Authors: William R. Forstchen
ISBN-13: 9781433256998, ISBN-10: 1433256991
Format: Compact Disc
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Date Published: March 2009
Edition: Unabridged, 9 CDs, 11 hrs 30 min
WILLIAM R. FORSTCHEN has a Ph.D.
An end-of-the-world novel to rank with The Stand and Lucifer's Hammer
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. (Mar.)
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