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One Second After

William R. ForstchenSeries: After (Forstchen)
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Pages
352
Year
2011
Language
English
Publisher
Tor Publishing Group

About

A post-apocalyptic thriller of the after effects in the United States after a terrifying terrorist attack using electromagnetic pulse weapons.

New York Times best selling author William R. Forstchen now brings us a story which can be all too terrifyingly real...a story in which one man struggles to save his family and his small North Carolina town after America loses a war, in one second, a war that will send America back to the Dark Ages...A war based upon a weapon, an Electro Magnetic Pulse (EMP). A weapon that may already be in the hands of our enemies.

Months before publication, One Second After has already been cited on the floor of Congress as a book all Americans should read, a book already being discussed in the corridors of the Pentagon as a truly realistic look at a weapon and its awesome power to destroy the entire United States, literally within one second. It is a weapon that the Wall Street Journal warns could shatter America. In the tradition of On the Beach, Fail Safe and Testament, this book, set in a typical American town, is a dire warning of what might be our future...and our end.

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Related Subjects

  • Disaster
  • Adult Fiction
  • Technological
  • Thrillers
  • Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic
  • Science Fiction

Reviews

"Civilization slides into the abyss of a new dark age in this horrifying apocalyptic novel. Forstchen has put Bin Laden's wet dream on paper and, in the process, taken civilization straight to the rack."
Stephen Coonts, author of The Assassin
"The only thing more terrifying than this masterfully crafted story is the possibility of it actually happening"
and not a damn thing being done to protect us."

Extended Details

  • EditionFirst Edition
  • Lexile860L
  • SeriesAfter (Forstchen) #1

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William R. ForstchenAuthor

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