Missing uranium sends the two top U.N.C.L.E. agents off to war-torn areas of Africa where they face not only the daunting task of finding the material, but also the mistrust of groups battling for supremacy in the area.

This book covers a great deal of material about the genocide and wars that were taking place at the time . . . and still continue in many places. While this story had all the hallmarks of a good spy adventure, the story was grounded more in the real world than any of the material from the other books or the series itself. That made reading this one a bit odd.

The story was good and solid, too. Napoleon's female diversion (there always has to be one, you know) didn't take over the story, though she did provide a couple coincidences that were perhaps a bit too much.

Illya playing the role of a big game photographer came across very well, in fact. I would have liked to see him in this role for more of the story.

The plot had a couple good twists, so overall, this one stands up well enough to reading almost 50 years after it was written. ( )