Lament for the Afterlife

No one knows when the war against the greys began. Not precisely. There are theories, speculations. everyone agrees, though, that airborne doom-bringers appear along with their invisible bombs – and disappear just as mysteriously. Governments, while they still can, launch investigations into the waves of energy sweeping from continent to continent, bringing human mutation and environmental destruction. They shepherd refugees from country to country. They do whatever they must to put an end to the fighting. Whispers have circulated for centuries: Where are the greys? When will they next strike? How many men remain true and how many are turncoats? How can you attack something you can’t see?

And secretly, fearfully: Are the greys even real?