Immersing himself in the OASIS, a mid-21st-century technological virtual utopia, to escape an ugly real world of famine, poverty and disease, Wade Watts joins an increasingly violent effort to solve a series of puzzles by the virtual world's super-wealthy creator, who has promised that the winner will be his heir.

Sela Gordon, the shy owner of a Tennessee general store, prefers solitude, until the mysterious ex-military man who's been living in the wilds of Cove Mountain appears to warn her of an impending threat that could endanger both of them.

Traces the harrowing reconstruction of the United States after most of its population is killed by a natural disaster, an effort lead by President James Kipper and challenged by pirates, freebooters, and a rogue governor of Texas.

Apocalypse prophecies and terrorist uprisings in a near-future world erupt when, after an EMP attack, all of the planet's technologies abruptly stop working, triggering global looting, food riots and insurrections--a situation that places humanity's fate in the hands of a small mountain village in the American south.

"Five years after The Final Day, the Republic of New America has all but collapsed into regional powers and the world at large is struggling to remain stable as regional conflicts ravage the post EMP landscape. After several years attempting to lead a quiet life, John Matherson receives the news that the President is dying from a possible assassination attempt, and is asked to step in to negotiate with what appears to be a new military power hidden...

"The Final Day immerses readers once more in the story of our nation's struggle to rebuild itself after an electromagnetic pulse wipes out all electricity and plunges the country into darkness, starvation, and terror. After defeating the designs of the alleged federal government, John Matherson and his community have returned their attention to restoring the technologies and social order that existed prior to the EMP attack. Then the government announces...