William R Forstchen Lot 3 John Matherson One Second After Year After Final Day

Description: 1st 3 John Matherson Paperbacks<>One Second AfterOne Year AfterThe Final Day<>by William R. ForstchenThis is a lot of the original three books (titles above) in the John Matherson series of science fiction novels. A fourth book, Five Years After, was published in 2023. All are used mass market paperbacks in good condition. Spines are uncreased on two books. Covers on two books have a few creases. There are no marks in the text and just a few bent page corners. About the books:=====================================================================================================================This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "William R. Forstchen". John Matherson SeriesIn March 2009, Dr. Forstchen's novel, One Second After (Tor/Forge/St. Martin's books) was released and immediately reached the New York Times best seller list where it remained for twelve weeks. Forstchen based his research for One Second After on the 2004 bipartisan Congressional study of the potential threat to the continental United States from an EMP attack: Report of the Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Attack. A second report to Congress was released in 2008 with a similar conclusion that such an attack could inflict massive damage on the nation's infrastructure and result in a nationwide casaulty rate as high as 90%. Drawing on this and other government and private studies, Forstchen's book, in novelistic form, examines what might happen in a "typical" American town in the wake of an attack on the United States with electro-magnetic pulse (EMP) weapons. Similar in plotting to books such as On the Beach and Alas, Babylon, One Second After is set in a small college town in western North Carolina and is a cautionary tale of the collapse of social order in the wake of an EMP strike. Forstchen's book, released after the two Congressional studies, was cited on the floor of Congress and before the House Armed Services Committee by Congressman Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), chair of the House Committee tasked to evaluate EMP weapons, as a realistic portrayal of the potential damage rendered by an EMP attack on the continental United States.The sequel to One Second After, One Year After, was released on September 15, 2015 and the concluding work of the trilogy The Final Day was released January 4, 2017. All three of the books in what is now called The John Matherson Series achieved NYT best seller status.Forstchen has been called upon for presentations regarding the threat of EMP before members of Congress, and at STRATCOM, Sandia Labs, and NASA. The book has been printed in over a dozen countries, and been cited as a significant contributing factor to the "Prepper Movement".===================================================================================================================== Shipping to U.S. addresses will by Media Mail (upgrade to Priority Mail available upon request and payment of extra cost). I'm mailing from the East Coast and Media Mail usually takes from 5 to 10 days to the West Coast but can occasionally take longer. Alaska and Hawaii longer still. Please take that into consideration. I no longer ship internationally - rates are too high to make it practical. You must have a U.S. address I can mail to.Combined Shipping OfferI am happy to offer a combined shipping discount reflecting my actual shipping savings when you buy multiple items from me and make one combined payment. If you want to know the amount of the discount before buying, please contact me. When buying multiple items please do not pay until I have been able to adjust the shipping cost and send you an invoice. Powered by SixBit's eCommerce Solution

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