When inexplicable, devastating fires begin ravaging remote regions, a brilliant adventurer and his trusted aides follow the trail to a hidden conspiracy that has harnessed subterranean forces to create lethal, wind-driven infernos. Pursuing clues through desert canyons and secret caverns, they battle trap‑filled lairs and ruthless henchmen, rescue imperiled victims, and use daring ingenuity and scientific skill to infiltrate the enemy stronghold and thwart a plot that could unleash the destructive “flame winds” on a far greater scale.