This book series would make a great TV series – start with a miniseries that shows the day of the Transition, then a season of episodes to tell the story of the first book. (a la the new “Battlestar Galactica”). Then a second season to tell the story of the second book, and so on.

They could follow the characters from the book and introduce new ones if necessary to fill it out. I think it would be fascinating to see the historical characters acted out.

In style it would be a good deal like the 4400 on USA, what with a group of people suddenly appearing from nowhere and re-assimilating back into a society that’s foreign to them, so it would be tough to avoid comparisons there. But if you built it with an end point in mind (end of season/book 3) it might flow better.