One Second After (A John Matherson Novel, 1)

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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528 pages

Average rating: 7.51

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Tamrat
Oct 18, 2024
7/10 stars
Just a heart breaking story of a small town in North Carolina when the United States is hit with emp bombs. The writer did such a good job of covering so many scenarios that would happen. Terrifying!!!
Cmpowerss
Apr 11, 2024
8/10 stars
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Anonymous
Mar 13, 2024
2/10 stars
I made it to page 91. It might be a good story/warning, but I couldn't get past the sexist undertones.
Heflump
Sep 09, 2023
10/10 stars
I loved the book. It was well written and very informative about what could happen and that we should always be prepared. I just hope that if it does happen, there is a history buff around.
E Clou
May 10, 2023
6/10 stars
This was both realistic and terribly horrifying. Basically, it's time to start accumulating canned foods, medicines, guns, and bullets for the end of days. Good luck, y'all.

This author is very pro-history, pro-military, pro-militia, and pro-infrastructure preparedness. He makes an extremely convincing case for all these.

Read this! And if we get hit by an electromagnetic pulse apocalypse please share some of your food with me because I told you about the book.

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