One Year After: A John Matherson Novel

William R. Forstchen

Sep 2015 · A John Matherson Novel Book 2 · Sold by Forge Books

About this ebook

One Year After is the New York Times bestselling follow-up to William R. Forstchen’s smash hit One Second After, the novel cited on the floor of Congress as a book all Americans should read

The story begins one year after One Second After ends, two years since nuclear weapons were detonated above the United States and brought America to its knees. After months of suffering starvation, war, and countless deaths, the survivors of Black Mountain, North Carolina, are beginning to recover technology and supplies they had once taken for granted, like electricity, radio communications, and medications. When a “federal administrator” arrives in a nearby city, they dare to hope that a new national government is finally emerging.

That hope quickly diminishes when town administrator John Matherson learns that most of the young men and women in the community are to be drafted into the “Army of National Recovery” and sent to trouble spots hundreds of miles away. He and the people of Black Mountain protest vehemently. But “the New Regime” is already tyrannizing one nearby community.

Will Matherson’s friends and neighbors be next?

The John Matherson Series
#1 One Second After
#2 One Year After
#3 The Final Day

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Ratings and reviews

You lose the story.the writer goes in 5 page tangents and repeats the same thing in different ways every few pages. This book is far inferior to the first book. It was an ok book. Would never read again.

Hard to fulfill the expectation after the one second after ... this one became more of just describing power trip vs stand up american fight and grandeose battle ....a bit dissapointed, but easy read

One Second After was both an enjoyable read - and - a wake-up call. One Year After was an excellent sequel. I "smell" a 3rd book in this series.

About the author

WILLIAM R. FORSTCHEN is the New York Times bestselling author of One Second After, among numerous other books in diverse subjects ranging from history to science fiction. He also collaborates on New York Times bestselling novels with New Gingrich. 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.