Synopsis

General Zepke’s ascent to power faces a singular obstacle: Cardinal Souchek, a champion of liberty. Zepke has orchestrated Souchek’s imprisonment and intends to supplant him with an imposter, a double who will lend false legitimacy to his ambitions. The International Monetary Fund facilitates this deception by using a tainted mosquito to induce illness in the chosen substitute, Nagorski. Phelps and Cinnamon are summoned as physician and nurse to care for the ailing man, while Rollin assumes the