The Killing Moon

By Rod Glenn & Jamie Mitchell

The imminent future…

Iraq and Afghanistan become increasingly unstable. Coalition forces and flimsy infrastructures struggle to cope…

Iran, Syria and Pakistan are openly accused of assisting and funding terrorist insurgents…

Israel sees renewed missile attacks inland as far as Haifa. This provokes a strong knee-jerk reaction and Israeli forces once again storm across the Litani to neutralize the threat…

A leaked government document states that U.S. oil reserves have been grossly exaggerated. At current burn rates, U.S. oil fields will run dry within 5-10 years…

A senior executive at Petrofac turns whistle-blower and reveals evidence that the North Sea oil fields are due to run dry within 10 years…

In an unprecedented address, the President of the United States admits that continued U.S. involvement in Iraq is now solely due to diminishing world supplies of oil. For the security and stability of the nation, the Iraqi oil fields are to be seized by Coalition forces…

Overnight, Iraq is thrown into turmoil and what seems like the entire nation rise up against the Coalition. Afghanistan immediately follows suit…

The Secretary-General to the United Nations calls for calm and a time to reflect and for countries to consider their actions. He also urges for a reversal of U.S. policy for Iraq and a timeframe for a measured withdrawal. The U.S. point blank refuses as they prepare a major force to restore control in Iraq. The UK agrees and begins making plans for a full and immediate withdrawal from Iraq…

In response, U.S. forces are immediately withdrawn from Afghanistan, leaving UK and Australian forces in a desperate situation…

Using Iran and Syria’s terrorist activities as an excuse, Israel launches pre-emptive surgical strikes on both countries’ infrastructure…

The Arab states are unilaterally incensed and respond. Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Jordan form the Middle East Alliance and declare war on Israel. Only Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates remain neutral…

With a major conflict in the Middle East and facing an imminent oil crisis, stock markets struggle and the world economy at first falters, then takes a rapid nose-dive…

With all eyes on the Middle East, Kuwait and the UAE fold under the pressure and join the newly formed Middle East Alliance…

After suffering huge losses in Afghanistan, remaining Coalition forces are finally evacuated, leaving a country gripped with civil war…

All Coalition forces, except for the U.S., evacuate Iraq once additional U.S. reinforcements arrive to bolster the embroiled troops…

Israeli forces clash with a multinational Middle East Alliance force on the Lebanese/Syrian border. Israel manages to push MEA forces back to Damascus…

A second MEA contingent pushes through from Jordan into the Golan Heights…

With international attention diverted, China moves to take advantage of the current crisis and masses forces on its northern border. They then move en mass across the Amur into Russia to seize the Siberian Lowland oil reserves…

As a series of cataclysmic events bring about the global collapse of civilisation, the few remaining survivors must fight for their survival in a world plunged back into the dark ages. A new generation grow up out of the ashes and, after their idyllic life is destroyed, five friends must leave their childhood home and embark on a perilous journey to a city gripped with gang violence and sectarian killings. Tragedy, lies and deceit mar their every step as they are cast into a dark and twisted world that is itself on the brink of destruction.