L. Ashley Straker quotes:

The attack came without warning, in the pre-dawn stillness on the day they were due to leave. A series of solid concussions shook the walls and sent Simon scrambling from his bunk. Max thrust a handgun at him, which he immediately fumbled and dropped.

Well, whatever happened here today' he said, turning back to Popescu and donning his own sunglasses so he could discreetly cast his gaze over her figure,'it was only the beginning.

She stared at Raven in a long second of shocked silence, before sagging to the floor.

Simon shook his head. 'I don't want to be a hero. I'd rather abandon the technology altogether, sit on a hill and speak to my neighbours by smoke-signal.

...while the stony bones of the world tore past and the air grew dark and howling. The last thing he saw as the gulley became a torrent of dust and rock was the Jeep, plucked backwards into space.

I'm psychologically equipped for this.