The Agency is no more, and Big Beaver has taken control of the First Continent. But while Jon, Shorthand, WXT and Maple are searching for a mysterious element that could save them, they stumble onto Shorthand's files. His archives contain some of the biggest secrets of the Agency and Earth A, about agents, villains, continents, and peoples... a goldmine of new information (including Big Beaver's plan!). But not so fast! The information is strictly classified.