The Christmas Eve Attack Begins
A coordinated EMP strike and internal attacks collapse the electrical grid and strip away communications, technology, and normal command systems across the opening battlefield.
- DATE PRECISION
- DAY
- OPERATIONAL SCOPE
- GLOBAL
- INTEL CONFIDENCE
- HIGH // CONFIRMED PUBLIC CANON
- FORCES / FACTIONS
- China / Russia / allied hostile networks / United States / Europe
What happened
This is the universe’s primary synchronization point. The hidden campaign becomes open war at home while connected stories experience the same collapse from Northern Virginia, Fort Knox, Reno, federal protective details, military installations, and other fronts. A Dance of Devils makes clear that Europe is blinded as well, confirming a wider Western attack.
Why the event matters in the wider war
The activation point for years of covert preparation and multiple synchronized overt attacks.
What changes afterward
Civil infrastructure fails, military and government response is fragmented, and pre-positioned forces move openly.
Cross-links and downstream significance
Central time anchor connecting the main series, anthologies, and several standalone novels.