Gripping Christian fiction! Includes Downloadable Bonus List: "35 Items that are First to Go in a Disaster" Andrea, Lexie and Sarah are ordinary friends until the day the world goes dark and life becomes a battle. Andrea's upscale lifestyle didn't prepare her family for the apocalypse. Lexie's homeschool farmstead is better off, but for how long? Sarah's urban apartment quickly becomes a death trap. Without technology and no help on the way, each teen and her family struggle to survive. As society goes deeper into anarchy and neighbors become foes, can they beat the odds and survive? If you enjoyed One Second After, you'll love this gripping story of three brave teens and their faimilies fighting for their lives! FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS SUSAN K. STEWART Author, Vine Voice GRABBED MY HEART AND NEVER LET GO Had me spellbound! You won't want to miss this gritty and powerful series. NORA ST. LAURENT, CEO, Book Club Network BURKARD DOES NOT DISAPPOINT! Excellent writing, pure and simple! Warning: Do not begin this series if you have urgent things to attend to, because you WILL have difficulty putting it down! R.KAYE, Amazon Reviewer COMPELLING A must read for people of all ages! I look forward to reading the sequel. DOUG ERLANDSON, Top 50 Amazon Reviewer UNIQUE TWIST! Really enjoyed it! It's a unique twist to the post-apocalyptic genre. CHRIS RAY, PreparedChristian.net GRIPPING! PULSE is carefully researched and fascinating, with gripping subject matter and compelling characters. Highly recommended! DONNA J. SHEPHERD, Author, Pastor’s wife FRIGHTENING! I loved this book! L.R. Burkard takes a realistic and frightening look at what would happen if an electromagnetic pulse hit the U.S...Carefully researched details make you really feel what it would be like to go through this! CAROL RIFFLE, High School Science Teacher A PAGE TURNER! You won't find all happy endings in this book but you will find a story-line that makes you think and consider. JOY BICE, Author, Pastor's Wife HAD MY WIFE READ IT Just finished the book and had my wife read it as well. Definitely a page turner to pick up as soon as you can! Characters are really well developed and draw you into the story. BRIAN B., The SouthernPreppers.com AMAZING STORY OF SURVIVAL! Pulse is a great name for this book, because your pulse is racing all through! I highly recommend it. LEE BROOM, Reviewer SUCH AN EXCITING READ! I absolutely loved this book! I kept reading and reading and reading. I just couldn't put it down! LYNDA, Amazon Reviewer FROM THE AUTHOR When my sweet historical romance series was published, I never dreamed my next would be YA/Apocalyptic. What a switch in genres! So, how did I go from one end of the writing spectrum to another? Blame it on an idea that refused to die. I read an article about how close the earth came to suffering a catastrophic electromagnetic pulse, or EMP, in 2012. We missed the worst effects of a solar flare by a hair (in space terms); but the “what if” factor had been set in motion. What if that flare hadn’t missed us? What if I was a teen raised on electronics–or an adult medically dependent on them–and it all went dead in a matter of seconds? What if the next flare doesn’t miss? PULSE, the first book in my PULSE EFFEX Series, was born. The books show life in the aftermath of the event and asks the questions: What does life look like without technology? With the world plunged into a dark age, can three teens and their families keep hope alive? COMPELLING "A must read for people of all ages! I look forward to reading the sequel." DOUG ERLANDSON, Top 50 Amazon Reviewer REALLY ENJOYED IT! "What life might be like for those that are prepared-and those that are anything but. I also enjoyed the strong emphasis on faith." CHRIS RAY, PreparedChristian.net THIS BOOK BRINGS IT HOME "Get it, read it, get young adults to read it-and prepare!" C. REINEMANN, Disaster Preparedness Consulting, LLC GRABBED MY HEART AND NEVER LET GO! "Had me spellbound! You won't want to miss this gritty and powerful series." NORA ST. LAURENT, BookfunMagazine.com HAD MY WIFE READ IT "Just finished the book and had my wife read it as well. Definitely a page turner to pick up as soon as you can!" BRIAN B., The SouthernPreppers.com REALISTIC AND FRIGHTENING "I loved this book! The story of each teen gradually unfolds and includes carefully researched details that make you really feel what it would be like to go through this!" CAROL RIFFLE, Reviewer, High School Science Teacher FASCINATING "Carefully researched and fascinating, with gripping subject matter and compelling characters. Highly recommended!" DONNA J. SHEPHERD, Author, Pastor's wife CHILLING DYSTOPIAN NOVEL "Stories like this one get me very excited for today's young adult reader." DEENA PETERSON, Blogger, Reviewer EXCELLENT BOOK! "Found myself burning the midnight oil to find out what happened next!" "The Qs," Reviewers HEART P