"Toyo Harada's war to save humanity by taking over the world roars on against the only enemy this planet cannot contain-- a sinister network of undercover alien spies! A deadly chess game between Harada and the alien visitors called The Vine has been unfolding for decades. The Vine once even created the living weapon called LV-99 to assassinate their enemy, but failed. Today, Harada executes his agenda on the world-- with LV-99 on his side this time-- and The Vine's cold war finally turns infernally hot"--Page 4 of cover.