The agency Gertrude works for is unlike any other in employ of the US government. They have world class scientists, deadly agents and experienced generals at their disposal. But it all comes at a price, and it all leads back to aliens and danger. One way or another, Gertrude and Cassandra, and the rest of the team will have to face the sins of their past. Most of the world sees a normal government agency, quietly doing business. But inside the "Project Gert," life is upside down. Gertrude got married young, at sixteen, and had children. But after that, life was never the same. As her children fall into the sinister plot, her life and her sister's and everything else are called into question.