The bigger the lie, the harder the truth is to believe.
In Europe, the Americans are pulling out their troops in a tide
of isolationism.
Britain, torn between loyalties to America and the continent, is
caught betwixt and between.
In America, a space shuttle crashes on landing, killing all but
one of the crew on-board A British man named Mike Dreyfuss, who
will become vilified by the US press and protesters.
Halfway across the world, Martin Hepton, an English ground
control technician watches as they lose contact with the most
advanced satellite in Europe. A colleague of Hepton's who
suspects something strange is going on is signed off sick, and
never comes back.