The basic concept for this novel was discovered on the
Internet science news in the summer of 1998. The
seemingly innocent, at first glance, article described
evidence of a massive pulse of electromagnetic energy
that appears to have been hitting the earth, on a regular
basis, for countless millennia. Ice core data that has
been gleaned from cores taken from the Antarctic ice
sheets shows that five hundred years is the average
interval between these events. The frightening part of
this information is the fact that we should have been hit
around two hundred years ago, and weren’t.
These waves of energy are theorized to originate in the
area of the black hole that is now known to reside in the
heart of the Milky Way. Traveling at the speed of light,
and carrying a billion volts, these waves of EMP, as it
is commonly called, would not affect your body one iota,
but would instantly annihilate every computer chip in
existence. Obviously, our high tech culture would not
survive such an event.
This wave of EMP is approaching us at nearly the speed of
light, and finding a literary vehicle that would allow me
to warn some of the people on earth of the impending disaster
was accomplished by using a series of prophetic
dream/visions, and a Wiccan wise woman, who discovers the
wave through her neo-pagan talents.
The pre-wave chapters describe the preparations that are
being made to allow the characters to survive the loss of
technology, and were inserted as a possible guideline for
readers who have thought of, and many do appear to be,
trying to prepare for whatever form of disruption that
seems to be just over the horizon. The very feeling of it
seems to be gaining ground exponentially around the
world.
Several different scenarios are presented to show the
effects of the EMP wave on the post-wave societies around
the world. From the totally non-technological society,
who continue their lives without any lifestyle changes
whatsoever, to the ultimate lifestyle change known as
death, which would be the status quo for most of the
technology dependent people in our lives.
Please feel free to print this work, or just read it from
your monitor. The only thing that I ask of you is that
you refrain from using my work for any type of monetary
gain, as it is copyrighted.
Enjoy the book, and keep in mind that it is based on a
science article, and ONLY the scenarios are
fictional...........
Dave Souers
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