Able to summon parallel-dimension versions of herself equipped to handle any task, eighteen-year-old Alex Benno, herself a plain and very average girl, resents these idealized women and the fact that she never gets any credit for the spectacular feats they accomplish while working for a secret government spy agency.

America has always been rife with "mediums," but it looks as if she might have some competition. Amy Titus, a spacey, New Age hippie chick in San Francisco. SKAR may have gotten to her first! If Amy can really do what she says, then national security could be irreparably compromised."