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 Beachwill have a good
time as Forstchen tackles the obvious and some not-so-obvious questions
the apocalypse tends to raise.

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