After #0: First Light: After

By Scott Nicholson

"One of the most thrilling writers working today. Miss him at your peril." - Blake Crouch, The Wayward Pines Trilogy

"Always surprises and always entertains." - Jonathan Maberry, Patient Zero

"Like Stephen King, he knows how to summon serious scares." - Bentley Little, The Burning

AFTER #0: FIRST LIGHT

The beginning of the end...

When NASA scientists detect intense solar activity, the warnings go unheeded. Soon communications fail, power goes out, and the world's technological infrastructure collapses.
But the solar radiation has also inflicted an unpredictable change--a disruption in the impulses of the human brain. Billions die. And they may be the lucky ones...

Prequel to the After post-apocalyptic thriller series. Look for the other books in the series, The Shock, The Echo, Milepost 291, Whiteout, Red Scare, and Dying Light, as well as the Zapheads spinoff series.
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Scott Nicholson is the international bestselling author of more than 20 thrillers, including Mystery Dance, The Red Church, Disintegration, and The Harvest.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Scott Nicholson
• Release date: Nov 7, 2014
• ISBN: 9781626470323

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