Only two weeks have passed since Keina Delmar found her peaceful life—loving husband and calm everyday routines filled with things that are familiar to people: studying, hobbies, and rest. How surprising it was for her when one autumn morning—just before the tragedy at the Berkeley subway station—she finds herself as Greer. It turns out an alien creature had known in advance that an invasion was coming, that the matter at the Level of SE would boil over, and that Liam Carr would have to make a difficult choice—trust his wife or follow the official instructions. Does the Commissioner have the right to behave illogically? As it turns out, behaving illogically is exactly the only correct choice when the fate of an entire world is on the line.