Your life can change in an instant. Would you know what to do? The Instants is the compelling story of brief moments that can change lives forever: a bombing at a military base, a robbery, a burst of passion, meeting a stranger, falling in love, taking a job, deciding to leave. The Instants follows a series of characters through the 1980s and the start of the drug wars through terrorist attacks as they struggle and cope. A soldier returns home from an attack on a military base wounded and scarred. Two college roommates learn to make their way in the world. Coworkers face a violent intrusion to their workplace. Their lives interconnect through a series of events that change their lives instantly. In these instants, they must make decisions that will affect their lives for years to come.