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Incredible Read... I was locked into the Book in the 1st Chapter. The scenarios it portrays are remarkable & thought JOLTING .. Your NOT prepared for this.. Looking to read "A Year After" now. This Book will make you Laugh out Loud & Cry Lots of Real Tears....... The lives of the Colonel , his Daughters & Family are Compelling. May "Ben" Rest in Peace... Geno in Middleton
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My unofficial opinion! It was a great premise, and for the most part very enjoyable. On the good side, I realize how much research was needed! However, there were times it was repetitive and slowed down the story. I found that getting into the main characters mind (emotions) lacking at times. Could be it becomes overwhelming for the character, but it would be nice for the reader to experience it making it more cathartic, thereby making it easier for the next event to move even higher. At times I wasn’t sure as to the effects of the EMP and what area of the country it covered, at least it was not made clear. Maybe that was on purpose? I think it would have affected the whole country, maybe the world? Keeping it narrow makes it more personable, and I understand that, but later when referring to DC, New York, etc., it became confusing. Also, I didn’t fully understand the government aircraft being able to fly when the electronics should have been fried. All being said, I recommend reading this book to anyone that needs to know how the future could be dealt with. I passed it on to daughterRead full review
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i just read it, couldn't put it down, read the whole thing in a day and a half, while i applaud his taking on a subject i feel we are making a grave mistake(no pun intended..) in overlooking, i think he cleaned it up far too much. the whole plot was too neat, contrived and predictable, almost cliche, should be required reading for all schools, lawmakers etc, but you and i both know that will never happen...and, i believe things will be infinitely more brutal than his rather tame descriptions, ..."it's not a question of "if", but a question of "when"..." it was more than a bit like a Louis Lamour novel, with Jack Reacher as the protagonist...
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Disturbing premise of the US being attaked with an Electromagnetic Pulse from an atmospheric nuclear detonation. This is about as grim a book as you can read. well written and an easy read it paints a terrifingly possible potrait of a nation devastated as much by the inattention of its polititions as the perpatrators of the civilization changing attack. This is a book worth reading.The author brings an understanding of a world suddenly plunged ito a technological void. In the millisecond of the electromagnetic Pulse all of the electronic marvels that make modern society flourish are suddenly removed. A gripping lament for a people unprepared for a step back a century or more. A people who lack skills and knowledge that are necessary to live. A warning in the form of a well written novel. In a world as uncertain and unstable as ours these warnings should not go unheeededRead full review
This is an easy to read fictional account. There are still opponents to the conceptual sweeping effectiveness of an energy pulse from nuclear detonation test data is sketchy - but this story makes one think about what if. ...and that part is priceless and what makes it a must read for any inquiring minds.
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