It is rather awful, Emma thought as she walked across the fields down to the far
m, how this business is leading us all into subterfuge and deception, and we can
't really tell who is friend and who is enemy ...' Emma wakes up one morning to
an apocalyptic world. The cosy existence she shares with her grandmother, a famo
us retired actress, has been shattered: there's no post, no telephone, no radio
- and an American warship sits in the harbour. As the two women piece together c
lues about the 'friendly' military occupation on their doorstep, family, friends
and neighbours gather round to protect their heritage.
