This is a secret history of our world like no other . . .
Always run, never fight.
Preserve the knowledge.
Survive at all costs.
Germany, 1945.
Mia, a nineteen-year-old girl, is sent by the OSS to find Wernher von Braun. Her mission: stop the Russians getting hold of Germany - and the worlds - foremost rocket scientist.
Von Braun is suspicious. And so he should be.
For Mia is no ordinary girl. She only looks human. And helping the Allies win the Second World War is but one part of her plan.
Because theres an even darker conflict on Earth. A secret struggle thousands of years old. It has engulfed and taken generations of Mias people.
But can the firing of rockets finally bring about its end?
Can Mia, as the last of her kind, bring the stars down to earth?
And if she succeeds, what will happen to us?
Wry narration, wired action . . . Fans of alternate history and intelligent sci-fi will love this Publishers Weekly
Clever and compelling, it will keep you enthralled until the end Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo Award-winning author of The Oppenheimer Alternative
Highly crafted and unique Library Journal