Prologue

We saw it happen

We watched it through the glares in each other's eyes

Glares so blinding no cries were heard, no words were said, and no breaths were taken

This moment burned itself into a generation of memories, and a lifetime of sleepless Nights

Within this moment, an entire nation divided itself, and in unison, an entire nation was Brought to it's knees

After the scorched sky settled into a permanent dusk, a blanket of ash cloaked the Landscape

With the irony of a silent, falling snow

The city became a maze of ruins, and a refuge for the lost

The countryside was bled dry, and is now a barren battlefield

Food and water become scarce, and are rationed among the common, while the elite reign over their creation

Fear is instilled, and a police state commissioned