An eruption on the Sun leaves the Earth powerless, but is it a temporary inconvenience or the start of a spiral into anarchy?
Belfast Professor Martin Monroe knows the answers, but once branded a conspiracy nut, he struggles to get anyone to listen to his warnings of the impending disaster. His only friend, Simon Wilson, still coming to terms with the loss of his wife, is the only person who will listen.
Fighting against bureaucracy and her own lack of confidence, Government Communications officer Lisa Keenan struggles to get the word out. Despite the protests of her colleagues, she enlists the help of the professor.
With a wife and new-born child to think of, Prison supervisor, Derek Henderson, must weigh duty against family and live with the consequences of an impossible decision.
Will the world’s total reliance on technology, and the electricity that powers it, lead to the irreversible disintegration of society on a global scale?
Reliance is the first book in the Powerless Earth series. It has a star rating of 4.8 out of 5 on Amazon and has attracted excellent reviews.
The apartment door slammed shut behind him. Inside, Simon’s phone, still sitting on his desk from the night before, silently flashed another missed call. He pressed the button for the elevator.
The lift was small, fitting four people at a squeeze, and serviced his block of twenty apartments in the city centre development.
Three identical buildings made up the private gated complex, with the river running along the back and a tall iron fence on the other three sides.
Simon stepped into the lift and fixed his collar in the mirror on the back wall. His favourite hiking jacket was getting a little tight.
He had the frame of an ageing rugby player and the sweet tooth of a ten-year-old. Thus, the start of his latest fitness push, and now, two weeks in he was still doing his morning walk to the local shop and the odd ‘ease myself into it’ session in the gym. He’d stopped playing rugby in his mid-twenties and could count on one hand the number of times he’d seen the inside of a gym in the ten years since.
As the lift doors opened, Simon spied his neighbour, Mrs Fleming, shuffling backwards through the outer door, grocery bags in tow. Her bright green overcoat stretched across her not so slender frame. Simon quickened his step and reached behind her to hold the door but was a fraction too late and ended up in an awkward near Heimlich Manoeuvre.
“Steady on big fella,” Mrs Fleming said with a cheeky laugh, “At least buy me a drink first.”
Mortified, Simon stepped back, the heat surfacing on his cheeks. “Morning Janet, you’re out early today.”
Janet was in her late seventies, he guessed. A retired barrister who lived alone. She seemed to relish his discomfort.
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