The Long Walk Home EMP
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MatureOngoing1h 42m
Last published Sun, Sep 27, 2020
When an EMP strikes while Sophie is at work, she convinces a coworker to begin a fifty-four-mile walk home. In a car, it would take an hour to drive, but walking will take days. As they make their way, Sophie pushes down fears about what she will find when she gets there, and especially what she won't find. As the whole country now learns to live in this 'New Normal', Sophie comes to grips with loss and learns to survive in this new world.
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