"It's the height of the swinging 60s and Barbara Parker has just been crowned Miss Blackpool--but there's got to be more to life than being a beauty queen in a seaside town, right? She wants to be someone. The bright lights of London are calling, and our determined hero sets off to find out who that someone is. The London she encounters is not as quite as swinging as the one she'd read about and seen on TV. However, after a series of setbacks, Barbara...

In a future where humanity has colonized the solar system, a conspiracy is unraveled that threatens peace across the system.