Introduction:Vathek, the head of the Scorpions, has abandoned Namibia in search of new hunting grounds. And where could be more promising than embattled Angola, where the roads are running with the blood of civil war?
In the lands that lie at the edge of the world, as the most remote provinces of Angola are called, there is a sinister rumor afoot: the Doctor, the head of the anti-government guerillas who died on the battlefield, is back at the head of his men. And behind the formation that has hoisted high the ensign of the Galo Negro a dreaded figure looms up, hideously - the shadow of Jan Vathek! Harlan, Tesla and Kurjak, who have followed the tracks of their enemy all the way to Angola, once more join up with the plucky volunteers of the Medical Team in the desperate attempt to stop the war from gaining the upper hand again