A tender hearted activist whose politics didn't agree with Tanner’s decided to get him out of the picture by cryogenically freezing him. Tanner has been comatose in the deep freeze for 25 years.

His mysterious spy master, "The Chief", has him "thawed" and sends him on a dangerous mission to Burma. Although he is still confused by the changes in the world during those 25 years, he sets out for Burma posing as a monk. He is to stir up the guerillas, destabilize the country's authoritarian regime, and assassinate the Nobel Prize winning daughter of the country's national hero. A billionaire businessman wants to install a new regime so the country can buy more American goods (from him, of course). Tanner is soon accompanied by a beautiful Russian / French / Vietnamese woman who wants to create havoc in Burma for her own reasons and she has a cache of rubies to pay her way. The two must evade trackers, insurgent tribesmen, and even henchmen of Tanner's spymaster; all the while Tanner is accused of murder, drug smuggling, and blowing up Burma's most sacred shrine.

There is no lack of action and suspense in this reprint of Tanner's adventure. The overseas settings are deftly sketched. Block delivers this well written story with his usual wit and at times tongue-in-cheek humor. Tanner lost none of his ability and ingenuity because of the deep freeze.