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The Darkness After: A Novel (Darkness After Series Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Scott B. Williams (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

4.3 441 ratings

Book 1 of 4: Darkness After Series

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TWO TEENAGERS FIGHT TO SURVIVE IN AN AMERICA GONE DARK

When massive solar flares send an intense electromagnetic pulse to Earth, every electrical device is fried instantly. The modern world that sixteen-year-old Mitch Henley has always known comes crashing down.

Anarchy, looting and chaos explode all around him. Stranded in New Orleans, Mitch escapes into the Mississippi backwoods he knows so well, hoping to stay alive using the survival and hunting skills he learned from his game-warden father.

Alone and on foot, Mitch sets out to make his way back to the family farm and his younger sister. Not knowing if his parents are dead or alive, nothing else matters . . . until he meets April Gibbs along the way.

Smart, beautiful, lethal and alone, April is also making a treacherous trek to find her lost family. They decide to travel together for safety, but neither can begin to imagine the danger that awaits them on the road and in the woods.

Set in the same anarchy-and-desperation-reigned world of the author's dystopian thriller: The Pulse, The Darkness After a frightening look at how fragile our technologically dependent lifestyle really is.

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Prepper's Workbook-Scott-Williams-9781612431284-$14.95-Ulysses Press-01/15/2013--

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Bug Out|Scott|Williams|9781569757819|$15.95|Ulysses Press|06/15/2010|19565|
But Out Vehicles and Shelters|Scott|Williams|9781569759790|$15.95|Ulysses Press|10/18/2011|4321|
Getting Out Alive|Scott|Williams|9781569758731|$14.95|Ulysses Press|03/01/2011|1965|
The Pulse|Scott|Williams|9781612430546|$14.95|Ulysses Press|07/10/2012|6182|
Prepper's Workbook|Scott|Williams|9781612431284|$14.95|Ulysses Press|01/15/2013||

Product details

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00B6U16N8
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ulysses Press (August 6, 2013)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 6, 2013
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1240 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 290 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #178,157 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #63 in Children's Dystopian Sci-Fi Books
- #125 in Teen & Young Adult Survival Stories eBooks
- #314 in Teen & Young Adult Science Fiction Action & Adventure

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Scott B. Williams has been writing about his travels and adventures for more than thirty years. His published work includes hundreds of print and online magazine articles and more than two dozen books. His interest in trekking, sea kayaking and sailing small boats to remote places led him to pursue the wilderness survival skills that he has written about extensively in both his fiction and nonfiction works. 

A solo sea kayaking odyssey of nearly two years, undertaken at age 25, set Scott on his path to becoming a storyteller when he authored the account of that adventure in his 2005 travel narrative: On Island Time: Kayaking the Caribbean. That journey and countless others that took him far off the grid for extended periods gave him the inspiration to delve into his passion for fiction and to write action and adventure tales like the ones that shaped his own desire to travel and explore. 

With the release of his first novel, The Pulse, in 2012, and the subsequent sequels to it that became a popular post-apocalyptic series, Scott moved into writing fiction full time. Later and ongoing projects include the Darkness After series, the Feral Nation series, and the In Times to Come series with more works currently in development. To learn more about his upcoming books or to contact Scott, visit his website at: www.scottbwilliams.com

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Karen Wheeler

Great book and fast paced

Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2022

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This is a riveting story of loss and survival for several people who are thrown together and help each other during the colapse of civilization. It kept my interest and admiration for the people that fought to save sisters kidnapped.

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Brian J

Good read, but a rushed and unsatisfying ending

Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2013

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I enjoyed this book well enough to read it straight through in one 3.5 hour sitting. The description of the region was accurate, the characters believable, and the narrative held my attention. But some of the descriptions were excessively long winded, the last few pages felt very rushed, and the ending was totally unsatisfying after spending over 280 pages watching a relationship develop.

Although I feel these issues detracted from the book they were not entirely unexpected, as I had the same observations regarding The Pulse. I did prefer this book to The Pulse, as it seems that Williams is improving as an author. I just hope that he provides a more satisfying conclusion when he writes the inevitable sequels.

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Ratty

Top of the Genre

Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2013

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I've recently been reading stories concerning societal collapse and survivors in the aftermath of various calamities and I think this book is right at the top of the heap. I hope the author writes more fiction of this type. It was refreshing to read a story about sane and competent people coping with an extraordinary event. Too much of the TEOTWAWKI genre is filled with characters that I have no desire to read about. The main characters in this story are engaging and worth knowing. As for the comment by one reviewer that the capabilities of the main character are far-fetched - I agree that such people are growing ever more rare as American society devolves, but there are still some in the real world, and this novel lets us follow along as they work through their problems.

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KB

and yea it was still sort of predictable and corny I found it was a nice easy read after reading so many suspense thrillers etce

Reviewed in the United States on May 14, 2016

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At first I thought What a corny book, didn't think I will finish this one, BUT as I got further in to it, and yea it was still sort of predictable and corny I found it was a nice easy read after reading so many suspense thrillers etcetera so much so that I found myself buying book 2 and after reading that I have ordered book 3. Yes I only gave it 3stars but it turned out a good easy read and I'm looking forward to book3.

Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2016

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Finally, a truly realistic post apocalypse tale which does not have a bunch of whiny characters in it. I actually got to read a book where I did not end up grinding my teeth or feeling nothing but abject frustration at the words and deeds of weak people who just wander around, totally lost, and unable to step up to the plate and what would really need to be done to survive, no matter what it took. Thank you, Mr. Williams, for a truly enjoyable read.

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Pretty Good - Worth Reading

Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2013

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This is one of those novels that sometimes you can't decide if you like or not - but it keeps you reading. There's lots of action, difficulties to overcome, solid and interesting characters, and an overall emotional feeling like you've just spent a couple of hours reading a novel in a park. Kind of calm, kind of refreshing, unusual for a novel of this genre.

I loved the fact it didn't seem to shove any particular religious/political theory down my throat. I appreciated the occaisional glimpses of humor, the entire "crush" development, and the kind of hollow but joyful ending.

Over all it really was one of those books that seem like you have spent a few hours with a good friend. Read it, I think you'll enjoy it.

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Lillie Higginbotham

So excited to have found out about Scott B. Williams!

Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2016

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Found out about this author through a tv interview with a local author and woodsman, Ernest Herndon. This book was written fabulously! It was believable. It was unpredictable. The main character reminded me of my own Mississippi teenagers, and got us all thinking about "what if"......Would highly recommend this to adults and teenagers alike. Looking forward to getting my hands on the next book in this series.

Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2013

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This book is on the edge of being a great read, good characters and the author is trying hard to build them. If the book has any problems its in the maturity of the writing which is just one step below real writing craftsmanship. I did not like the end, and I don't like reading a book where you are not told there is a need for a second...and there is none.

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