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A weapon that may already be in the hands of our enemies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMonths before publication, \u003ci\u003eOne Second After\u003c\/i\u003e has already been cited on the floor of Congress as a book all Americans should read, a book already being discussed in the corridors of the Pentagon as a truly realistic look at a weapon and its awesome power to destroy the entire United States, literally within one second. It is a weapon that the Wall Street Journal warns could shatter America. 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Forstchen's smash hit \u003ci\u003eOne Second After, \u003c\/i\u003e the novel cited on the floor of Congress as a book all Americans should read\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe story begins one year after \u003ci\u003eOne Second After\u003c\/i\u003e ends, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThat 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. 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Forstchen's \u003ci\u003eThe Final Day\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Since the detonation of nuclear weapons above the United States more than two years ago, the small town of Black Mountain, North Carolina has suffered famine, civil war, and countless deaths. Now, after defeating a new, tyrannical federal government, John Matherson and his community intend to restore their world to what it was before the EMP apocalypse. For the most part, they are succeeding. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis period of relative stability doesn't last long. A new, aggressive government announces that it's taking over and ceding large portions of the country to China and Mexico. The Constitution is no longer in effect, and what's left of the U.S. Army has been deployed to suppress rebellion in the remaining states. 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