Cactus Loop
and the Moon
A Screenread Experience
9,200 BC. An elder paints by firelight deep inside an Australian cave. Something takes him.
Present day. Two boys fishing off the coast find what he left behind — and set in motion a chain of events connecting NASA, an ex-soldier, a fugitive, and an alien intelligence that has been waiting eleven thousand years to finish what it started.
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Chapter 1
The Abduction
Northern Australia — 9,200 BC
Chapter 2
The Boys
Outside Cactus Loop — Present Day
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Chapter 3
Strange Encounter
Low Earth Orbit / Houston
Chapter 4
The Device
Washington D.C.
Chapter 5
The Drifter
Cactus Loop / Arnhem Land
Chapter 6
Endurance II
Low Earth Orbit / Northern Australia
Chapter 7
The Return
Cactus Loop Coast / Diggers Cave
Chapter 8
Sarah
Cactus Loop / Tidal Flats
Chapter 9
Revelation
Diggers Cave / Tidal Flats
Chapter 10
Emergency
Cactus Loop / Diggers Cave
Chapter 11
The Steal
Diggers Cave — Night
Chapter 12
Feelgood & Co.
Cactus Loop / Diggers Cave
Chapter 13
The Lighthouse
Stinkwood Island
Chapter 14
Aftermath
Diggers Cave — Night
Chapter 15
Blake
Stinkwood Island / Flashbacks
Chapter 16
Coroboree
Stinkwood Island — Dusk
Chapter 17
Missing
Stinkwood Island / Mad Water Delta
Chapter 18
Taken
Mad Water Delta / Alien Realm
Chapter 19
Treasures
Stinkwood Island — Lighthouse Dome
Chapter 20
Frantic
Mad Water Delta
Chapter 21
Going Down
NASA Kennedy Space Center
Chapter 22
Fleabag Down
Outside Cactus Loop — Night
Chapter 23
Last Rites
Diggers Cave
Chapter 24
Moonrise
Stinkwood Island — Lighthouse
Chapter 25
Sunk
Mad Water Delta — Seabed
Chapter 26
Crunch Time
Stinkwood Island — Lighthouse
Chapter 27
The Trade
Mad Water Delta
Chapter 28
Departure
Lunar Orbit / Mad Water Delta
Chapter 29
Cactus Moon
Cactus Loop — Present Day
The cast
Marwen
Elder Artist
Yirran
Apprentice
Danny
Teenager
Juba
Danny's Friend
Matt
NASA Commander
Toby
Shuttle Pilot
Kate
President
Amy
SETI Scientist
Blake
Ex-Military Drifter
Fleabag
Fugitive
Feelgood
Tribal Elder
Sarah
Danny's Mother
Schuster
Shuttle Pilot