In 1941 the war ended in the Farthing Peace. The balls and banquets of Britain's upper class never faltered, while British ships ferried undesirables across the Channel to board the cattle cars headed east. Peter Carmichael is commander of the Watch, Britain's secret police. It's his job to warn the Prime Minister of treason, to arrest plotters, and to discover Jews. Now, in 1960, a global peace conference is convening in London, where Britain, Germany, and Japan will oversee the partition of the world. Hitler is once again on British soil. Meanwhile, two of the most unlikely persons in the realm will join forces to oppose the fascists.