“Blackout” One word crackles over an emergency radio seconds before every screen goes dark, every engine dies, and the civilized world grinds to a stop. In a single heartbeat, an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) wipes the power grid across the continental United States, sending it back to the stone age and night falls at high noon. For Scott Tinsdale—Thirty-six year old Army Infantryman, husband, and father—the moment the lights go out is the moment a promise whatever it takes, he will get his family to safety.