(Reviewed by Don Jung)
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“The terrorists know…The government knows…Now – YOU will know”
A terrorist attack is something we all fear but would it ever be so horrific that you would want to leave your home and not come back for years. This fictionized story talks about the High-Power Transformers that are the backbone that keeps our power grid running and how essential they are to our daily lives.
A foreign government decides they want to cripple the California economy and to do this ambitious feat, they must destroy the power grid system. How they destroy all eighty-five of them is one thing, but how does it affect the average citizen when he loses all the electricity in his world?
Author Christopher Lynch demonstrates the hazards from the staff running the Cal-ISO headquarters to the everyday power consumers like a grocery store manager, a nurse, a prison guard, and an unemployed actor. Every facet of life is different. It is like the lights went out and nobody knows what to do.
An electric car can’t run without electricity. A gas station can’t pump gasoline without power and the grocery stores can’t keep food fresh without some juice. From the governor’s office to the citizens, Lynch shows how everyone tries to cope with this sudden loss. Even a portable generator will run out of gas within three days and then what do you do?
These multiple characters try to survive with what little tools they have. Can you imagine your cell phone has no power and there is no television news to update you on alternatives? You must come to the reality that this is a nightmare that won’t go away. You root or these citizens as they take on these obstacles. It’s hard to put this book down as each chapter unfolds.
Dark State keeps you guessing on what can happen, but it is a bad dream that you hope will never occur. The writing is crisp, tense, and critical of how little protection we have if disaster hits us. It will make you feel quite uneasy, but definitely a must-read!
