![]() ![]() Those old people turn mean quick, shooting anyone without wrinkles. The "Big Zap," as Alex calls it, kills adults, turns teenagers into cannibalistic zombies, and leaves only children and old people alive and mentally intact (with a few exceptions, like Alex). Grandpa dies immediately thanks to a pacemaker, leaving Alex unwillingly responsible for keeping herself and a very difficult little girl alive. Hiking alone in the Waucoma mountains while contemplating her father's pistol, she has just come across bratty nine-year-old Ellie and Ellie's grandfather when a massive electromagnetic pulse hits. Bick crafts a terrifying and thrilling novel about a world that could be ours at any moment, where those left standing must learn what it means not just to survive, but to live amidst the devastation.Īlexandra is 17, and dying of a brain tumor. For this improvised family and the others who are spared, it's now a question of who can be trusted and who is no longer human.Īuthor Ilsa J. Now desperate to find out what happened after the pulse crushes her to the ground, Alex meets up with Tom, a young soldier, and Ellie, a girl whose grandfather was killed by the EMP. Alex hiked into the woods to say good-bye to her dead parents and her personal demons. ![]() An electromagnetic pulse flashes across the sky, destroying every electronic device, wiping out every computerized system, and killing billions. ![]()
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