EMP Survival in a Powerless World Books in Order
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EMP Survival in a Powerless World books in publication order
39 books
Broken Lines
by James Hunt
2014
After an EMP wrecks the country, a prepper is separated from his family and presumed dead. While they head for a cabin in the woods, he fights his way through the collapse to find them.
Surviving the Collapse
by James Hunt
2017
When an EMP brings New York to its knees, pilot Kate Holloway is cut off from the people she loves most. Getting home becomes a brutal fight through a city losing order by the hour.
Aftermath
by James Hunt
2019
This collection pairs two EMP survival stories: a Texas cattle rancher seeks his stranded family in San Antonio, while a Florida veterinarian struggles to reach shore before a hurricane. Both confront dangers beyond the collapse of technology.
Lights Out
by James Hunt
2019
Two complete survival series follow families through an EMP catastrophe. Static centers on Chicago architect Wren Burton, separated from her loved ones, while Grid Down follows a northeastern family confronting failed communications, transport and essential services.
No Power
by Alexandria Clarke
2019
An EMP throws Los Angeles into chaos, and Ailani Ho's first goal is simply to survive. Then she learns her sister was on a plane when the grid went down, and standing still is no longer an option.
Static
by James Hunt
2019
A Chicago architect's life is already fraying when an EMP throws the country into chaos. To keep her family together, she has to move fast and trust very carefully.
Storm Surge
by James Hunt
2019
Veterinarian Maxine Winters is stranded at sea when an EMP strikes South Florida. With a powerful hurricane approaching and her family’s safety uncertain, she must reach land while preparing for dangers that extend beyond the storm.
The Final Homestead
by James Hunt
2019
After an EMP strike wipes out power and communication, rancher James Bowers has to get his wife and son out of the chaos swallowing San Antonio. He soon learns hunger is not the only enemy left.
The Final Stand
by James Hunt
2019
An EMP hits on the day a family gathers for a funeral, turning grief into a survival crisis. Now they have to reach safety before the wider collapse catches them too.
The Last Cabin
by James Hunt
2019
When an EMP shatters normal life, Joanna Mercer retreats to a cabin with her two children. The shelter may save them, but isolation brings its own dangers.
The Last Orchard
by James Hunt
2019
A supposed refuge turns fragile as shortages, fear, and desperate outsiders close in. Survival means more than finding food, it means deciding who still belongs inside the gate.
Anchorage EMP
by James Hunt
2020
An EMP destroys Anchorage’s modern infrastructure as winter approaches. Police officer Eva Bekhor draws on years of survival preparation to protect her family, while a foreign threat emerges amid the confusion of Alaska’s suddenly crippled society.
Blackout
by Alexandria Clarke
2020
After an EMP destroys the power grid, Georgie Fitz heads for her estranged father's mountain cabin hoping for safety. Instead she finds survivalists, harsh rules, and new questions about what happened to him.
EMP
by James Hunt
2020
An EMP over Washington, D.C., abruptly disables the systems supporting everyday life. Army quartermaster and single mother Harper Murphy plunges into the resulting disorder, using her skills and determination to reach and protect her son.
EMP Ranch
by Robert J Walker
2020
A family seeks refuge at a ranch outside the city after an EMP destroys the national power grid. With utilities gone and millions in distress, the attackers responsible for the disaster continue spreading violence through the countryside.
Grid Down
by James Hunt
2020
An EMP leaves a northeastern town without functioning services or outside assistance. Criminals seize control and terrorize the residents, then turn their attention toward a secluded community of prepared survivors who have withdrawn into the mountains.
Hideaway
by James Hunt
2020
James and Marla Weller’s quiet weekend ends when a widespread blackout disables vehicles and phones, followed by explosions and evacuation. A survivalist offers refuge at a remote cabin, but escaping St. Louis may introduce dangers of its own.
Protecting Our Home
by James Hunt
2020
Cody Russell takes his family out of the city during an EMP crisis, heading for his father’s old woodland homestead. Reaching shelter is only the first challenge as he struggles to protect them in a dangerous, powerless country.
The Cabin in the Woods
by Robert J Walker
2020
An EMP strikes the United States on Halloween, transforming the city into a dangerous landscape without its usual safeguards. Lance Cooper must find and rescue his family while navigating the violence and fear spreading around him.
The Darkest Day
by Robert J Walker
2020
An EMP abruptly disables North America’s East Coast, bringing ordinary life to a standstill. Mary struggles through the city’s escalating disorder, trying to survive long enough to reach her family and rescue them from the unfolding crisis.
The Longest Night
by James Hunt
2020
After an EMP cripples the West Coast, transport and communications vanish along with electricity. Carolyn Towne confronts a society rapidly falling into disorder, determined to protect her family when calling for help is no longer an option.
The Pulse
by James Hunt
2020
Charlie and his family retreat to their homestead after an EMP throws the city into chaos. They fortify the ranch to weather the crisis, but scavengers who followed them threaten to turn their refuge into a battleground.
How We Survive
by James Hunt
2021
Thirty-six hours after an EMP attack, survivors struggle to find food, water and medical supplies. Thousands are already dead, and the rapidly rising toll forces those still alive to confront the immediate demands of a country without power.
