Two months have elapsed. Back at CIA headquarters, Rex is making progress trying to track down the three families. References to them are few and far between but he soon begins to think that there is a mole in the CIA. After her deportation back to the UK, Gwen has been working at keeping her father hidden from the government agents responsible for rounding up all Category 1s. Esther and Jack are hiding in Scotland while he recovers from his gunshot wound. They are all soon reunited, and even Oswald Danes, also on the run, turns up. Collectively, they soon discover a connection in two places, Shanghai and Buenos Aires, and set out to find the source of the Blessing. Jilly Kitzinger is already in Shangai, having been drawn into the secret families.
—garykmcd