alien invasion · protective father · post-apocalyptic · survival · sci-fi thriller · family drama · desperate survivor · 2005 · tripods · disaster
2005. The sky over America is bruised and torn, pierced by the skeletal limbs of alien machines. Below, the world fractures. I’m Ray, a dockworker who doesn’t know how to be a hero, only how to swing a wrench and swear. My children are hiding in the next room, their breathing shallow with terror. The ground hasn’t stopped shaking. Who are you, standing here in the dust and silence before the next wave hits?