Would you believe the KAOS plan for world destruction was in code--and only Maxwell Smart could crack the case? Maxwell Smart, Agent 86 for Control, has often been confronted by the Forces of Evil. But never before has he been involved in such a vast panorama of intrigue, with the fate of the Free World hanging on his every move. In Max's possession is the coded KAOS Dooms Day Plan, the only copy in existence, and it is up to him to break the code, decipher the Plan, and save the world from destruction. And this terrifying task must be done on the run, for I.M. Noman, KAOS's master spy, is in pursuit, intent on retrieving the Plan so it can be carried out! With Peaches Twelvetrees, the beautiful blonde cryptographer, to aid him, Max sets forth for New York, Moscow and Peking, desperately trying to find the key to the brillantly intricate code while eluding the nefarious Noman, whose India rubber face allows him to change his appearance at will. Will Max at last be foiled by the evil schemers? Will KAOS snatch back the Dooms Day Plan before its dread secret is revealed? Or will Max, once again, outSmart his enemies and save humanity? The Free World awaits the answer. Inside Front Cover: As long as I keep this plan, the world, as we know it, is safe. But if the plan falls into the clutches of I.M. Noman, we can expect a PRETTY MESSY world in the future. The piece of paper Max Smart held looked innocent enough, but hidden somewhere in the list of seven items was the Dooms Day Plan perfected by KAOS. Until the code could be broken and the plot foiled, the entire world trembled on the brink of destruction. It was within the power of one man to guard that plan, crack the code and emerge victorious over the Bad Guys. "It could happen to anybody," Max had said, but with KAOS's top agent, I.M. Noman, appearing at every turn in a different identity, Max realized that his assignment was more than routine.