Fade-Out
The date was Friday 3rd August. For some people, depending where they
lived, the day was just beginning. For others, it was the end of
another, perfectly normal, day. Suddenly all the world's radar screens
went haywire... This time it had really happened. An alien spacecraft
was in orbit around earth. In utmost secrecy, an undercover team of the
best brains the US government could muster desperately tried to analyse
an enigma that nothing had prepared them for.
Nine weeks later, civilisation was on the brink of a total breakdown,
more devastating than any natural or man-made disaster. The unknown was
here - and it defied all powers of human comprehension.
Patrick Tilley
Patrick Tilley (1928-2020) is a British science fiction author best known for The Amtrak Wars series of books - a futureworld epic set on the eve of the fourth millennium in a world emerging from the ravages of a dimly understood global holocaust. The name "Amtrak" - appropriated by a specific group of survivors - is a name remembered from what is called "The Old Time".
Tilley died on 25 May 2020 after a short illness.