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Book Review of One Second After (John Matherson, Bk 1)

One Second After (John Matherson, Bk 1)
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"One Second After" is a post-apocalyptic novel that could so easily become reality in the Electronic Age. The cover art is misleading--the nuclear detonation is never seen or felt by the population but all electronics are permanently disabled in an attack that involved no ground forces. Forstchen sets the residents of a small town into a world suddenly devoid of power, communications, and transportation and sets his reader to wonder--how will you cope? How will you survive? I'd like to have this thought-provoking and somewhat disturbing book on hand.