“Forstchen's work has flair and power.” - Joel Rosenberg, author of The Sleeping Dragon “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.” -W.E.B. Forstchen has put Bin Laden's wet dream on paper and, in the process, taken civilization straight to the rack.” - Stephen Coonts, author of The Assassin “Civilization slides into the abyss of a new dark age in this horrifying apocalyptic novel. 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. It is a weapon that the Wall Street Journal warns could shatter America. 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. A weapon that may already be in the hands of our enemies. 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).

New York Times best selling author William R. A post-apocalyptic thriller of the after effects in the United States after a terrifying terrorist attack using electromagnetic pulse weapons.

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