One Second After, William R. Forstchen
One Second After, William R. Forstchen
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One Second After

Author: William R. Forstchen

Narrator: Joe Barrett

Unabridged: 13 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/30/2009

Synopsis

In a small North Carolina town, one man struggles to save his family after America loses a war that will send it back to the Dark Ages. Already cited on the floor of Congress and discussed in the corridors of the Pentagon as a book all Americans should read, One Second After is the story of a war scenario that could become all too terrifyingly real. Based upon a real weaponthe Electro Magnetic Pulse (EMP)which may already be in the hands of our enemies, it is a truly realistic look at the awesome power of a weapon that can destroy the entire United States, literally within one second. 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.

About William R. Forstchen

William R. Forstchen is the author of the New York Times bestseller One Second After and We Look Like Men of War, among numerous other books in diverse subjects ranging from history to science fiction. He has co-authored several books with Newt Gingrich, including Gettysburg: A Novel of the Civil War, Pearl Harbor, Days of Infamy, To Try Men’s Souls and Valley Forge. Forstchen holds a Ph.D. in History from Purdue University, with specializations in military history and the history of technology. He is currently a Faculty Fellow and Professor of History at Montreat College, near Asheville North Carolina. He is a pilot and flies an original WWII recon "warbird." He resides near Asheville with his daughter Meghan.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Alison on March 31, 2011

Preachy and abrasive, I imagine this book would only appeal to hard core fans of the End of the World novel. If the following bit of dialogue turns you off, please don't attempt to read this book: "Charlie, Americans were so damn unprepared...we spent a helluva lot of time wringing out hands about gl......more

Goodreads review by Matthew on July 08, 2016

This book is intense, heart-wrenching, and not for the easy-queasy! It is basically two books: 1. An essay on everything our society would deal with in a post-apocalyptic scenario 2. How a small community in North Carolina deals with that post-apocalyptic scenario. The detail from the "essay" is well re......more

Goodreads review by David on October 07, 2014

As much as I like post-apocalyptic novels, zombies, aliens, and supernatural horrors are entertaining but not scary, because we know those types of end-of-the-world scenarios are not going to happen. One Second After manages to be scary because it sounds very plausible. In fact, William Fortschen sup......more

Goodreads review by Sharon on April 22, 2009

The premise of the story is that an EMP (electronmagnetic pulse) is created by the detonation of 3 nuclear bombs above the earth's atmosphere, which renders all electronic, digital, computerized elements in the infrastructure of the U.S. inoperable, which leads to a complete and total breakdown of l......more

Goodreads review by Dez the Bookworm on February 23, 2025

This book is so interesting! It feels like I’m reading a non-fiction novel. The way it’s written feels so real! Kinda scary to think the logistics of this being possible, which also makes this completely terrifying. This book is absolutely wrecked me (in a good way)! 😭 At first I didn’t know if I was......more

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