Ghost Corps is the name given to the mystery-shrouded organization of freelance diplomats operating throughout the near and Far East providing stories of intrigue and mystery. To engage in the full on hope fraught with grave risk and untold peril, to stand with their backs against the wall grimly fighting against overwhelming odds in defence of a lost cause is seemingly the breath of life to certain venturesome souls. Born every so often their peculiar fascination for hazardous undertakings in strange out of the way corners of the earth passes far beyond the comprehension of the normal mind. Such a man is K C Smith, thoroughly versed in Eastern dialect and customs; his haunts are the forbidden places of oriental temples and mosques or in the bazaars. Night may find him garbed as a true believer worshipping at the feet of some hideous idol or lying in the shadow of a caravan serai listening for some bits of information that may be useful for the Ghost Core, that mystery shrouded organization of freelance diplomats operating throughout the Near and Far East.