{"product_id":"9780698159334","title":"The End: A Postapocalyptic Novel","description":"\u003ci\u003eWhat would you do to survive?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYoung Gordon Van Zandt valued duty and loyalty to country above all, so after 9\/11, he dropped out of college and joined the Marine Corps. This idealism vanished one fateful day in a war-torn city in Iraq. Ten years later, he is still struggling with the ghosts of his past when a new reality is thrust upon him and his family: North America, Europe and the Far East have all suffered a devastating Super-EMP attack, which causes catastrophic damage to the nation’s power grid and essential infrastructures. Everything from cell phones to cars to computers cease to function, putting society at a standstill.\u003cbr\u003eWith civilization in chaos, Gordon must fight for the limited and fast dwindling resources. He knows survival requires action and cooperation with his neighbors, but as the days wear on, so does all sense of civility within his community—and so he must make some of the most difficult decisions of his life in order to ensure his family’s safety. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor readers of \u003ci\u003eGoing Home\u003c\/i\u003e by  A. American,\u003ci\u003e Lights Out \u003c\/i\u003eby David Crawford, \u003ci\u003eLucifer’s Hammer\u003c\/i\u003e by Jerry Pournelle and \u003ci\u003eOne Second After\u003c\/i\u003e by William Forstchen.","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47173418647792,"sku":"9780698159334","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780698159334_p0.jpg?v=1763617278","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780698159334","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}