Austerity

When a solar flare in 1859 ignited telegraph wires across the United States, scientists first realized that coronal mass ejections could disrupt electricity. Years later, the United States government developed tests harnessing the power of electromagnetic pulses known as Starfish Prime. What if that power fell into the wrong hands? Austerity explores the aftermath of an enormous electromagnetic pulse and the chaos that soon ensues as the nation sinks into darkness. Written from the perspective of a medical student finishing his training, Austerity examines how medicine and surgery would be effected in a post-apocalyptic world.