Vysloužilý armádní důstojník John Matherson se přestěhoval s rodinou do Black Mountain v Severní Karolíně. Nedávno ovdovělý John a jeho dvě dcery žijí v přívětivé maloměstské rutině. Jednoho dne ji však něco naruší – najednou přestanou fungovat všechny elektrické spotřebiče. Že by rozsáhlý výpadek? Pravda je však krutější, než by se zdálo – za vším je výbuch EMP, elektromagnetické bomby.[...]
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… ...
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.
