When Superstorm Nicole hits the entire U.S. eastern seaboard at once, the Eastern Power Grid fails and plunges half of the country into a complete blackout--no power, no phones, and no cellphones. Hospitals, banks, and grocery stores stop running, and chaos rules. Cities are controlled by gangs, and citizens have two choices: leave their homes or fight for what supplies are left. Luckily some people are ready. Four families from Pittsburgh flee the city and join together to live in a cabin in the middle of the forest and try to wait it out. But when IS the power coming back on? What will happen to a recession-era United States when half the country doesn't have power? Braving the Storm is Book 1 in The Storm Series and was a finalist in the 2016 The Authors' Zone Awards. Full story available via eBook through all major retailers--Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble Nook, Kobo, iBooks, Google Books, Scribd. Paperback available via Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookbaby, and my website. Check out http://www.jenniferlbrooks.com/buy-now/ for links!