A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages. As he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality.

A sixteen-year-old girl who was raised by her father to be the perfect assassin is dispatched on a mission across Europe, tracked by a ruthless intelligence agent and her operatives.

The human government develops a cure for mutations, and Jean Grey becomes a darker uncontrollable persona called the Phoenix who allies with Magneto, causing escalation into an all-out battle for the X-Men.

In late-19th-century Russian high society, St. Petersburg aristocrat Anna Karenina enters into a life-changing affair with the dashing Count Alexei Vronsky.

Following their flight from Turks and Caicos, Johnny Worricker and Margot Tyrell hopscotch around Europe to evade capture by MI5. After spotting one of his former recruits, disguised as a passing jogger, Johnny relocates once again and instructs former colleague Rollo Maverley to leak news of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Alec Beasley's corrupt dealings with Stirling Rogers and his Bridge Foundation. Margot secretly keeps in touch with Johnny's pregnant daughter Julianne. In London, Acting Director General of MI5 Jill Tankard contacts Deputy Prime Minister Anthea Catcheside and offers her services in aiding Catcheside's embattled husband.