Princess Leia has been taken captive by a ruthless and charismatic warlord bent on destroying the New Republic. But then a strange life-form, unlike any the galaxy has ever seen, awakens - a life form so malevolent it will destroy everything - both Empire and New Republic, on its way to domination.
In the year of grace 1345, as Sir Roger Baron de Tourneville is gathering an army to join King Edward III in the war against France, a most astonishing event occurs: a huge silver ship descends through the sky and lands in a pasture beside the little village of Ansby in northeastern Lincolnshire. The Wersgorix, whose scouting ship it is, are quite expert at taking over planets, and having determined from orbit that this one was suitable, they initiate standard world-conquering procedure. Ah, but this time it's no mere primitives the Wersgorix seek to enslave; they've launched their invasion against free Englishmen! In the end, only one alien is left alive; and Sir Roger's grand vision is born. He intends for the creature to fly the ship first to France to aid his King, then on to the Holy Land to vanquish the infidel. Unfortunately, he has not allowed for the treachery of the alien pilot, who instead takes the craft to his home planet, where, he thinks, these upstart barbarians will have no choice but to surrender. But that knavish alien little understands the indomitable will and clever resourcefulness of Englishmen, no matter how great the odds against them. . .
Un romanzo ambientato in un piccolo centro residenziale del New Jersey dove quattro amici - uno scrittore, un avvocato, un agente immobiliare e un giornalista - si ritrovano per trascorrere insieme il fine settimana. Questa piacevole consuetudine, ormai di vecchia data, viene improvvisamente turbata da una rivelazione sconvolgente: la CIA convoca a Washington John Tanner e gli comunica che, tra i suoi amici, si nasconde un agente filosovietico. Il successivo week-end si trasforma così in un incubo che non risparmia niente e nessuno. Chi è Omega, il pericoloso agente che la CIA vuole catturare a tutti i costi? Tanner ha un sospetto ma non sa che, nel frattempo, sono in molti a sospettare di lui...