One Second After (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780765317582)

A post-apocalyptic thriller of the after effects in the United States after a terrifying terrorist attack using electromagnetic pulse weapons.

New York Times best selling author William R. Forstchen now brings us a story which can be all too terrifyingly real...a story in which one man struggles to save his family and his small North Carolina town after America loses a war, in one second, a war that will send America back to the Dark Ages...A war based upon a weapon, an Electro Magnetic Pulse (EMP). A weapon that may already be in the hands of our enemies.

Months before publication, One Second After has already been cited on the floor of Congress as a book all Americans should read, a book already being discussed in the corridors of the Pentagon as a truly realistic look at a weapon and its awesome power to destroy the entire United States, literally within one second. It is a weapon that the Wall Street Journal warns could shatter America. In the tradition of On the Beach, Fail Safe and Testament, this book, set in a typical American town, is a dire warning of what might be our future...and our end.

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Author: William R. Forstchen
ISBN-10: 0765317583
ISBN-13: 9780765317582
Publisher: Forge
Language: English
Published: 03/17/2009
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.20w x 1.30d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.9
Point Value: 19
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 182845 / One Second After


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/12/2009 pg. 31
Booklist 02/15/2009 pg. 31