Simon King visits Penfield Electronics Ltd, an inconsequential firm who have invented a radio without transistors. When they attempt to kill him he is forced to recruit a human companion to stop an attempt to takeover the world.
Controller Simon King receives a distress message from an unknown male voice asking for help. He tracks down a man known as a Pinot who tells him he is destined to die in an accident. King has to use all his powers to escape.
A fungus that the other world need to support life is discovered at an Arctic base. The base has lost contact with outside world so King and Mary travel to get it. Somebody among the crew will stop at nothing to get the fungus.
David Plunkett, a scientist studying mental disorders, is put on trial in his dreams by King, leading to a battle in a lucid dream state. Meanwhile, Mary uncovers that Plunkett's being manipulated.
