"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.

Although William Forstchen hasn’t written any books or manuals directly related to survival, this could be one of the most important books you could read. Let’s hope an EMP or Solar Storm never happens, but if it does, this book outlines what could happen and gives you a lot to think about. The author has co-written six books with Newt Gingrich, and this book features a forward by Mr. Gingrich as well. With the growing popularity of “One Second After,” and the subject being discussed recently in the U.S. Senate, you begin and end reading with a feeling that this is a subject you need to think about. Here is a quick tutorial of an EMP blast and how to prepare.