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Lia’s meeting was on the 60th floor, in a corner office, with a view of Chicago that took her breath away. When the power went off, her gut told her something horrible was happening. Then she saw the plane heading for the building. She had to get out.

Sarah Mitchell thought she'd left combat behind in Afghanistan. Now an ER nurse and guardian to her young nephew, she's rebuilt a life far from the disasters and split-second decisions of her military past. But when an EMP pulse fries every electronic device in the city, Sarah's peaceful world crumbles. As civilization breaks down, Sarah must navigate four miles of increasingly dangerous streets to reach her nephew. But she's not the only one moving through the chaos. A gang leader sees opportunity in the darkness and begins to seize control—taking what he wants, crushing anyone who resists.

Cecily Stalks is an 18-year-old girl trying to cope with the stress of her father's suicide. She hates her job at the local tourist spot, the infamous Bramble Hall, she has a terrible relationship with her mother and she feels like her childhood friends are leaving her behind. She also has to deal with the vivid nightmares she has been having since her father's death: dreams about battlefields, war, a struggle between good and evil forces, and shadows. The shadows are most disturbing and they seem to be coming ever closer.

The world is in the throes of economic decay and at the mercy of terrorists. Across this post-apocalyptic landscape marches one extraordinary soldier and his band of brothers. In a novel as disturbingly plausible as it is powerfully gripping, they are headed into a battle in which they will have to come to grips with the power of technology and the true price of freedom.