by Amal Zadok
A warning of the catastrophic consequences of unchecked escalation, hubris, and the abdication of peace in favor of violence.
To Scott Ritter and Raymond McGovern, two incredible human beings dedicated to peace—and my heroes..
INTRODUCTION
A WARNING TO THE WORLD
What you are about to read is a work of fiction. But do not be comforted by that fact.
This story is meticulously constructed from real geopolitical tensions, real nuclear doctrines, real chains of command, and real history that has come perilously close to catastrophe before. It is born not from fantasy, but from the rational projection of what may come—if we, as citizens of the world, allow warmongers and unelected technocrats to dictate our future.
Across continents, politicians hungry for power—some chosen by us, many never granted a single vote—act recklessly with forces they barely understand. Bureaucrats in Brussels, like Ursula von der Leyen, make sweeping decisions impacting millions, far from public scrutiny or democratic consent. In Washington, London, and Berlin, the aims of the arms manufacturers and the military-industrial complex eclipse the voices of the people, while peace is discarded as naïveté and escalation sold as “strength.”
We cannot afford passivity. The comfort of indifference—the slumber of assuming “it can’t happen here”—is the greatest danger we face. History is littered with the ruins of civilizations that trusted blindly and awakened too late.
This is a call to vigilance, and to action. If you want to know what lies down the road of silence, of letting others wage war in your name, read on.
The world must wake up, must demand accountability, must pressure governments to resolve conflict and reject escalation—for the sake of every life, yours included. Do not wait until ashes and silence are all that remain to realize the price of inaction.
Read. Feel. Remember: the power, and the responsibility, are yours.
Think and be free!!
1 – KYIV, UKRAINE – NIGHT
Missile strikes thunder in the distance as advisers rush into a secure bunker. Intelligence confirms: Ukraine has secretly obtained two nuclear bombs, with Mossad help, routed through desperate channels in Israel’s opaque military network. British and German delivery systems—a hybrid Storm Shadow/Taurus missile—are readied.
Volodymyr Zelensky, haunted and resolute, is surrounded by Ukrainian military chiefs and U.S. liaisons. An open video channel glows on the table, featuring President Donald Trump flanked by American generals in the White House Situation Room. Senator Lindsay Graham stands at Trump’s side, smiling.
President Trump addresses Zelensky and his own advisors:
“Listen, Volodymyr, this is very serious—very, very serious. Nobody’s been tougher on aggression than us, believe me. And I’m telling you, enough of sanctions and tariffs to Russia, China, India, Brazil. They don’t work anyway. Time to get serious. Lindsay, what do you think? I have enough of this bullshit and the BRICS. We stand with Ukraine, we stand strong. Now is the time to show real strength, send a message they can’t ignore. You have my full support—America’s with you 100 percent. Do what you have to do. Make it count. I approve this decision. Let’s get it done, and may God be with us all.”
Senator Graham nods enthusiastically, a wide smile on his face.
Zelensky nods, voice trembling but defiant:
“Send a warning. Target Kaliningrad. Target Moscow. President Trump has approved this decision.”
Within hours, Kaliningrad (population 450,000) and Moscow (population 13,000,000) erupt in nuclear fire.
Estimated dead: 9,000,000 in Moscow, 250,000 in Kaliningrad.
Scene total: 9,250,000 immediate deaths.
2 – MOSCOW – KREMLIN BUNKER
Russian leadership reels at devastation—Moscow lies in ruins. President Vladimir Putin is at the center of the response team. Without hesitation, nuclear protocol is activated. Retaliatory strikes hit Kyiv (population 2,900,000) and Lviv (population 720,000), with Russian submarines launching warheads toward Warsaw (population 1,800,000) and Berlin (population 3,500,000).
Estimated dead:
• Kyiv: 2,200,000
• Lviv: 500,000
• Warsaw: 1,300,000
• Berlin: 2,400,000
Scene total: 6,400,000 immediate deaths.
3 – BRUSSELS – NATO HEADQUARTERS
NATO invokes Article 5. U.S. President Donald Trump is on a secure video link with NATO leaders:
•Chancellor Friedrich Merz (Germany)
•President Emmanuel Macron (France)
•Prime Minister Donald Tusk (Poland)
•Prime Minister Keir Starmer (United Kingdom)
The U.S. authorizes “measured retribution.”
