Author: Wilson Harp
Series: N/A
Pages: 159
Date Published: N/A
Publisher: N/A
Format: Kindle
Genre: Sci-Fi
In a flash of searing light, the world changed. A massive solar flare has crippled the modern world and brought chaos and destruction. David Hartsman is stuck in the remote farm town of his youth on what was expected to be a short visit to check on his ailing parents. While his wife and his daughter are hundreds of miles away at home in Chicago, David must face the dangers associated with his own survival and the pressures of not being with his family. In a worldwide catastrophe, every struggle is personal. EMP is the dramatic story of one man and his struggle for survival in a world that is falling apart.
~Try an Excerpt!~
The rains came in little pulses over the next several days.
Storms tore through the first night, darkening Kenton in a way I had never
experienced. The northern lights were blocked out by the heavy clouds and the
wind howled all the louder for the loss of sight.
The next two days saw a series of short showers. It brought
plenty of fresh water to us, but delayed construction of individual latrines
and outhouses. It also brought a melancholy that combined with worry and
uncertainty.
A bright dawn greeted us on the third day and the sky looked
clear in the north and west. The northern lights which had hung in the sky like
specters the first two days were gone. Occasionally I would see a ribbon of
color out of the corner of my eye, but it seemed more like a phantom feeling
one would experience when they saw a bug and then lost track of it. A sensation
would run along your leg or shoulder, but you knew it wasn’t really there.
Anne arrived about an hour after sunup with Clyde for me to
ride. The gelding was starting to get used to me and for the first time seemed
to recognize me as I approached.
“Not wearing your coat and hat today?” Anne asked. She
smirked as she kept any tone of mocking out of her voice. I had been forced to
wear an old jacket and baseball cap from my high school years during the last
couple of days just to stay somewhat dry.
“No, it’s going to be a beautiful day,” I said.
~Meet Wilson!~
Wilson Harp
is a writer based out of the American Midwest. As a military brat, he traveled
and met people from many cultures and backgrounds. Exposure to so many
different views has led him to an appreciation of an eclectic collection of
music, film and literature.
His sense of
wonder at stories and folklore started young and continues to this day, often
affecting the themes and ideas in his writing. In his works you will find the
old fashioned ideas of virtue and honor as the lifeline that pulls many of his
characters through the situations they often find themselves.
Book sounds really interesting, thank you for the reveal!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the excerpt, I enjoyed reading it :)
ReplyDelete"In his works you will find the old fashioned ideas of virtue and honor as the lifeline that pulls many of his characters through the situations they often find themselves."
ReplyDeleteWonderful!
Thanks for having me on your site, Andra!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the excerpt. The book sounds very intriguing.
ReplyDeletelooks interesting
ReplyDeleteI was just wondering what your inspiration was for this book?
ReplyDeleteOver many years, I had talked with others about what would happen if there were a situation like this. Most people don't realize that something very similar to this situation actually did occur in 1859, known commonly as the Carrington Event. The good news is that in 1859, there were very few electrical devices, the most common being telegraph hardware. But according to a recent study, an event of the same size could cost the United States over $2 trillion in damages.
ReplyDeleteAdd to the event like this the idea of normalcy bias (the tendency for people to ignore situations that their mind finds too painful to contemplate) and you have a disaster.
The idea of how this would affect people seemed to me a good basis for a story.