Enter the Darkness — Scott B. Williams

AMERICA IS PLUNGED INTO DARKNESS WHEN MASSIVE SOLAR FLARES DESTROY THE GRID. Enter the Darkness is a prequel novella to The Darkness After Series, an ongoing tale of survival, adventure and romance set in the aftermath of the breakdown of civilization. Two teenagers from completely different worlds are destined to meet when they are suddenly stranded in New Orleans, cut off from their loved ones and forced to adapt to a life without technology or law and order. Sixteen-year-old Mitch Henley sets out on foot to walk out of the city and return to the backwoods farm where his game warden father taught him how to live off the land. April Gibbs is at home in the city but her loved ones are stranded more than a hundred miles to the north with no way to get back. The two young strangers escape the urban chaos amid fear, looting and anarchy, unaware that they are on a collision course that will change everything for both of them. Enter the Darkness opens with the events of the early morning in March when the pulse from the solar flare strikes, leaving people everywhere confused, afraid and in the dark. The Darkness After Series currently includes: The Darkness After (Book 1), Into the River Lands (Book 2), The Forge of Darkness (Book 3) and The Savage Darkness (Book 4).