**Jake**

I sense the coming quake minutes before it arrives. My senses tingle, electricity firing all the way up my spine. A massive crash sends me reeling, and I stumble from my seat and to the nearest window.

Outside, the sun has just fallen below the horizon, but a massive cloud of dust obscures any light coming from it. I watch with silent fascination as a plume of fire rises above the dust cloud, swarming over the rooftops around it.

Nathan enters the room, his ...