can recruit or kill him. The Cross of Gold Affair by Fredric Davies (Ron Ellik and Fredric Langley). Clues hidden in crossword puzzles lead the agents, hippies, and frogmen to a Coney Island death-trap to stop the biggest heist in history. The Utopia Affair by David McDaniel. Solo must command U.N.C.L.E. North America while Waverly is on a forced six-week vacation, and an undercover Illya tries to protect Waverly from THRUSH assassins. The Splintered Sunglasses Affair by Peter Leslie The Hollow Crown Affair by David McDaniel. In the last published David McDaniel novel, THRUSH Agent Ward and Irene Baldwin from The Dagger Affair return in a battle against an U.N.C.L.E. lab chief who has defected to THRUSH. The Unfair Fare Affair by Peter Leslie The Power Cube Affair by John T. Phillifent The Corfu Affair by John T. Phillifent The Thinking Machine Affair by Joel Bernard The Stone Cold Dead in the Market Affair by John Oram The Finger in the Sky Affair by Peter Leslie The Final Affair by David McDaniel. Completed but never published, the manuscript has been circulated by fans. Volumes 10–15 and 17 of the series were only published in the United States. The Rainbow Affair is notable for unnamed cameos by The Saint, Miss Marple, John Steed, Emma Peel, Willie Garvin, Tommy Hambledon, Neddie Seagoon, Father Brown, a retired Sherlock Holmes (aged nearly 100), and Dr. Fu Manchu. Whitman Publishing published three hardcover novels aimed at young readers: The Affair of the Gunrunners' Gold and The Affair of the Gentle Saboteur by Brandon Keith, and The Calcutta Affair by George S. Elrick. The first two broke the "...Affair" naming convention used by the franchise on most other TV episodes and book releases. A children's storybook was written by Walter B. Gibson entitled The Coin of El Diablo Affair. The digest-sized Man from U.N.C.L.E. Magazine featured original novella continuing the adventures of Solo and Kuryakin. Published under the house name "Robert Hart Davis", they were written by such authors as John Jakes, Dennis Lynds, and Bill Pronzini. 24 issues, which also offered original crime and spy-fiction short stories and novelettes, and occasional SF and fantasy reprints under the title "Department of Lost Stories", ran monthly from February 1966 to January 1968. An additional novella entitled "The Vanishing City Affair" was advertised on page 140 of the January 1968 issue for the proposed (but never published) February