Once upon a time there was a "Redskins" operation which used "real people" with "real jobs" as intelligence agents. Garrison's people are an updated version, for, as the Colonel insists, "it is easier to make an agent out of a real person than a real person out of an agent." One of those persons is Dan O'Donovan, heir to a small department store chain, and his partner Pres Hooper doesn't have a clue, but unwittingly gets involved every time. The first time is during the mission in Spain, but not by chance. It was part of the grand design of the brilliant, enigmatic Colonel Garrison.