The United States is descending into unprecedented bureaucratic and political inefficiency. While agencies flounder and routine communications dissolve into farce, FBI agent Kenneth Malone is tasked with investigating the bizarre malfunctions. Soon, similar chaos spreads globally, affecting even Soviet intelligence operations. Malone suspects psionic intervention, specifically mass mind-control or telepathic projection.
Assisted by a brilliant Westinghouse scientist, a eccentric psychical research society, and a woman who genuinely believes she is Queen Elizabeth I, Malone tracks down the root of the phenomenon. They discover that hidden telepaths are systematically altering human decisions, causing widespread disorder. Malone travels to Moscow amidst diplomatic tensions and wild brawls to trace the source, navigating through absurd interrogations and double agents.
Eventually, he realizes that the disturbances stem from a coordinated mental offensive. By recognizing how individual psychological shields and telepathic interference operate, Malone pieces together the puzzle. The novel blends cold war satire with psychic phenomena, culminating in a witty resolution where order slowly returns as the protagonists unravel the mechanics behind the global confusion.
