Zero Hour (Dark Waters Book 1)

Aspects of this book were good, the dog, and the rescue of the girl, Maya. But overall the pace was slow, and it was surprising how little the plot advanced in an entire first book. Part of the problem was that Spencer was by himself too much, agonizing about finding Kate. Aspects were confusing, it was billed as a ‘high altitude’ EMP, which would be 20-30 miles up, and barely visible, if at all. What was described was a detonation at or near ground level, which would produce a very contained EM

This is another EMP disaster book, but starts very slowly. Very slowly. There is a lot if extraneous detail in an apparent effort for us to get to know Spencer. I was starting to wonder if there was really going to be a disaster. A high-altitude EMP would be...high altitude, so you might see a flash, or might not. It certainly wouldn't account for all of the conflagration on the ground. This small town in the Keys also starts shooting and looting very, very fast. How are there that many criminal

Meh. Maybe by Book 2 series improves… ??Got about 48% of the way through (Chapter 15) Zero Hour- so I think I gave this story a fair shake - I just couldn’t stick with it any longer.I found reading the 1st book in the Dark Waters series more a chore than a pleasure. There’s nothing in particular “wrong” with the story/plot, it’s just that there is a whole lot … lacking. At least for me.In addition to an exhausted, overused (EMP) plot theme, with no outstanding new features to add to the already