Forstchen Destroys Earth... Again (August 25, 2008)

[Bandit LOAF]

Way back in June, 2006, former Wing Commander author Dr. William Forstchen announced that he was preparing to publish a modern apocalyptic novel called One Second After. It looks like that book is finally making its way out -- it now has an Amazon listing, a release date (March, 2009) and a description:

Overnight, the world's trains, planes, cars, trucks, phones, computers, power plants and electrical equipment come to a sudden screeching stop. Nor will they ever start up again. The world is in chaos, and everyone wants to know why. Some evangelicals believe the Rapture is at hand. Other fundamentalists see the Cloven Hoof of Satan in the catastrophe. UFO cultists preach the coming of intergalactic aliens. Secularists envisage a host of earthly enemies - Chinese communists, Islamic fanatics, eco-terrorists, and energy industry magnates. New Agers prophesize the dreaded Mayan apocalypse. Is it aliens from space or is it the apocalypse? Human violence or the wrath of an angry god?

Whatever the cause, the modern age has come to an end. Looting, food riots, and global insurrection are the order of the day, and the New Dark Ages are suddenly upon us.

Can this global anarchy be stopped? Can the End Time be reversed?

A small mountain village in the American South is humankind’s last best hope.

It's an interesting departure from Dr. Forstchen's usual military history and military history-derived fiction; it should be worth a look!

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Original update published on August 25, 2008

 

[L.I.F.]

Funny, it reminds me of the book "Ashes, ashes" from French author René Barjavel (original name "Ravage"), where all electricity power disappear suddenly. I think it could be more than interesting compare the two books, since the first was written in 1943, when a electricity-powered society such ours was science-fiction.

 

[Unregistered]

It's uncannily like Stirling's "Dies The Fire";

http://www.amazon.com/Dies-Fire-Cha...bs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1219768705&sr=8-1

"What is the foundation of our civilization? asks Stirling (Conquistador) in this rousing tale of the aftermath of an uncanny event, "the Change," that renders electronics and explosives (including firearms) inoperative. As American society disintegrates, without either a government able to maintain order or an economy capable of sustaining a large population, most of the world dies off from a combination of famine, plague, brigandage and just plain bad luck. The survivors are those who adapt most quickly, either by making it to the country and growing their own crops—or by taking those crops from others by force."

Sound familiar?