Aurora - David Koepp

Sci-Fi

Rating: 7.5/10

Picture this; a planet without power. Lights out. Internet down. No service. And soon, no food, no water.

A massive solar storm is brewing that will knock out all the electricity on a global scale for months, if not years.

Thom is a billionaire prepper who has meticulously planned for a day like this, retreating with his family and a group of select elite professionals to a self-reliant bunker. Must be nice to be build your own society rich right?

His sister Abby however is woefully unprepared for anything beyond the day at hand and saddled with a morose stepson to boot.  But it’s usually the ordinary people that to rise to meet the challenge of extraordinary times.

Shifting narratives between them and a few secondary characters, this story barely skims the surface of what is a terrifyingly plausible premise, can we function as a society without technology and electricity?  How long before lawlessness and chaos reign? How would we gain access to food and water? How would we figure anything out without google to tell us how?

A book that will leave you questioning why, even in the face of overwhelming evidence and the experience of billions who came before us, we humans never learn.

Recommended for readers who think The Stand by Stephen King has too many pages. Lightweights.

Book Pairing(s): Cold Storage by David Koepp, Bird Box by Josh Malerman, The Nightworkers by Brian Seffon