A House of Dynamite

A missile launch plunges the American government into a crisis—one that unfolds in a matter of minutes, yet could determine the remaining span of humanity’s existence. As the origin of the projectile remains unclear, the military, intelligence agencies, and the government scramble to make sense of conflicting information arriving from China, Iran, and North Korea. Routine protocols escalate into irreversible decisions. Personal conflicts collide with the critical moment when an interception attempt must succeed. In Washington, officials struggle for clarity, while the President faces the agonizing question of whether a retaliatory strike is even possible—or justifiable. Bigelow depicts a system designed for such an emergency, one that, when confronted with a genuine threat, is forced to call its own internal logic into question. (Otto Römisch)