The Countess Krak has arrived on Earth, and the planet - not to mention Atlantic City - will never be the same again.

She is the most beautiful, the most deadly and certainly the most feared woman in the 110-planet Voltarian Empire.

Her only equal is her lover, Royal combat engineer Jetter Heller, whose mission is to keep Earth from destroying itself long enough to be invaded by the Empire.

Their mortal enemy is Soltan Griss, the Voltarian Apparatus killer sent to sabotage Heller's mission.

The presence of Heller, Gris and the Countess Krak is enough to threaten the future of any planet, but the sudden arrival from Voltar of over $250 million in gold may be a death blow for Earth.

FORTUNE OF FEAR blazes an explosive trail of action from the secret Apparatus base in Turkey across the Mediterranean, through Swiss banks into a mafia-controlled casino, as two alien forces struggle to determine not only the fate of Planet Earth but the control of hte entire galactic Empire as well.

At the same time, the lure of high fashion, the power of a Squeeza credit card and an army of mounted outlaw highwaymen in the streets of New York City may well derail everyone's plans in this fifth exciting volume of L. Ron Hubbard's acclaimed, best-selling adventure-epic--MISSION EARTH.