Other works įorstchen's novel Pillar to the Sky (2014) explores the concept of a Space Elevator. Forstchen has been invited to make presentations regarding the threat of EMP before members of Congress, and at STRATCOM, Sandia Labs, and NASA. Drawing on this and other government and private studies, Forstchen explores in his novel what might happen in a 'typical' American town in the wake of an attack with electro-magnetic pulse (EMP) weapons. įorstchen based his research for One Second After on the 2004 bipartisan Congressional study of the potential threat to the continental United States from an EMP attack: Report of the Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Attack. The book has been translated and printed in over a dozen countries. All three of the books in what is now called The John Matherson Series achieved NYT best seller status. The concluding work of the trilogy, The Final Day, was released on January 4, 2017. The sequel, One Year After, was released in 2015. Martin's books) reached the New York Times best seller list it was on the list for twelve weeks. Forstchen's novel, One Second After (2009, Tor/Forge/St. In non-fiction he has concentrated on history and technological issues.ĭr. Since the late 20th century, Forstchen has shifted toward writing historical fiction and alternate history.

It is based on material he originally developed for his dissertation. His young adult novel, We Look Like Men of War, is about an African-American regiment that fought in the Civil War at the Battle of the Crater. In addition to academic writing, Forstchen has written articles, published in such venues as Boys' Life, and novels for both adults and young adults. His doctoral dissertation was The 28th USCTs: Indiana's African-Americans Go to War, 1863–1865.įortschen has been a resident of Hightstown, New Jersey. He specialized in Military History, the American Civil War, and the History of Technology. He completed his doctorate at Purdue University, studying under the historian Gunther E. He and the other two men have also written three novels about General George Washington during the American Revolutionary War.įorstchen was born and grew up in Millburn, New Jersey.

His three alternate novels of the Civil War were co-written with politician Newt Gingrich two also had the participation of writer Albert S.

He has published numerous popular novels and non-fiction works about military and alternative history, thrillers, and speculative events. A Professor of History and Faculty Fellow at Montreat College, in Montreat, North Carolina, he received his doctorate from Purdue University. Forstchen (born October 11, 1950) is an American historian and author.

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