CHAPTER I The World Is Doomed
For me and my family, the first event of the Great Chaos came in October, 2009. Though connected with Public Events Division of the American Television Co., I was living with my grandfather, Dr. Elias Murdock, in Lake Placid. Grandfather was retired, but he still maintained an active astronomical observatory there.
My brother Martin Murdock, two years older than myself, was instructor of mathematics in the Georgia University for Girls. One morning, Martin televised us.
“Take a look at the palm trees,” he said.
A sort of startled awe was in his voice. He swung the tele-lens so I could see out his windows. The palms that lined the College Gardens were drooping, blackened, shriveled by the freezing cold that had descended upon Savannah during the night.
That