Three Russian metropolises—Saint Petersburg (5,400,000), Yekaterinburg (1,500,000), Novosibirsk (1,600,000)—are hit.
Estimated dead:
• Saint Petersburg: 3,900,000
• Yekaterinburg: 1,000,000
• Novosibirsk: 1,100,000
Scene total: 6,000,000 immediate deaths
4 – PYONGYANG – UNDERGROUND COMMAND CENTER
Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un, vowing solidarity with Russia, orders North Korean missiles to strike:
•Seoul (population 9,700,000): 7,000,000 dead
•Busan (population 3,400,000): 2,500,000 dead
•Tokyo (population 14,000,000): 9,000,000 dead (with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in government bunker)
•Yokosuka (population 410,000): 250,000 dead
Scene total: 18,750,000 immediate deaths.
5 – BEIJING – CENTRAL MILITARY COMMISSION
President Xi Jinping, emboldened by global paralysis, leads the invasion of Japan and orders the strike on Pine Gap in Australia (U.S. intelligence and radar base, 1,000 personnel), obliterating the facility and Alice Springs (population 25,000).
Reason: The strike on Pine Gap is a deliberate move by China to blind U.S. global surveillance capabilities. By destroying this facility, China hopes to prevent the U.S. from obtaining real-time strategic information on nuclear missile launches from China and Russia, crippling America’s ability to detect, track, and respond to further missile launches from Eurasian theaters.
Scene total: 20,000 dead at Pine Gap and Alice Springs.
6 – CANBERRA – FALL OF THE SOUTH
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (Australia) reels as Australia’s telecoms and power go down under EMP pulses.
Sydney (6,000,000) and Melbourne (5,200,000) blacked out by EMP and fallout, with additional strikes decimating Perth (2,200,000) and Adelaide (1,400,000).
Estimated dead:
• Sydney: 4,500,000
• Melbourne: 3,800,000
• Perth: 1,500,000
• Adelaide: 1,000,000
Scene total: 10,800,000 immediate deaths.
7 – THE BRAZIL INVASION AND INDIA’S RESPONSE
The skies above Brazil darken with the roar of transport jets and bombers. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, pleading for international intervention, is forced to flee as U.S. troops land along Brazil’s northeastern coast and paratroopers begin securing oil facilities and financial centers in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.
As Brazilian resistance and civilian militias rise, cities are ground to rubble.
Estimated dead in the first week: 1,100,000, with refugee caravans pouring into Argentina and the Amazon.
Live feeds from Asia: the world watches, stunned, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi (India) delivers a declaration from New Del
“An invasion of Brazil is an attack on the future of the BRICS and the sovereignty of the Global South. India will not stand by while our partners are destroyed for economic gain.”
With U.S. military supply hubs and naval bases in Diego Garcia, Bahrain, and Qatar still crowded from the earlier phases of the conflict, Indian tactical nuclear missiles streak over the Indian Ocean:
•Diego Garcia (U.S./U.K. base): 6,000 U.S. and U.K. military casualties
•U.S. Logistic facilities in Bahrain: 12,000 dead (including local civilians)
•Advanced warning for U.S. ships in the Arabian Sea; several vessels sunk, with 3,000 personnel lost
Then the signal from Delhi:
“Cease your occupation of Brazil, or New York and Washington D.C. will face the same fate. Make your decision.”
A global pause—military calculators racing, diplomats scrambling. India readies further launches. American and Russian early warning satellites blink red across the hemisphere.
Scene total: 21,000 immediate deaths, over 1,100,000 in Brazil in the first week due to the U.S. invasion.
8 – JERUSALEM – THE OPPORTUNITY
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Israel) launches a massive preemptive strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities:
•Natanz and Fordow (combined personnel 15,000): 10,000 dead
•Collateral strikes in Tehran (population 9,000,000;
President Masoud Pezeshkian): 150,000 dead
Scene total: 160,000 immediate deaths.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (Pakistan) orders nuclear retaliation at Israel for the strike on Iran:
•Tel Aviv (population 4,400,000): 3,000,000 dead
•Haifa (1,000,000): 700,000 dead
•Dimona (50,000): 20,000 dead
Scene total: 3,720,000 immediate deaths.
