Daybreak Zero

DAYBREAK ZERO

In Directive 51, John Barnes created "the thinking person's techno-thriller"+ about the modern world brought to a standstill by radical groups who engineered the destruction of a century of technology...

A year has passed since the catastrophic event known as "Daybreak" began.

9 months since Daybreak killed seven billion people.

8 months since Daybreak vaporized Washington DC.

6 months since rival governments emerged in Athens, Georgia, and Olympia, Washington.

4 months since the two governments of what was formerly the United States were on the brink of war.

3 months since war was (barely) avoided.

2 months since Athens and Olympia agreed to work together.

1 month since the survivors discovered that Daybreak isn't over...

+S. M. Stirling

This description comes from the publisher. Daybreak Zero is the second Novel of Daybreak, the first of which is Directive Fifty-One.