War with Germany has been declared, but at the dawn of 1942, the British Empire seems reluctant to strike first. Despite great superiority in both arms and technology, Churchill searches for answers instead of revenge, leaving two worlds to anxiously await a clash of empires unlike anything seen in human history... Not that Alex, Stephanie, or Strong are likely to be part of it. While Sass, George Devlin, and the Hospitality Department investigate the attacks of 1941, and Elspeth Cornish searches for Duncan's lost children, the whitecoat and her friends are confined to a Jimmystown classroom, safely out of harm's way. Frustrated and uncertain as world events pass them by, the trio must grapple with new and insidious kinds of trouble... then confront grave dangers that are much closer than anyone could have guessed. Is anywhere truly safe from the enemies of the Champions?