War is fought on many fronts, and is never a clean affair – and after the discovery in San Francisco of another group trading in selling women from Africa into Slavery, Shirley Xavier AKA Madame X is declaring war on those responsible. A war that will be fought on multiple fronts. In Africa, the organization known as the Sisters of Maisha take the front line, with Charlotte Gordon, their leader, helping as much as she could, and gaining allies in unexpected places. In Tokyo, Madame sends Natalya Kosolov to liase with Tamika Tanaka, the daughter of one of the major Yakusa Families, as they lend their support to dealing with one of the groups supporting the trade in Mologa, while Catherine Lo with the help of Helen York and their charges handle the issue in Hong Kong. And in Los Angeles, the team led by Maddie Moore from the offices of Xavier International deal with the cancer at their end. But wars can be small as well as big – as the ladies in New York discover, and the Pussycat Gang strike…