CIVILIANS
(Storm King / 2022)
It’s 2022. We all know the world has lost its collective mind.
BUT MAYBE NOT QUITE THE WAY YOU THINK…
Imagine it’s a bright sunny day near the Santa Monica Pier. You’re reading an excellent horror novel and enjoying some downtime. But then… you’re compelled to stand up. So are a dozen or so people around you. And now, against your control, you’re walking along with them straight into the Pacific. Stop! you want to scream. Body, please — just stop! But your body refuses to listen. Not even when the waves crash over your head, and the water fills your lungs…
All over Los Angeles, people are doing inexplicable things. Random people are coming together to commit bizarre acts of violence and self-destruction, from Santa Monica to the 101 to a posh Beverly Hills mall. The city is in chaos, and no one seems to have any answers. Except…
Well, except for a grieving mother hellbent on revenge, a depressed doctor adrift on the freeways, a homeless vet with a pistol, and a naked man with amnesia and a crackpot professor on YouTube. Somehow, these random strangers are the only thing standing between us and the complete breakdown of society.
And in this war, every casualty is a civilian…
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