Grid Down: A Novel

When the sky burns, the grid dies.

A monster solar storm fries the power grid across North America — and in rural Oklahoma, 79-year-old Harlan Webb and his wife Ruth wake up to a world with no electricity, no phones, and no running water. Six months of darkness lie ahead.

But the Webbs have something most people don't: a deep pantry, a hand-pump well, a woodstove, and a lifetime of knowing how to do things the old way. As autumn turns into a brutal winter, their homestead becomes a beacon — for their daughter Janet, walking 90 miles home from Oklahoma City with two kids; for a stranded truck driver with nowhere to go; for neighbors learning that survival is a team sport.

A hopeful, big-hearted story about family, grit, and the skills that matter when the lights go out.

• 300 pages, 24 chapters

• 12 full-page illustrations

• A clean, family-friendly read