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Solar Flare: Prelude to an Apocalypse – Book 1 in the Solar Flare Series - Post-Apocalyptic Survival Fiction 2nd Edition (Originally published as a novella in the "Fractured World" PA Compilation.) Immense solar storms send deadly masses of electrically charged particles that strike and devastate the Earth. The grid is down, the supply chain is non-existent, and millions are dying. Monty is lucky to survive in a safe room with family and a few strangers. Monty suffered the loss of several close friends during the war in the Middle East, and then his wife and child were murdered, which caused his PTSD to get worse. Before escaping from the safe room, Monty learns that an assassin killed his stepfather, and the solar flare might have been caused by crooked US Government officials. Jane is an assassin who killed several of the men and women who hatched the plot to start a new world order by using a manmade solar storm to reduce the world’s population and form a new government. She must survive while figuring out who the good and bad guys are during the worst times. His head spins as Monty deals with survival during the apocalypse while trying to make sense of a world destroyed and turned upside down.
A catastrophic solar flare plunges the Earth into chaos, forcing survivors to confront both the elements and a conspiracy of human design. Monty, a veteran haunted by loss, finds himself in a precarious safe room after the global grid collapses. His immediate goal is survival, but this is complicated by the revelation that his stepfather was murdered and the solar event may have been deliberately engineered by corrupt government officials, a truth he must uncover amidst the widespread destruction and his own worsening PTSD.
The premise sets up a high-stakes survival narrative intertwined with a political thriller, suggesting a fast-paced plot driven by immediate dangers and unfolding mysteries. The focus on a protagonist with significant personal trauma indicates a character-driven element, exploring themes of resilience and the psychological impact of disaster. The inclusion of an assassin and government conspiracy points towards complex moral ambiguities and action sequences as characters navigate a world reshaped by cataclysm. The narrative appears designed to keep readers engaged with both the external struggle for survival and the internal conflict of uncovering a hidden truth.
Page Count:
102
Publication Date:
2023-05-19
Publisher:
Independently published
ISBN-13:
9798395267948
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