title: Darkness Rises: A Post-Apocalyptic Survival Thriller (After the EMP)
author:  Harley Tate 
description: <div><i>After the EMP</i>series reading order:</div><div></div><div></div><div><b>Darkness Begins</b>: amazon.com/dp/B0722Y5BV1</div><div><b>Darkness Grows</b>: amazon.com/dp/B0722Y5BV1</div><div><b>Darkness Rises</b>: amazon.com/dp/B0731SKZ82</div><div></div><div><b>Chaos Comes</b>: amazon.com/dp/B074J4SHHY</div><div><b>Chaos Gains</b>: amazon.com/dp/B075SBTMYJ</div><div><b>Chaos Evolves</b>: amazon.com/dp/B07797XT13</div><div><div></div><div><b>Hope Sparks:</b>amazon.com/dp/B078NVZT5R</div><div><b>Hope Stumbles:</b>amazon.com/dp/B07HN1H7HB</div></div>
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  ## The Echo
  
  
    
  
  
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  ### Scott Nicholson
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  It’s six weeks after the shock.
  
  
  The smoke on the horizon has diminished, and Rachel Wheeler and her two
  traveling companions head toward the mountains where Rachel’s grandfather
  Franklin has built a survivalist compound.
  
  
  However, the strange mutated people known as Zapheads seem to be changing from
  bloodthirsty killers into a force far more menacing. A secret military
  installation may hold the key to rebuilding civilization, but Franklin doesn’t
  trust their intentions.
  
  
  And the Zapheads are adapting to the new world faster than the human
  survivors, who must fight for their place in a future that may have no room
  for them.
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Scott Nicholson
  
  
  ## AFTER: THE ECHO
  
  
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  A Post-Apocalyptic Thriller
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## CHAPTER ONE
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The September sun burned the treetops in a kaleidoscope of gold, scarlet, and
  a pur