The John Matherson Series: (One Second After, One Year After, The Final Day)

William R. Forstchen

Jun 2017 · Sold by Macmillan

About this ebook

This discounted ebundle of the John Matherson Series includes: One Second After, One Year After, The Final Day

“Forstchen is the prophet of a new Dark Age. The wise will listen.” —Stephen Coonts

From New York Times bestselling author, William R. Forstchen: In the span of a single second, the United States is plunged into darkness as an Electro Magnetic Pulse (EMP) wipes out all electricity. Trains, planes, cars, phones, computers, power plants, electronics and electrical equipment—all comes to a screeching halt. The country is in chaos, and everyone wants to know why. Whatever the cause, looting, food riots, and global insurrection are the order of the day. The New Dark Ages are suddenly upon us in this series exploring the potential aftermath of a very real threat.

One Second After — In the novel that was cited on the floor of Congress as a book all Americans should read, professor John Matherson struggles to save his family and his small North Carolina mountain town after America loses a war in one second, a war that will send the country back to the Dark Ages.

One Year After — Two years after nuclear weapons were detonated above the United States and brought America to its knees, 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 national government is finally reemerging. But the new regime is beginning to look a lot like tyranny.

The Final Day — Since the detonation of nuclear weapons above the United States more than two years ago, the small town of Black Mountain, North Carolina has suffered famine, civil war, and countless deaths. Now, after defeating a new, tyrannical federal government, John Matherson and his community intend to restore their world to what it was before the EMP apocalypse. For the most part, they are succeeding . . . but progress is halted when the national government overturns the Constitution and a terrible truth is revealed: the people in power may have seen the EMP strike coming all along.

Other Tor books by William R. Forstchen
Pillar to the Sky
We Look Like Men of War

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Ratings and reviews

Pretty good read minus the overtly Christian views of the protagonists that really bothered me. The villains of book one are Cannibalistic Satanists... I mean come on...

This is an ABSOLUTE MUST READ SERIES!! One second After should actually be a mandatory for all high school senior bc it could happen in their lifetime. Well written. Too close to possible reality for comfort.

great detail and suspense given the story is governed by real life situations that one would deal with in a post-apocalyptic/EMP time. Gives me great Insight on what I need to be prepared for mentally and Supply wise in the event something like this happens.

About the author

WILLIAM R. FORSTCHEN is the New York Times bestselling author of One Second After and One Year After. He holds a Ph.D. in history from Purdue University, with specializations in military history and the history of technology. Forstchen is currently a faculty fellow and professor of history at Montreat College, near Asheville, North Carolina.