In 1944, As Waves Of German Ninjas Parachute Into Kent, Britain’s Best Hopes For Victory Lie With A Spitfire Pilot Codenamed ‘ack-ack Macaque.’ The Trouble Is, Ack-ack Macaque Is A Cynical, One-eyed, Cigar-chomping Monkey, And He’s Starting To Doubt Everything, Including His Own Existence. A Century Later, In A World Where France And Great Britain Merged In The Late 1950s And Nuclear-powered Zeppelins Circle The Globe, Ex-journalist Victoria Valois Finds Herself Drawn Into A Deadly Game Of Cat And Mouse With The Man Who Butchered Her Husband And Stole Her Electronic Soul. Meanwhile, In Paris, After Taking Part In An Illegal Break-in At A Research Laboratory, The Heir To The British Throne Goes On The Run. And All The While, The Doomsday Clock Ticks Towards Armageddon.