Part 1: Chapters 3, 4 and 5 Summary

Frances and Dougie Puslowski are hanging clothes to dry under the blue skies of Sunrise Valley, Nevada when they see a full convoy of U.S. Jeeps and trucks come bouncing up the dirt road toward their mobile home park. Dressed in full battle dress, the soldiers begin screaming at the residents that they must evacuate; everyone has to leave their houses now. "Now, people!"

Frances runs into the trailer to gather their two young girls, ages two and four. While inside she checks her phone, which mysteriously doesn't work. Outside she hears her frightened neighbors questioning the soldiers and being told, "You hear me? Now!" When she hears a gunshot, she runs to the screen door to see her husband lying dead on the ground. As she vomits in front of her daughters, a soldier kicks open the...