The only odd clue is that a wax museum; now using plastic,has female twins dressed in doubles of their official clothes." "Strange." Sylvia thought as...she wondered if the world's men were turninginto women to hide the location and true fate. The five mannequinizedagents just stared at one another as they tried to figure out the best way tohelp out."What now?" Nancy asked."Whatever you do, best do it fast," Dan replied. "We've got more and moreof the world's powerful people disappearing ever.... "If you don't want the meet our Mark, Henry and I would still love to have you. Over." Thanks, Betsy. I'm calling my son as soon as I get home."Sandra did call Mark as soon as she got home. He begged off; he was busy. "I'm sorry, Mom. Maybe tomorrow, okay?" Mark, you work too much. You should take some time off."Mark laughed. "It's a date, Mom. First time I could get free in weeks. I've got a date with a beautiful woman. I'll call you tomorrow, okay?"Her son had a date. San looked at the phone. The other guests were then demanding to know what was going on, and Ithink I may have blacked out briefly, because when I woke Jessica wasexplaining:"I had no idea this was my husband, he must have snuck back here indisguise. He told me that he was his cousin."That was the cue for footsteps and just when Lucas was about to hit meagain, a flurry of men ran into the room. One grabbed Lucas and anotherstarted to read him his rights. The room descended into chaos asJessica was also arrested."You. .. I think it's unlikely." Michael stared down at the long, thin shuttle below. "When they do touch off this non-nuclear winter, it will almost have to be before the Swarm find a deposit of uranium. If it happens before they can fuel their reactors, then the only Swarm colonies that will have even a chance of survival will be those in geologically active areas, restricting where you can find them. That means that not long after they land, if Central Command even waits long enough for them to.