# One Second After

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- Book: [One Second After](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-r-forstchen/one-second-after) ([One Second After.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-r-forstchen/one-second-after.md))
- Authors: [William R. Forstchen](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-r-forstchen)
- Publisher: St. Martin's Press
- ISBN: 978-07-6535-686-4
- Pages: 528
- Published: 2011-04-26
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

A post-apocalyptic thriller of the after effects in the United States after a terrifying terrorist attack using electromagnetic pulse weapons. 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. The John Matherson Series#1 One Second After#2 One Year After#3 The Final DayOther BooksPillar to the Sky48 Hours