The best kept secret of the Second World War has evolved into the secret of the new millennium. A secret that nearly gave Hitler the victory he craved, and even the combined might of America and the Soviet Union dared not face the consequence of it without allies. Now part of that secret threatens the very future of mankind. Set fifteen years before Karen Smith's recruitment into the Programme, ex-RAF fighter pilot Tom Denning has been recruited to join the new 'few'. A pilot who had flown the fastest jets - skimming the edge of space - now selected to fulfil his most pivotal role. Joining the ranks of the elite, within a group tasked with defending mankind on the eve of interstellar war. Only this time the courage and ability of top-gun pilots is not enough. Together they must master technology beyond anything that they have seen in any previous aircraft.