[American Blackout 03] • Gangster Town

** A nationwide blackout threatens everything Cricket loves. **

Twenty-two-year-old Emily “Cricket” Hastings speeds toward an Ohio state park in her ’67 Plymouth Barracuda. The vintage convertible—one of the few vehicles that survived an EMP blast that took out the national grid—carries precious family members, and Diesel, their devoted Labrador. Overhead, her dad scouts the countryside in an ancient Piper Cub.

A mere two months after the attack, many people are trapped in their homes, running short of food, water, and medicine, while the worst of humanity roam the small Ohio towns. When she hears of a wannabe earth goddess, Cricket senses the worst is yet to come.

The little band must dodge sniper fire from roving marauders and the arrival of two strangers that set off Cricket's creep radar. As dangers mount, Cricket fears the blackout of electrical power may lead to a blackout of humanity, perhaps even in herself.