Pointe Larèl, above Île Touni

Episode 1

The Assignment – Santa Lemusa

Jenadi Koslow, a physicist of Russian origin, is kidnapped from his home in Bitasyon Francelle by a criminal outfit masterminded by a character called Dr Hing. Hektor Maille, the best man in the Santa Lemusan Secret Service, is assigned the task of finding the professor and liberating him. The operation is launched under the code name of «Mission Kaki» – before it gets underway, Maille allows himself the culinary indulgence of a plate of tripes.

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Dakar, Corniche Est

Episode 2

Secret Service in Senegal

A stray radio signal emanating from the wristwatch of the kidnapped physicist Prof Jenadi G. Koslow sees Hektor Maille landing up in Senegal. His search for the professor takes him first to the island of Goree, where he dives straight into the past. He meets Agent Roff, the most extraordinarily well-disguised man in the Dakar «department». On Roff’s advice, Maille scanns the marshes north of Dakar for a spur of the missing Koslow – and experiences an eerie encounter.

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Moscow, Puschkin Museum

Episode 3

Ballad in Moscow

Maille travels to Moscow in search of Anna Schukowa, the former assistant of Professor Koslow. All early clues turn out to be misleading; it is only Chef Ruslan Rachmaninow who puts his friend Maille on the correct path. His encounter with Schukowa brings Maille new dope not only on the missing scientist and the ORM’s research activities but also on his homeland which he had never imagined was possible.

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Great Wall near Beijing

Episode 4

Wallgames in Beijing

Hektor Maille travels to Beijing on the trail of Dr Hing. He follows a agent of the notorious «Buro 106» and gets involved in a dramatic fight on the Great Wall of China. The search for information also brings the agent from Santa Lemusa to the Summer Palace, the Temple of Confucius, back to the airport, into the restaurant of Ren Zilin and ulti-mately into Beijing's old observatory. A trip that generates a lot of rather confusing news.

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Stockholm Archipelago, Bullerö

Episode 5

From Sweden with Lilies

The archipelago in front of Stockholm's coast is Hektor Maille's destination. On the island of Möja, the secret agent has to dive into a strange, sweetish-smelling pond and circle around the water plants in it. In Bullerö, the spy from Santa Lemusa is reprimanded by his landlady for returning too late for dinner. A little later, he is transported mentally back to his home-island of Santa Lemusa via his culinary encounter with a traditional Swedish roll.

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Gwangju, Mudeungsan Park

Episode 6

Through Korea on
the Cabbage Route

In a southern region of Korea Maille went in search of Prof Koslow's daughter, Tatjana, who had fallen in love with a Korean kimchi manufacturer. In the Gwangju area, his research took him not only into the local markets but also into a Buddhist monastery. In Mokpo, the secret agent learned much about fish. Finally, he took a boat out to the island of Hongdo, where he encountered Mr Lee – and found, quite apart from some answers, a couple of spanking-new questions.

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Diba al Hisn (Al Fujairah)

Episode 7

In a Fever
Trough the Emirates?

The radio signal from Prof Koslow's watch is traced to the United Arab Emirates. With a heavily feverish head, Hektor Maille flies to the Gulf, where he meets the lady secret agent Enigma – or, rather, she meets him. In the local bazaar, he makes his acquaintance with all types of creatures, he spoils himself with «Kabab Laham», «Jareesh» and «Foul», gets armed with the newest technology and takes off in a rented car for the desert, where it comes to a sort of Showdown.

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Bangkok, Kitchen of Raina und Gobli

Episode 8

Silence in Bangkok
 

Jelena Jansson, Professor Jenadi Koslow's Swedish-Russian assistant has moved to Bangkok. Hektor Maille flies to the Thai city to find out what the young woman fears. Jansson, however, maintains a stony silence. Maille resolves to bind his soul in patience and proceeds to while away his time with Lun in the kitchen of his friends Raina and Gobli, both former agents of the Lemusan Secret Service.

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Angkor Wat

Episode 9

Straight Across Indochina

Guided by Aral, the V-man of the Santa Lemusan Secret Service also reporting on the whereabouts of the evil Dr Hing, Maille travels across Indochina. He makes his acquaintance with the Cambodian night and gets lost in the ruins of Angkor Wat. Traveling by bus, cycle, boat and plane, he starts out at Siem Reap and ends up at Ho Chi Minh City, passing en route through Phnom Penh.

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Boso Peninsula

Episode 10

Cherry Blossom Blues in Tokyo

Before Hektor Maille can start on his assignment in Japan, he has to first solve a couple of identity problems as well as a major tuna-fish riddle. But even as he lies under cherry blossoms in Tokyo, he does not stray off the track of the missing professor. He is neither beaten back by seawater raging through cellars nor is he side-tracked by Japanese lyrics.

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Kakdu National Park

Episode 11

Twelve Labours in Australia

First negotiations between the government of Santa Lemusa and the kidnappers of Professor Koslow have failed – the minds are upset. To show the goodwill of his country Maille has to master twelve difficult labours in Australia and therefore travels from Sydney via Alice Springs to Darwin in the Northern Territory.

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Palmyra

Episode 12

Speechless in Syria

Even a secret agent occasionally has enough. Like, for instance, when Hektor Maille learns after his Australian assignment that he must, instead of returning home to Santa Lemusa, proceed to Syria. As he considers his latest diktat, he is robbed of speech, as it were – and so he travels without text from Qala'at-al-Hosn via Homs and Palmyra back to Damascus. Without text? Not really – because perhaps you will lend the secret agent your voice, an idea, a moment of your time…

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