This book was published several years ago but it was recommended to me and I did enjoy reading it although it was quite depressing! Growing up during the Cold War with the threats of nuclear weapons I would see on TV or read in books about what could happen.
On the Beach was a book that has remained vivid in my mind
for decades. That book takes place in the last place on earth that the
radiation will reach. For months the people knew what was coming and
yet for the most part they continued their daily lives. In contrast,
One Second After, is about how daily life totally stopped ......one second
after! An Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) was the weapon. I don't know
what that is but it completely shut down anything with electronics -
cell phones, cars, coffee makers, utilities, etc. That seemed scary.
But the real terror came when society began to break down - and that
also happened quickly. What are people willing to do to live? The
main character is an ex-military man named John. He is still trying to
deal with the death of his wife while raising his two daughters when the
disaster happened. At the beginning of the book they were prominent
but seemed to fade into the background while John tried to bring some
order to their small town. This book is located in the fiction
section.......but is it?
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