since bond's return from the himalayas, he begins experiencing terrible headaches, hallucinations, and black-outs. this leads him to dr. kimberly feare. she diagnoses a lesion on the back of bond's skull that is causing these symptoms. after getting dr. feare in bed, bond wakes up to find her murdered, her throat slit ear-to-ear, the union's mark. this causes bond to leave england. bond's trek takes him from england to tangier, where he encounters the taunt twins, heidi and hedy, cia agents asked by m to bring him back to london. here bond finds the connection between the union and espada, and that he has some part in the union's plan. convincing m and the taunts to play out his hand, bond goes to spain. on arrival in spain, he encounters margareta piel, espada's female assassin and a member of the union. followed closely by the climax of bond vs. his double in espada's practice bullfighting ring, and the culmination of the union's plot at the gibraltar peace conference, bond takes his double's place and along with the taunt twins, prevent the assassinations, kills espada, piel, jimmy powers (a high-ranking american in the union, and their number one expert in stealth and tailing), and captures yassasin, foiling the union's plans once again.