|summary=Original, gripping alternate reality thriller - a good read despite one or two flaws and a great introduction to a new series.
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Guy Pentecross, has been transferred from active duty to the Foreign Office after an injury at Dunkirk, a move which seems to bring him both relief and frustration. On the one hand Dunkirk has obviously affected him, on the other he feels guilty doing a desk job while others fight the war. When chance events lead him to the fringes of a conspiracy, Guy is unable to resist the urge to be more actively involved in the war, but he is about to uncover a conspiracy beyond his wildest imagination. Very soon Guy will be fighting not only for Britain, but for the fate of the earth itself.