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Silver Lake, Pennsylvania, is hit by a monster storm. When a massive lightning strike hits one of the nuclear reactors that provides power to Silver Lake and much of the state, essential components fail. Explosions and containment breaches follow. Radiation pours into the storm-wracked air. Preparing for a storm was one thing, but all the duct tape, plastic tarps, and particle board in the world won't protect the townspeople from the fallout. Sarah...

The Iron Years: after the collapse of civilization, when the social fabric has come apart in bloody rags, when every man's hand is raised against another, and only the strong survive. Jeeris Belamy Waltar was a scientist, a student of behavior and sociodynamics. He saw the Collapse approaching but could do othing to prevent it. Now Jeebee must travel across a violent and lawless America in seach of the one refuge where he can keep the spark of science...

On April 25, 1986, the worst nuclear reactor accident in history occurred in Chernobyl. Until now, all of the books published in English focused on the facts, names, and data. Voices from Chernobyl presents first-hand accounts of what happened to the people of Belarus and the fear, anger, and uncertainty that they lived through. In order to give a voice to their experiences, Svetlana Alexievich--a journalist by trade--interviewed hundreds of people...