Afterword
The music playing on the radio stopped suddenly to be replaced by a stern male voice. “We interrupt this program to bring you a news update. With just six hours to go until the US imposed deadline for enemy forces to fall back to designated lines, reports are coming in of enemy troops approaching the northern outskirts of Sydney. All roads out of Sydney, heading south are blocked with traffic. Panic has set in. There are widespread reports of looting in several suburbs. The Prime Minister has called for calm and will address the nation at six o’clock this evening. The Australasian Government command centre has moved from Canberra to Melbourne. In Europe, the situation is also critical with Jihad forces advancing on all fronts. There are unconfirmed reports that Paris is now in the control of French Muslims with the support of left-wing students. The US President has repeated her clear statement that the US will not stand by and watch its friends be invaded. Her threat of nuclear reprisals, if enemy forces have not ceased their forward movements, has now only six hours to run. It is reported that US nuclear submarines are on the highest level of alert. The United Nations Security Council is meeting in emergency session in New York. Russia has cautioned the US not to precipitate the world into a nuclear conflict. Reports are also coming in that China has taken opportunity of the world’s chaos to invade Taiwan. There are also reports of North Korean troops massing at the demilitarised zone with South Korea, while it has fired missiles at Japan, which failed to explode. We have just received news that, oh my God.”
There was a pause while the newsreader pulled himself together. “I’m sorry for the interruption. We have just received news that Tel Aviv has been severely damaged by a nuclear warhead, believed to have been launched from Iran. Israel has retaliated by launching nuclear strikes on Tehran, Damascus, and Cairo. There is hand to hand fighting in Jerusalem. Surely, no one would launch a nuclear strike on the holy city? May God help us all?
The story continues in Elvenhome, Book 1 of Aftermath of Armageddon, which is available from www.FirstWorld.info