Into The Dark
by Robert J Walker
2021
A massive EMP strike disables the nation’s power grids, leaving Frank Tilley in a suddenly unfamiliar world. With his dog beside him, he sets out on a dangerous journey to reach and save his grandchildren.
Off the Grid
by Robert J Walker
2021
An EMP destroys communications, transport and electricity, leaving people scrambling for scarce food and water. As survivors compete for the resources needed to stay alive, an exceptionally severe winter storm makes shelter and warmth equally urgent necessities.
Powerless
by James Hunt
2021
Two scientists struggle to understand the event that has destroyed the United States’ power grid while protecting their families. With information almost impossible to obtain and hostile forces gathering, their investigation becomes inseparable from the fight to survive.
Seeking Shelter
by James Hunt
2021
As an EMP crisis dismantles ordinary society, John pushes into the growing chaos to protect his family. Seeking a place where they can survive becomes an urgent undertaking in a world where familiar certainties have disappeared.
The Break Down
by Robert J Walker
2021
Pilot Alaric Mason takes a client into the remote Pacific Northwest to study grizzly bears. An EMP turns their routine trip into a struggle to escape the wilderness and reach his family before danger overtakes their homestead.
The Coldest Night
by Robert J Walker
2021
An EMP strikes during an exceptionally harsh winter, forcing Jack and his family to shelter in their cabin in a remote forest town. The cold is immediate, but the collapse brings other threats that their refuge may not withstand.
The Homestead EMP
by James Hunt
2021
After an EMP destroys the national power grid, Gabby and her family head toward a ranch beyond the city. Scarce food and water make the journey urgent, while protecting her loved ones remains a challenge even if they reach shelter.
Whiteout
by James Hunt
2021
A week after an EMP, phones, computers and electricity remain unavailable during the coldest winter on record. One family seeks refuge on the city’s outskirts, trying to escape the freezing conditions as the wider crisis continues to unfold.
Fading Light: EMP Survival in a Powerless World
by James Hunt
2022
Farm boy Connor Murray uses his veteran father’s survival training to escape New York City after an EMP unleashes chaos and militant violence. While he fights outward toward safety, his father and sister are traveling inward to rescue him.
Safe Passage
by James Hunt
2022
What should be a route to safety turns into a desperate fight to stay ahead of danger. In James Hunt's world, even the promise of safe passage comes with a price.
The Family Shelter
by James Hunt
2023
A shelter can protect a family from the worst of the collapse, until the people inside start bringing their own damage with them. Safety and pressure rarely stay separate for long.
Defending Liberty
by James Hunt
2024
In a country stripped down by crisis, ideals become harder to hold and more costly to defend. Hunt turns that tension into a fast-moving survival conflict.
Fallen Empire
by James Hunt
2024
Collapse is one thing. Figuring out what rises after it is another. This survival thriller leans into the fight over power, territory, and whatever order is left.
Widow Mountain
by James Hunt
2024
A remote mountain setting gives Hunt plenty of room for isolation, suspicion, and danger closing in. The higher the climb, the fewer places there are left to hide.
EMP Doomsday
by James Hunt
2025
When Hunt puts EMP in the title, you can expect speed, collapse, and hard choices under pressure. This one promises the full nightmare, blackout first, consequences immediately after.
The Escape Plan
by James Hunt
2025
Nick Franklin has spent his life preparing for the moment everything goes wrong. After the EMP hits, a blizzard and twenty dangerous miles stand between him and his family.
EMP Survival in a Powerless World books in chronological order
Series background & context
These books start with a simple nightmare and then refuse to look away from the practical part of it. An EMP hits. The grid dies. Cars, phones, hospitals, supply chains, and everyday routines stop being dependable. What matters after that is food, water, travel, trust, and whether the people around you are going to help or turn into one more thing to survive.
Alexandria Clarke's entries in this setting feel grounded in ordinary people getting shoved into impossible decisions. In Blackout, Georgie Fitz heads for her estranged father's cabin in the Rocky Mountains and finds a survivalist camp already in place, plus a long list of rules and a big question about what happened to her father. In No Power, Ailani Ho is stranded in a ruined California and cannot stop thinking about the sister who was in the air when everything went dark. Different setup, same pressure, family ties and survival colliding at the worst possible moment.
What gives these books their pull is that they are less interested in military hardware than in group dynamics. Who shares supplies. Who makes decisions. Who breaks first. Who turns out to be more useful than expected. Clarke spends time on the social side of collapse, which makes the danger feel close even when there is no immediate gunfight happening.
The settings help too. Mountain camps and powerless cities create very different problems, and the books use that. One story leans into isolation, weather, and small-community tension. The other pushes through urban confusion, travel risk, and the awful size of a crisis when you have no good way to get information.
If you like post-apocalyptic fiction that stays with civilians rather than command centers, this is a solid fit. The pace is quick, the stakes are clear, and the questions are the ones readers of the genre usually want answered first: where do you go, who do you trust, and how long can good intentions hold when the lights do not come back on?
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