When a wave of inexplicable energy slams into the United States, America as we know it vanishes. From a Texas lawyer who happens to be in the right place at the right time to an engineer in Seattle who becomes his city's only hope, from a war journalist trapped in the Middle East to a drug runner off the Mexican coast, this is a story of survival, violence, and a new, soul-shattering reality.

Author Biography

John Birmingham is the British-born Australian author best known for his alternate history trilogies, Axis of Time and Without Warning. He also spent four years researching the history of Sydney for Leviathan: the Unauthorised Biography of Sydney, which won Australia's National Prize For Non-Fiction in 2002. He currently lives in Brisbane, Australia