This series plunges you into the lives of a small town's inhabitants, suddenly cut off from the world by a mysterious, invisible barrier. Witness how people cope with isolation, dwindling resources, and rising tensions as they seek to uncover the truth behind their entrapment. It's a gripping narrative that explores human nature when faced with crisis and the fight for survival.
It's a bright Autumn morning in the small town of Chester's Mill. Claudette Sanders is having a flying lesson and Dale Barbara is hitching a ride out of town. Neither make it to their intended destinations, for an invisible barrier has descended over the town.
All hell has broken loose in Chester's Mill after an invisible force field suddenly and inexplicably descends on the small Maine town, isolating all within it from the outside world. As the grim reality of the situation dawns and panic sets in, each other town's denizens reveals their true nature in the face of shortages, rationing, lawlessness, and uncertainty. Their survival depends on Dale "Barbie" Barbara, an ex-army drifter who leads a few intrepid citizens in a race to uncover the sinister forces intent on holding the town hostage under the dome - and to raise it before there's on one left alive in Chester's Mill... (back cover)