"In a world gone dark, life goes on for Adam and his fortified neighborhood--but the trade-offs made for safety and security are increasingly wrenching and questionable"--

Fifteen-year-old Emma has moved house with her ex-Marine mother and younger brother. It's a brand-new condo building, which explains the semi-regular power outages, as workers complete the units around them. So Emma isn't particularly concerned when the latest blackout hits just as they are preparing to leave town on a long weekend camping trip.

"A teen's suburban neighborhood bands together for its own survival in a world stricken by a catastrophic blackout"-- Computers around the globe shut down in a viral catastrophe. At Adam Daley's high school, the problem first seems to be a typical electrical outage. Then cell phones go down, municipal utilities are failing, and only a few computer-free cars function. As resources dwindle, crises mount, and chaos descends, Adam will see his suburban...