Cool For Danger is the fifth Thunderbirds novel released, and third by World Distributors. Published in 1966, the hardcover novel was both the first to be written by Kevin McGarry, and feature a new adventure exclusively starring Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward and Aloysius Parker.
Plot[]
Lady Penelope's arch nemesis, Mr. Steelman, is back with a new scheme for world domination. It's up to her and Parker to resolve a revolt he's instigated in the European nation of Revonia.
Chapter Titles[]
- Invitation to a Burglar
- The Lady without Fear
- When Enemies Meet
- Parker Rides Pillion
- A Rival for Lady Penelope
- Bullseye for Parker
- A Deadly Welcome
- Danger Smells Sweet
- The Memory Thief
- Till They Meet Again
Characters[]
(in order of appearance)
- Parker
- Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward
- Mr. Flaginne
- Umbrella
- Mr. Steelman
- Tania Lazio
- Rebel guards
- General Lazio
- Carl
- Roger Lyon
- Barrier guards
- Janok
- Sentry
- Rebel soldiers
- Army soldiers
- Monte Paradiso guards
- Arkay
- Monte Paradiso captain
- Canal guards
- Kitto
- Radio operator
- Steelman's Wadi Zem Zem army
- Desford Police officers
Notes[]
- Making his novel debut is the elusive Mr. Steelman, a recurring villain who Lady Penelope faced in her very first TV Century 21 comic adventure.
- The year is explicitly given as 2065.
- Lady Penelope takes on the codename "Agent L", and makes reference to another one of her agents, codenamed Z.