They cling to the hope that a new national government is finally emerging. After suffering starvation, war, and countless deaths, the survivors of Black Mountain, North Carolina, are beginning to piece back together the technologies they had once taken for granted: electricity, radio communications, and medications. The story picks up a year after One Second After ends, two years since the detonation of nuclear weapons above the United States brought America to its knees.

One Year After is the thrilling follow-up to that smash hit. Hundreds of thousands of people have read the tale. Forstchen's One Second After was cited on the floor of Congress as a book all Americans should read. Such a bestseller is worth saying, “I am ready to pay for homework with ” and focusing on reading.'Months before publication, William R. 'A blood-chilling wake-up call that chaos and death are but a power plug away.Stock up on food, water, medicine, and batteries now. “The only thing more terrifying than this masterfully crafted story is the possibility of it actually happening-and not a damn thing being done to protect us.” Will have a good time as Forstchen tackles the obvious and some not-so-obvious questions the apocalypse tends to raise.' '.fans of such classics as Alas, Babylon, and “In a Norman Rockwell town in North Carolina ….ex-servicemen recall “Korea in ‘51” as military action by unlikely people becomes the norm in Forstchen’s sad, riveting, cautionary tale.”

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. It is a weapon that The Wall Street Journal warned could shatter our nation. It has been discussed in the corridors of the Pentagon as a realistic look at EMPs and their awesome ability to send catastrophic shockwaves throughout the United States, literally within seconds. Months before publication, One Second After was already cited on the floor of Congress as a book all Americans should read.

A story in which one man struggles to save his family and his small North Carolina town after America loses a war that sends our nation back to the Dark Ages.Ī war lost because of a terrifying weapon, an Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP).Īnd it may already be in the hands of our enemies. Forstchen tells a story that might be all too terrifyingly real. New York Times bestselling author William R.

One Year After by William R. Forstchen