Finished this book last night and would have read it in one night had I not been required to go to work on Friday. I adore books that take me away to some where else and this one did. As you know Im a fan of apocalyptic stories and this was one of the best in recent memory.

From Publishers Weekly:

In this entertaining apocalyptic thriller from Forstchen (We Look Like Men of War), a high-altitude nuclear bomb of uncertain origin explodes, unleashing a deadly electromagnetic pulse that instantly disables almost every electrical device in the U.S. and elsewhere in the world. Airplanes, most cars, cellphones, refrigerators-all are fried as the country plunges into literal and metaphoric darkness. History professor John Matherson, who lives with his two daughters in a small North Carolina town, soon figures out what has happened. Aided by local officials, Matherson begins to deal with such long-term effects of the disaster as starvation, disease and roving gangs of barbarians. While the material sometimes threatens to veer into jingoism, and heartstrings are tugged a little too vigorously, fans of such classics as Alas, Babylon and On the Beach will have a good time as Forstchen tackles the obvious and some not-so-obvious questions the apocalypse tends to raise. Newt Gingrich provides a foreword.


Quotes from famous people who read it:

"In a Norman Rockwell town in North Carolina ….ex-servicemen recall "Korea in '51" as military action by unlikely people becomes the norm in Forstchen's sad, riveting, cautionary tale."
-Whitney Scott,  Booklist


"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."
-W.E.B. Griffin &
William E. Butterworth IV

"A blood-chilling wake-up call that chaos and death are but a power plug away...Stock up on food, water, medicine, and batteries now.  This horror could happen tomorrow."
-William B. Scott,  coauthor of Space Wars

The Foreword was written by Newt Gingrich and is definitely worth a read.

If you like to read scary stories, but stories that could come true- I recommend this one. If you arent stocking up on canned goods and batteries at the end, you have NO SOUL.   ;)