Kirjahaku

Zero Hour is the 3rd installment in the continuing Blackout Series. In this latest volume Captain Tillman and his band of survivors begin to build their forces for the coming war. Shots are fired and blood is drawn in the first battle skirmishes and Eric Tillman finds himself thrust further and further into the role of a soldier. Meanwhile Commander Terry Price sends his forces into the field to confront the enemy FSS as they move south out of Washington, D.C. Mike and his group in Charlotte are faced with having to decide whether to take to the road of wait out the winter in their shelter as conditions worsen. But all is not blood and bullets in this new world. The families at the Tillman homestead begin to settle in and build their lives in the aftermath of the Blackout. Even while facing tragedies, loss, and looming war, new love and new life takes root as the survivors begin the long, slow process of rebuilding society.

Four missiles are launched from container ships off the coast of the continental US. When the nuclear warheads detonate at 200km altitude in quick succession, a massive electromagnetic pulse (EMP) is unleashed. Five thousand civilian aircraft fall from the skies, three million pacemakers stop pumping, and the US power grid crashes...for good. Joe Tillman, an ex-SEAL and the senior watch officer for US Central Command (CENTCOM) watches the attack unfold in real time. Meanwhile, Eric and his fianc are enjoying the view of a meteor shower from Crowder's Mtn. when they see the EMP flashes in the sky and the power blacks out across the Charlotte area. They watch as fires and explosions from falling jet liners erupt around them. Follow Joe and Eric as they flee from death and destruction in search of a safe haven; only to find that the chaos has followed them home. Officer of the Watch is the first installment of the Blackout series.