A novel of suspense and survival after a dramatic mid-air explosion involving nuclear warheads. Separated from his family but befriended by the apparently crazy Mrs Milliagan, Sam resorts to a life of scavenging in the largely empty town....
When alien creatures attack the Earth colony on the planet Plioctis, a small group of stranded children and their pets must depend for survival upon an unknown form of artificial intelligence that speaks to them through their computer Grandpa....