Blue Smoke and Mirrors

"The Horror Is Quicker Than The Eye When Remo And Chiun Go After An Invisible Enemy"

"Now You See It..."

Someone - or something - is walking right through the walls of America's top nuclear missile facility, and walking off with some of the world's deadliest secrets.

Someone has mastered an unholy power that makes Chiun believe in ghosts.

Someone has perfected a mind-defying magic that beats anything in Remo's bag of tricks.

Unless Remo can take his eyes off the chest of a buxom beauty with a chip on her shoulder...unless Chiun can come down to earth from the sphere of the supernatural...America's nuclear safety and her two supreme defenders will be victims of a disappearing act...

The book that introduces one of the more incorrigible denizens of the series, the Krahseevah. Able to walk through any solid object - including Remo and Chiun, this electronic phantom is actually a high-tech suit worn by the Russian Spy, Rair Brashnikov.  Brashnikov is a kleptomaniac, and not only steals his assigned top-secret equipment, but also anything he can sell on the Russian Black Market.

Chiun is convinced he is battling a ghost, so excorsizes an IBM launch complex. It's a bizarre scene, but not nearly as hilarious as one of the opening chapters when Remo is attempting to explain baseball to Chiun. Bats without wings. The famous jewel, the "Baseball Diamond." Yes, Chiun thinks he understands. Remo manages to further convince him that whites are insane. When Chiun discovers the huge sums ball players are paid, we know Smith is headed for rough waters in the next contract negotiations!

We are also introduced to the biggest breasts in the series, and the woman they are firmly attached to, Robin Green.

This is one of the few books in the series where there are no deaths dealt out by our beloved Assassins!  Remo points this out to Chiun, who then worries about payment. The title comes from Chiun's reasoning for the magical powers of this ghost - it's all done with "Blue Smoke and Mirrors."