One Year After: A John Matherson Novel [Paperback]

One Year Afteris theNew York Timesbestselling follow-up toWilliam R. Forstchens smash hitOne Second After,the novel cited on the floor of Congress as a book all Americans should read

The story begins one year afterOne Second Afterends, two years since nuclear weapons were detonated above the United States and brought America to its knees. After months of suffering starvation, war, and countless deaths, the survivors of Black Mountain, North Carolina, are beginning to recover technology and supplies they had once taken for granted, like electricity, radio communications, and medications. When a federal administrator arrives in a nearby city, they dare to hope that a new national government is finally emerging.

That hope quickly diminishes when town administrator John Matherson learns that most of the young men and women in the community are to be drafted into the Army of National Recovery and sent to trouble spots hundreds of miles away. He and the people of Black Mountain protest vehemently. But the New Regime is already tyrannizing one nearby community.

Will Mathersons friends and neighbors be next?

The John Matherson Series
#1One Second After
#2One Year After
#3The Final Day

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Forstchen is the prophet of a new Dark Age. The wise will listen. Stephen Coonts,New York Timesbestselling author

True storytelling that only the rarest of writers ever master . . . Bill has perfected his talent. David Hagberg,New York Timesbestselling author

A fine postapocalyptic thriller, with richly drawn characters and the kind og story that we can easily imagine happening. Booklist