01849cam a2200313 i 4500 978104918 TxAuBib 20230913120000.0 181004s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2018044747 9780765397928 hardcover 0765397927 hardcover TxAuBib rda Forstchen, William R, author. 48 hours / William R. Forstchen. Forty-eight hours. First edition. New York : Forge, 2019. 334 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "A Tom Doherty Associates book.". "From the author of the smash hit, New York Times bestselling One Second After series comes a thriller in which the survival of humanity itself is at stake. The countdown is on. In less than forty eight hours, Earth will be hit by a major solar storm. At first, it is thought to be a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) that will severely damage our world's electronic infrastructure. A crisis to be certain, but one that can be survived--until something far more frightening is discovered by NASA's solar observation teams. It is not just a CME. The sun is about to let loose with a solar explosion of such intensity it will result in an ELE, an "Extinction Level Event." A final hour might be approaching that could see the near extinction of all life on earth. How will humanity reaction to such news? How would you react?" -- Provided by publisher. A catastrophic solar explosion leaves the human race with forty-eight hours to prepare for the near-extinction of all life on the planet. 20230913. Suspense fiction. TXLVP