Ralph finds it hard to drop off and wakes earlier and earlier and then he begins to see things colours, shapes strange auras around his friends After Susan Edwina Day's visit to the town of Derry is announced, the once placid town starts to divide over women's issues and the mild-mannered Ed Deepneau gets dangerously out of control That's when Ralph begins to understand why Ed is obsessed with the notion that Derry is becoming the new Armageddon and realises that time is running out for the residents of his home town