four flawed women, different backgrounds, different temperaments, are suddenly recruited for a secretive code-11 assignment. their directive: assassinate four key men who threaten to topple the american government from within. however, completing this mission will not be their greatest challenge. traveling back in time to 1940s nazi germany in order to complete the assignment is. the women: headstrong gabrielle cyntrell, explosives expert. belligerent carlotta "charly" morgonelli, knife-wielding rebel. emotionally damaged rebecca stanton, weapons designer. jewish-born corrine eizenberg, research chemist. and according to their boss, hard-core junifer morison, these unique females were chosen for three distinct reasons: 1) they're experts in their field, 2) all are 50-something caucasian women fluent in german, making them less likely to be identified as killers, and 3) they're expendable. from the top-secret bureaucracy of the present-day u.s. government to the former sinister regime of hitler's army, prelude to a distant future is a high-stakes thriller that finds four broken women traveling back to the past - while one woman stays behind in the present - bravely fighting for their very lives. their mission is clear: avert a modern-day holocaust in order to preserve life and liberty of their beloved united states of america - or die trying.