Nearing high school graduation, Tilly Morgan’s eager to leave her small Texas town. Armed with a plan to start fresh with her older sister in Florida, her dreams are obliterated when the planet goes dark.

An electromagnetic pulse ravages Earth, rendering the world’s electrical grid useless. No technology. No modern conveniences. No power. Widespread panic tears across the country and roving bands of looters and rioters overpower the weak.

Max Jacobsen, the town’s bad boy and troublemaker, teams up with Tilly in a bid for survival. There’s more to Max than he shows and Tilly finds herself caring for him more than she should. Braving each incoming threat together, they learn what it means to protect the ones they love.

When black spaceships descend from the sky, an even greater threat looms over mankind—a fate far worse than the loss of electricity…

"The Intrusion"

by Melissa Riddell