Sixteen-year-old Gilbert Chesterton is orphaned
and friendless, working a menial job in grimy London.

When a strange meteor crashes in a rural field,
a newspaper hires him
to investigate. Is it a
natural phenomenon,
or an alien invasion
that threatens mankind?

Soon Gilbert's joined by
young H.G. Wells, an enigmatic bearded man
known only as the Doctor,
and a short, middle-aged priest with a talent for
solving mysteries. (Even
St. Michael gets involved!)