Taylor Hebert wants more than anything to save Brockton Bay from the many forces that imperil it, but some evils are harder to fight than others. Endbringers storming the beaches, gangsters interfering in politics, and strikebreakers suppressing the unions are trouble enough, but how can one girl stand against the impersonal and diffuse economic factors impoverishing her city?

In an entirely different Earth Bet, Taylor Hebert never doubts her decision to use her superpowers to revitalize Brockton Bay's dying shipping industry. She isn't the only one with big plans, though. As trouble brews, conspiracies reveal themselves, and the universe suddenly gets a whole lot bigger, Taylor finds herself dealing with a whole lot more than she bargained for. Dead.