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One Second After (After, #1)
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Although fiction, this book is a very believable & terrifying account of how life continues and changes after an Electric Magnetic Pulse (EMP) weapon is set off over the USA. According to the forward, this weapon actually does exist and destroys all things run by electricity which makes the story all the more frightening. Think no communication/cell phones/computers, no vehicles produced after the late '70s, no refrigeration/air conditioning, no ability to produce basically everything that we have come to depend on in our daily lives...and that's just for starters.
The story centers around a man and his family in a small North Carolina town and what he is capable of doing to help not only those he loves but the townsfolk to survive and carry on after basically being 'blasted' back to the Dark Ages.
For me, just knowing that this weapon is a reality and could be used against our country or any other was as frightening as any horror novel I've read. The impact of such a weapon would be devastating. This is one of those books that stayed with me and made me think for quite some time....could I be a survivor or more to the point...would I even want to be?
The story centers around a man and his family in a small North Carolina town and what he is capable of doing to help not only those he loves but the townsfolk to survive and carry on after basically being 'blasted' back to the Dark Ages.
For me, just knowing that this weapon is a reality and could be used against our country or any other was as frightening as any horror novel I've read. The impact of such a weapon would be devastating. This is one of those books that stayed with me and made me think for quite some time....could I be a survivor or more to the point...would I even want to be?
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January 1, 1999
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January 1, 1999
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March 9, 2011
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Dec 04, 2011 01:39PM
I kinda hoped it underestimated people. I mean really, ten months just to get one generator working? And the way they just burned through all their food, hunted everything in sight and then began triaging people off for starvation.... I was pretty barbaric.
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I agree...it was very barbaric. That's what creeped me out about this book...and it think that could be a realistic scenerio. I believe some people are brutal enough to take & do anything/everything just thinking of themselves and not considering the good of others. Do you watch AMC TV's "The Walking Dead"? I've not read the graphic novel but the show is pretty well done and gives you an idea of how different people react in a life or death situation...only with zombies instead of EMP's...:>
Glad to read your comment, Dylan.
--Cecilia
Hey, Dylan, another good book to read is "The Passage" by Justin Cronin if you haven't already. It is supposed to end up being a trilogy. Anyway, again, the government screws up and there is another possible end of the world scenerio giving you a harsh reality check of the good & bad in people, how & what they do to survive.It's not as believable as "One Second After"...but gets the point across.
Enjoy your books...Cecilia
Ha. Believable like I believe in the Easter bunny.
