In this chess game of life and death, Hugo Bishop has to get one move ahead in a trail of murder and intrigue that leads to a twisted mind and a secret that threatens the whole world. Only the cooler-than-cool Hugo Bishop was capable of reaching 'check-mate' in a sinister world of move and counter-move, beautiful women and fast-living. There is no other hero quite like Hugo Bishop, who has previously appeared in Knight Sinister, Queen in Danger, and Bishop in Check.