AURORA

Screenwriter Koepp (, , ) returns with his second novel a nimble thriller set in a world rocked by Covid and now facing an even bigger catastrophe. A CME (coronal mass ejection) belches from the sun, causing electromagnetic chaos on Earth. As a billionaire, his sister, her wastrel ex-husband and several others cope (or not) in the aftermath of electrical outage, Koepp elegantly depicts societal collapse. Taut, terrifying and sure to have you stashing supplies ASAP.