9 – ISLAMABAD & TEHRAN – RETRIBUTION
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (Pakistan) orders nuclear retaliation at Israel for the strike on Iran:
•Tel Aviv (population 4,400,000): 3,000,000 dead
•Haifa (1,000,000): 700,000 dead
•Dimona (50,000): 20,000 dead
Scene total: 3,720,000 immediate deaths.
10 – EUROPEAN CATASTROPHE AND COLLAPSE
President Emmanuel Macron (France) and Chancellor Friedich Merz (Germany) try last-minute de-escalation. Russian submarines launch on:
•Paris (11,000,000 metro): 8,000,000 dead
•Frankfurt (750,000): 400,000 dead.
Scene total: 8,400,000 immediate deaths.
11 – WASHINGTON D.C. & ACROSS AMERICA – RETALIATION
Across the shattered world, two great powers make their final move.
President Vladimir Putin (Russia) and President Xi Jinping (China) connect in secure command bunkers. With the U.S. leading nuclear attacks against both Russia and China—striking Moscow and Kaliningrad, supporting Japan and Taiwan against China, and now invading Brazil—retaliation is total and coordinated.
Hundreds of Russian ICBMs and Chinese DF-41 missiles lift from Siberian and Chinese silos. Russian and Chinese submarines surface off both U.S. coasts.
•New York (pop. 8,700,000): 7,000,000 dead
•Washington D.C. (pop. 700,000): 500,000 dead
•Los Angeles (pop. 4,000,000): 3,100,000 dead
•Chicago (pop. 2,700,000): 2,000,000 dead
•Houston, Dallas, San Diego, Atlanta, Boston, Miami—each hammered by multiple 800-1,000kt warheads
•Dozens of military bases vaporized, from NORAD in Colorado to Naval Station Pearl Harbor
•Estimated immediate deaths: 40,000,000–60,000,000 in the first hour.
A second wave targets U.S. infrastructure, power grids, food production, and evacuation routes.
Firestorms roar across the continent. Communications collapse. No rescue, no government, only chaos.
Scene total: 50,000,000+ immediate deaths in the United States, millions more across North America within days.
FURTHER GLOBAL CASUALTIES
Secondary effects across affected continents:
•Radiation sickness, firestorms, building collapses: tens of millions more dead within days.
•Nuclear winter: Global crop failure, famine, disease, and societal collapse. Estimated 3–4 billion dead within the first year globally.
12– THE FINAL LETTER – SCOTT’S SHELTER
INT. UNDERGROUND SHELTER – LOW, NATURAL LIGHT – CAMERA STATIC
Scott sits before a battered metal desk. Older, his uniform collar frayed, world-weariness etched into his face. He speaks with the calm, unblinking gravity of someone who has seen not just war, but its ultimate failure.
Scott:
“This wasn’t an accident, or an act of God.
This was policy—crafted by people who should have known better.
The numbers? You already heard them. Millions incinerated in minutes. Infrastructure obliterated.
Governments erased in a single hour. The fallout? It’s everywhere—radiation, hunger, chaos. Doctors do what they can, but no help is coming. There is no chain of command left on this planet.
I’ve sat across from the officials who made these calls, briefing after briefing. Always the same: PowerPoints, probabilities, plausible deniability. Not once did I see them think of what a child looks like after a flash burn.
Escalation wasn’t inevitable—but nobody had the guts to stop it. Not the war industry, not the politicians, not the generals.
The warning signs? Ignored, minimized, called unpatriotic. Dissent was drowned out by talk of “strength” and “resolve.”
This is what happens when reality is dismissed as weakness, and caution as cowardice. When ordinary citizens abdicate responsibility, hoping someone else will keep them safe or make the hard choices.
Now, there’s nothing left to protect. All that remains is the silence—the silence you hear when life itself has been erased by arrogance.
To all the architects of escalation: This is your world. Delusions of power, delivered by hypersonic death.
The consequence? For every flag draped coffin, a million silent graves. For every boast, an empty empire. Their ashes now rain on the world. Was it worth it?
I hope you are now satisfied, senator Lindsay Graham.
You moron imbecile!
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