One Second After
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| Rating | : | 4.27 (623 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B001WYVAJ8 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 536 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-12 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
In the tradition of On the Beach, Fail Safe, and Testament, One Second After, set in a typical American town, is a dire warning of what might be our future and our end.
All rights reserved. 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. History professor John Matherson, who lives with his two daughters in a small North Carolina town, soon figures out what has happened. 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. Aided by local officials, Matherson begins to deal with such long-term effects of the disaster as starvation, disease and roving gangs of barba
John K. Gayley said A compelling security topic illuminated through a novel: Read this book (or at least read up on the topic). We face so many external threats that it's hard to keep up with them all. Among those that could damage or destroy our electronic infrastructure, cyberterrorism occupies center stage in many current debates. Completely understandable, since the damage could be huge and the barriers to entry are virtually nonexistent. . "Story proves a point about interdependence" according to Watchman. This story is okay. A lot of the plot points are obvious, like the "accidental" discovery that an old car that happens to be at the main character's house just by happenstance is so old that it works after the disaster because the car has no modern electronics. What is missing is the probable dependence on bicycles to. It's an eye opening story. I grew up in a farming community. My parents grew up on farms; I didn't. However, we had a garden much larger than one family needed. We canned and gave much of it away. My father taught me to hunt and trap. I've often wondered what life would be like in a situation where the world collapsed.This book was an amazing r