The Incident

A classified message sent to The President of the United States informs him that a research platform in space has exploded. That platform was funded by a group simply known as The Society. The explosion was a full week earlier than originally planned.

Meanwhile, Charles Radbourn, a private investigator in the midwest, went to bed early at his hotel the night before. He awakens to find that the world has profoundly changed in a dark and inexplicable way.

Why are clothes strewn about the hotel lobby? I don't remember seeing white dust last night when I arrived.

Is Reggie okay?