"Britain has emergency plans for war. If central government should ever fail, power can be transferred instead to a sy…"

"In the last few days, emergency headquarters like this have been hastily improvised up and down the country, in the b…"

"Many of these officers have had no training at all. Some have learnt of their emergency role in the last few days, an…"

"It is 8:30 a.m. 3:30 in the morning in Washington. Over the past few days, neither the President nor his senior staff…"

"The first fallout dust settles on Sheffield. It's an hour and 25 minutes after the attack. An explosion on the ground…"

"Hanging in the atmosphere, the clouds of debris shut out the sun's heat and light. Across large areas of the Northern…"

"The entire peacetime resources of the British Heath Service, even if they survived, would be unable to cope with the …"

"By this time, without drugs, water or bandages, without electricity or medical support facilities, there is virtually…"

"Money has had no meaning since the attack. The only viable currency is food, given as reward for work or withheld as …"

"In an urban society, everything connects. Each person's needs are fed by the skills of many others. Our lives are wov…"