counter-coup of his own.

This is the story of an incredibly complex conflict between humanity and something else. Its tension lies in the nagging doubt in every mind... the organisation might really exist!