Pulse of the Goddess: American Blackout Book One

Answering her father’s call, twenty-two-year-old Emily “Cricket” Hastings speeds toward an Ohio state park in her ’67 Plymouth Barracuda. The vintage convertible—one of the few vehicles that survived the EMP blast, detonated over Kansas, that took out the national grid—carries precious family members, and Diesel, their devoted Labrador. Overhead, her dad scouts the countryside in an ancient Piper Cub. A mere two months after the attack, in the heat of summer, many people are trapped in their homes, running short of food, water and medicine, while the worst of humanity roam the small Ohio towns. When Cricket hears of a wannabe earth goddess, a woman with a following, and many appetites to satisfy, she senses the worst is yet to come.Before reaching their destination, the little band must dodge sniper fire from roving marauders and the arrival of two strangers, liked by Cricket’s great uncle, but setting off her creep radar. As dangers mount, Cricket fears the blackout of electrical power may lead to a blackout of humanity, perhaps even in herself.