The Long Night Of The Martian Missile Crisis

The fate of humanity weighs heavy on the President of a united Earth.

Faced with increasingly aggressive posturing from Mars, he finds himself in the middle of a missile crisis for a new generation, as the Martians position their weapons on Earth's Moon. This results in a drastic shift in the balance of power, with the Martians now possessing first strike capacity far surpassing that of the Earth. With tensions mounting and the doomsday clock ticking ever closer to midnight, will either side back down in time? Will the President make the right choice? Is there even a right choice for the President to make?

The futures of two planets hang in the balance.

Set on a slightly futuristic, alternate Earth, this cautionary tale evokes cold war hysteria and knife-edge politics as it tells its pertinent and poignant story in an age where Game Theory and fear of Mutually Assured Destruction are no longer the solutions they once were.