Blackout: 72 Hours Without Power in the City

Book Eight of the Survive the Wild series. The city goes dark -- and it isn't coming back for 72 hours. Elena Vasquez, a night-shift ER nurse, is home on a rare night off when a violent storm triggers a cascading grid failure. Trapped on the sixth floor with the elevators dead, water pressure failing, and food spoiling by the hour, she has one person depending on her: Mrs. Abernathy, her 78-year-old neighbor, whose oxygen concentrator just died with the power. Over three blackout nights, Elena battles a cold snap, a near-fatal fire, a neighbor trapped in the elevator, and streets that turn dangerous after dark -- using real, practical blackout survival skills: protecting electronics from power surges, keeping food safe without refrigeration, charging phones without risking carbon monoxide poisoning, and keeping an elderly neighbor alive until the lights return. Every technique in this fast-paced thriller works in real life. The appendix breaks down each skill step by step, plus a buildable Blackout Kit Checklist so you're ready before the lights go out. When the grid fails, will you be ready?