Ilsa J. Bick
So glad you enjoyed the ride!
I think it’s Tom who says to Chris they’ll probably never know what happened and, in the end, it’s almost unimportant: that what matters is what happens on the ground and to those closest to you. I agree with him ;-). So I deliberately leave that unanswered, but the EMP burst was definitely manmade.
I’m sure there are army camps all over; our guys just never left WI or the Upper Peninsula.
You bring up an interesting question about the survivors. I think I tried to point up that trauma had a lot to do with their survival, but that some of this was also hormonal mediated (for example, Lena). In addition, EMPs can cause DNA to break. Whether those would be inherited changes is less clear, but they might be if these breaks affect the germ line (say, eggs and sperm) and don’t cause a fetus to miscarry and there’s no way of knowing how this might then effect offspring. I had focused primarily on changes in the brain, but now that you bring it up...yeah, it’s definitely possible.
Thanks for reading :-)
I think it’s Tom who says to Chris they’ll probably never know what happened and, in the end, it’s almost unimportant: that what matters is what happens on the ground and to those closest to you. I agree with him ;-). So I deliberately leave that unanswered, but the EMP burst was definitely manmade.
I’m sure there are army camps all over; our guys just never left WI or the Upper Peninsula.
You bring up an interesting question about the survivors. I think I tried to point up that trauma had a lot to do with their survival, but that some of this was also hormonal mediated (for example, Lena). In addition, EMPs can cause DNA to break. Whether those would be inherited changes is less clear, but they might be if these breaks affect the germ line (say, eggs and sperm) and don’t cause a fetus to miscarry and there’s no way of knowing how this might then effect offspring. I had focused primarily on changes in the brain, but now that you bring it up...yeah, it’s definitely possible.
Thanks for reading :-)
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Hello! I just finished Drowning Instinct, and I just want to say it was one of the BEST books I've ever read! I think the fact that you're a psychiatrist made Jenna's point of view amazingly realistic. Are you currently working on a sequel, or will it be a standalone? Keep up the fantastic work!!!
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