"I have to say I really wished I hadn't started reading this book for two reasons. 1st reason: This book was so crazy amazingly good that I couldn't stop reading it.... 2nd reason: This book is scary, because everything in this story could happen.'"— Reader Review

In a flash, everything changes.

When NYU student Asher Caine's uncle warns him something big is coming, he has no idea it will be so devastating. Years of prepping could never have prepared him to face this. His plan: get his sister and nephew to the safety of the West Coast—whatever it takes.

The darkness is fat with potential—good or evil, only time will tell.

Elliot Davenport has never done a spontaneous thing in his life. But he isn't about to let Ash, his Chem-lab partner, leave him to fend for himself. Ash is mysterious, aloof, and completely out of Elliot's league. When the lights go out, Ash's capability is more than hot—it's an anchor. Elliot must go with him or risk his safety. His infatuation takes a backseat when the situation's gravity sets in, that the eastern two-thirds of the United States is dark, and nothing is as it was.

What happens when all the rules change in a split second?

200 million people are without access to sustainable food and water, let alone coffee and the internet. Facing the worst humanitarian crisis the Western world has ever seen, the government calls the military to step in. The entire military.

The soldiers of Team Shockwave are tasked with evacuating civilians to the safety of refugee camps, and then patrolling the new border between the East and West. Shockwave are on the front lines and the fate of an entire nation rests on them.

Welcome to the long fall of night...

Product warning: Contains vivid descriptions of violence, social upheaval, apocalyptic scenarios, and death, which may not be suitable for all everyone. Reader discretion advised.