SOLVED. YA Post Apocalyptic novel. After high school, discovers their cars won't start, EMP wiped out all electronics. Male teen (main char.) tries to turn neighborhood into a strong community. Read 2013. Spoilers. [s]

[Austin]

The book starts out with a teen getting out of high school. His and a few other cars are the only ones that will start. The rest will not start because they have electronics that have been fried by an EMP. The teen takes the popular girl home. He had never been able to talk to her before. They live in the same neighborhood. Later in the book, he ends up winning the girl over. He takes an older man that lives near him to town. They buy all of the water purification tablets from a pool store. The teen and the older man start to fortify the town by getting everyone to work together. They build a wall around the town. The teen has a small personal plane that he is building and learning to fly. Later in the book, the teen and man use the plane to fight against another group that has been attacking them. They drop grenades and molotovs on a small airfield. The book ends with a P-51 fighter plane guiding them into a landing strip. The plane that guides them in is a part of a group that is acting as a safe haven. I believe the book takes place in the United States. It is set in a post-apocalyptic time after all electronics have been wiped out. I read the book when I was in high school, 2013. The book was paper back and in English. Thanks in advance!

[Alan]

I've come across a couple of possibilities, but they were all pubbed too late (2018) - unless there was an earlier edition that was not listed.

Pulse of the Goddess, book 1 of the American Blackout series by Fred Tribuzzo, looks to be a possibility. The blurb mentions a light plane, but not a P-51 Mustang. The second book of the series, Slaves Beneath the Stars, mentions a P-51, though. All three books of the trilogy are listed as being pubbed in 2018 (the last two on the same day).

The Reset by A.T. Avon has an EMP, plus a character who owns a P-51 Mustang. Bizarrely, it is described as Australian. It also dates from 2018.

[Austin]

Alan wrote: "I've come across a couple of possibilities, but they were all pubbed too late (2018) - unless there was an earlier edition that was not listed.

Pulse of the Goddess, book 1 of the ..."

None of these are it. The main character is definitely a male teen. The P-51 isn't a major part in the book. It doesn't show up until the end. The bulk of the book is about the main character turning his neighborhood into a strong community.

[Alan]

According to one of the reviews on the Kindle website, The New Madrid Run by Michael Reisig has a P-51, though the apocalypse in this does not appear to be an EMP (some weird geological change). On the up side, it was published well before 2013 (1998).

I started poking around with this out of pure curiosity - I was surprised that there was even one post-apocalyptic book featuring a P-51, let alone five.

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[Kris]

Austin, I copied book details to the topic header. Feel free to edit it.

Is this book for teens or adults?

[Amelie]

Could be The Rule of Three by Eric Walters?

[Kris]

Google Books preview of The Rule of Three by Eric Walters - Amelie's suggestion:

- https://books.google.com/books?id=INm...

[Juliana]

I've Read This book before, it's Rule of 3 by Eric Walter's. Somebody already mentioned this book. Does the the main character have his own plane, and fly it too?

[Austin]

Amelie wrote: "Could be The Rule of Three by Eric Walters?"



I completely forgot about this discussion but yes this is it. This was driving me crazy for about 2 months and then I finally forgot about. It popped back into my head today and I remembered I posted on here. Thank you so much for figuring this out!