Sequel to Book One. NASA in Houston, Texas, in 2084 A.D. in an alternate universe. Here, the Republican President Stan Rockwell is still in the Oval Office, in a ruined, radioactive Dee Cee, but only by very few votes. Trouble in Congress, so they scrap NASA, and replace it with a Kinder & Gentler FASA. Aka the Federal American Space Agency. None of this stops Alice Roanoke and her nerdy amigos from infiltrating even this Good Liberal agency. Red China is still threatening total war, as FASA gets ready for its first Mission to the Stars. a giant Starship is launched. Now its escape from atomic hell.