1953: Queen Elizabeth II is about to be crowned. And John Dashwood, now Sir John, is out of the space race following the horrific conclusion to England's first orbital flight. But that doesn't mean he's lost control of the Ministry Of Space. And he has a way to both buy back the Ministry's credibility, and open the way to the planets for the human race. John Dashwood is mad, and ever more hated by the people who orbit him -- but without him, British pilots will never land on Mars in 1965... 2001: On Churchill Station, the secret that Dashwood built the Ministry on is about to be revealed, by resentful Americans and Russians just taking their first steps into space -- and everything that he's achieved may go up in flames...
