The Long Ride Home

Pedaling her bicycle through the countryside, mile after mile, had been one of Sue's favorite ways to travel. Despite the shaky conditions in the world, she and a friend embark on a cross-country bicycle trip.

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She's nearly two thousand miles from home when an EMP (Electro-magnetic pulse) over the eastern third of the nation takes out the power grid and cripples transportation. She must get home! Her husband, kids, and grandkids are back at their homestead in Montana!

Ride along with Sue on her harrowing and often dangerous journey from Mississippi to Montana across a country just realizing that the world as they knew it is gone.

(In January 2013 the author pulled the book file to rewrite some sections in response to reader comments and suggestions, which made a good story even better. This is the new version.)

Audience
adult
Length
short · 107 pages

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