PULSE: World Gone Dark

by L. R. Burkard

Overview

What you do when the whole world suddenly...stops?

Andrea, Lexie and Sarah are ordinary high school friends until the day the world goes dark. After an EMP shuts down the grid, 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 struggles to survive. As society goes deeper into anarchy and neighbors become foes, can they beat the odds and stay alive?

FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS

SUSAN K. STEWART Author, Vine Voice

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? Can faith make a difference in keeping three teens and their families alive when the world is plunged into a dark age?

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

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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781955511193
Publisher:	Lilliput Press, Limited, The
Publication date:	08/28/2021
Series:	The Pulse Effex Series , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	350
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

L.R.(Linore Rose) Burkard is an award-winning author, speaker, and publisher, best known for Inspirational Regency Romance. Her first novel, Before the Season Ends, opened the genre for the CBA. How did she go from writing sweet historical romance to apocalyptic fiction? After learning how a solar flare came within a hair of hitting the earth in 2012, an event that might have caused a catastrophic EMP, she wondered, what would life be like if it had hit? Who would be ready for it? And who would be more devastated than today's young people, raised on electronics? The idea for Pulse was born, not only for entertainment, but as a cautionary tale. Raised in NYC, Linore is a magna cum laude English Lit. graduate of CUNY. She now lives in Ohio with her husband and five "mostly homeschooled" children, where she enjoys writing, art, movies, church, and teaching workshops for writers.

Table of Contents

PART ONE: ANDREA  ...................... 7       

PART TWO: LEXIE      ...................... 40      

PART THREE: SARAH ......................107

PART FOUR: ANDREA .....................152

PART FIVE: LEXIE   .........................160

PART SIX: SARAH    ........................185

PART SEVEN: THREE MONTHS

         ANDREA .............................. 204

         LEXIE  ................................. 215

         SARAH  ...............................  223

         LEXIE  ................................. 235

         SARAH  ...............................  267

         LEXIE  ................................. 270

         SARAH  ...............................  278

         LEXIE  ................................. 281

FOR REFLECTION

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

AFTERWORD

BONUS EXCERPT, BOOK 2, RESILIENCE: INTO THE DARK

BONUS LIST (DOWNLOADABLE): 35 ITEMS THAT ARE FIRST TO GO IN A DISASTER

SNEAK PEEK, BOOK 3, DEFIANCE