Following Kaizen Gamorra's successful surprise attack on the Carrier, the team regroups for a counterstrike. Can Swift, Jack and the Engineer overthrow an army of super beings? And the Midnighter makes an earth-shattering discovery in Northern England...

The Authority turn their attention to Scotland, where the Midnighter had been searching for a cure for his husband Apollo's illness. He defeated a dragon while on his quest, but found more than he bargained for when he was captured by the creature's keeper, the mysterioux Green Man.