As the alien Xenovirus reaches Britain, Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill, now gifted with extraordinary longevity, joins with Alan Turing to set up a special organization, the Order of the Silver Helix, to outmaneuver the terrifying mutations of the virus in Britain.

"A Tom Doherty Associates book."

A flint lies in the mud /by Kevin Andrew Murphy -- The coming of the crow / by Peadar Ó Guilín -- But a flint holds fire / by Kevin Andrew Murphy -- Needles and pins / by Caroline Spector -- Night orders / by Paul Cornell -- Police on my back / by Charles Stross -- Probationary / by Marko Kloos -- Twisted logic, part1 / by Peter Newman -- Twisted logic part 2 -- The cracks in the city / by Peadar Ó Guilín -- Twisted logic, part 3 -- The ceremony of innocence / by Melinda M. Snodgrass -- How to turn a girl to stone / by Emma Newman -- The visitor / by Mark Lawrence -- Feeding on the entrails / by Peadar Ó Guilín.