Lynette Binns, a librarian with a husband and child, is a late recruit to the Checquy, having discovered only as an adult her ability to electrify everyday objects with her touch. Their task will take them from the tunnels of the Underground to the halls of power, where they will discover the secrets that a secret organization must keep even from itself. Through a city torn by the Blitz, the friends must hunt the enemy before he kills again. Charred corpses are discovered in nearby houses and it becomes apparent that the women have unwittingly unleashed a monster. The three resolve to tell no one about it, but they soon learn that a crew member is missing from the downed bomber. Until Pamela, the most sensible of them, breaks all the rules and brings down a Nazi bomber with her bare hands. Forbidden by law to interfere, all they can do is watch as their city is bombed. Three women of the Checquy, the secret organization tasked with protecting Britain from supernatural threats, stand in the sky above London and see German aircraft approach. A new recruit to the most powerful supernatural intelligence agency on Earth is accused of going rogue and must go on the run to clear her name.
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