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48 Hours by William R. Forstchen

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Also by William R. Forstchen:

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48 Hours, January 2020
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48 Hours, January 2019
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48 Hours, January 2019
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The Final Day, November 2017
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One Second After, May 2011
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Valley Forge, November 2010
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To Try Men's Souls, October 2009
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Pearl Harbor, May 2007
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48 HOURS
By: William R. Forstchen

Forge Books
January 2019
On Sale: January 8, 2019
336 pages
ISBN: 0765397919
EAN: 9780765397911
Kindle: B07CGBNZK3
Hardcover / e-Book
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Other Editions
Trade Size (reprint - January 2020), Paperback (January 2019)

Thriller Techno

From the New York Times bestselling author of the smash hit One Second After series comes 48 Hours, a nail-biting and prescient thriller about a solar storm with the power to destroy the world's electrical infrastructure

In 48 hours, the Earth will be hit by a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) from the Sun, a "Carrington Event" that has the power to shut down and possibly destroy the world's electrical infrastructure. To try and prevent permanent damage, everything goes dark prior to the hit: global communications are shut down; hospital emergency generators are disconnected; the entire internet, media broadcasting, and cell phone systems are turned off.

Will the world's population successfully defend itself in the wake of the CME, or will mass panic lead to the breakdown of society as we know it?

William R. Forstchen is at his best in 48 Hours, a tale of the resilience of American citizens when faced with a crisis.