‘A Eurostate facility situated in Stablinka was attacked two days ago in an apparently motiveless raid. The attack took place in the early hours of Wednesday morning and was repelled successfully by the security forces based on site. Seven terrorists were reported to have been killed and four taken prisoner. There were no security force casualties. And now the weather. It will snow all...’ Tilbury abruptly turned the volume down on the newsreader; it was the fifth time he had heard the weather report in the last hour. He gulped down the dregs of his tea and wondered about the accuracy of the news report. He knew there was some funny stuff going on at the farm until all hours of the night and then there was the special flask of eggs that had been rushed through the cloning section where he

