Book recommendation (a novel that plays out your thought experiment): One Second After is a 2009 novel by American writer William R. Forstchen. The novel deals

Book recommendation (a novel that plays out your thought experiment): One Second After is a 2009 novel by American writer William R. Forstchen. The novel deals with an unexpected electromagnetic pulse attack on the United States as it affects the people living in and around the small American town of Black Mountain, North Carolina.