Are There Any Sequels To Book One Minute After?

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Searching for more after 'One Second After' left me reeling. Are there any more apocalyptic survival stories with John Matherson after the original?

Gilbert · Answer

To my knowledge, there are no direct sequels written to this book. Most authors either write a story as a standalone or go back to a previous written world in a completely different form of writing. If you are interested in stories that continue after a story has reached a definitive ending in a completely new way, then you might enjoy ‘After My Last Breath’ – a complete novel in itself where the main character has to navigate a political afterlife immediately after his death and has to come to terms with the consequences of all his life decisions in a very direct and high-stakes way.

Yvonne · Answer

Author William Forstchen wrote a follow-on to “One Second After” titled “One Year After”. That novel continues to follow the primary character John Matherson as he struggles to assist his community to survive in a world without modern technology. The novel goes into considerable detail describing the additional political and social consequences of an EMP attack on the United States and how that causes individuals to react under stress.

'One Second After' has two sequels: ‘One Year After’ and ‘The Final Day’. The first sequel continues to follow John Matherson and his community as they struggle to survive in a world without technology. The second sequel focuses on the long-term consequences of the attack and the struggles to arrive at a new normal.

These are highly detailed and suspenseful novels that contain a lot of strong and believable world-building and have a lot of high stakes, as well as deal with issues of leadership, and the cost of hope in today’s world.

Marissa · Answer

I have always been a big fan of post-apocalyptic stories. I just finished reading “One Second After” by Illinois author William R. Forstchen. That book is a fantastic read and is the first of a trilogy. “One Year After” continues the story of black rain devastated Willesley and follows the principal characters as they face new external threats as well as the new internal conflicts that develop as the town tries to rebuild.

'Road to Paradise' is not part of the Friedman related trilogy, 'The Final Day' concludes the Caldwell, Ohio saga with a strong rebuilding of society of the survivors left behind. The two sequels are chock full of action and heart, as the characters struggle to come to terms with what has occurred.

Amelia · Answer

I recall when I read ‘One Second After’ by William R. Forstchen. It was a wonderful post-apocalyptic story and it is written as a stand alone novel. However there are sequels, ‘One Year After’ continues the story one year on and follows the main characters as they try to rebuild their lives after the disaster. The third book ‘The Final Day’ is a very emotional and raw story that goes into great detail about the collapse of society and the human will to survive. These books are well worth a read if you enjoyed ‘One Second After’ as they continue the story of John Jones in great detail and expand on the world that was created in the original novel.

sayachie12 · Answer

The marketing for the sequels was somewhat interesting. While they heavily marketed “One Year After” to the prepper/survivalist community (a natural choice given the book’s content), I wish they had also gone for cross-promotion with other literary areas of interest, such as literary dystopias, political thrillers, etc. Because they were largely marketed in a specific genre area, many people wouldn’t look beyond the cover to realize that there is more substance to the books than meets the eye.

The lack of broad cross-promotion to readers who typically consume serious literary dystopias and even political thrillers might lead some to confuse WM/NP with “fear porn” or, worse, partisan tract writing. But no. All three of the sequels deal seriously with some of the most non-partisan issues dealing with governance, justice and human nature in extreme circumstances. Don’t let the generic cover art fool you. There is real material between these covers.

EviE · Answer

I borrowed One Minute After from a friend, and after reading it I asked him for the sequels (One Year After and The Final Day). He warned me that the tone of the rest of the books is quite different from the first, but after some contemplation I decided to take the plunge and started reading One Year After. It took me a few chapters to get used to the new perspective, but after that I really enjoyed it, in a different way, of course. One Year After is not as visceral and nervous as One Minute After, but instead more tense and negotiation-oriented. It’s like switching from a sprint to a marathon.

'The Final Day' does a great job of combining the high octane action of the first book with the much more complex politics of the second. A really satisfying read. Go into the sequels expecting a continuation of the story, not a rehashing of your favorite experiences. Let it grow up a bit and I’m sure you’ll enjoy the journey.

Jayme Pius · Answer

That’s not really a book for me. I’m more of a fantasy and sci-fi reader. The title does look familiar, though. It might have been on a book club list a few years ago. I’ll just have to follow this with the rest of you and see what people have to say. It looks like it has a very dedicated fan base, which is always nice to see.

Molay · Answer

Let me check my bookshelves… Yes, I have the entire series here, all three: One Minute After, One Year After, and The Final Day. All are here and are looking great as a complete series. I’d definitely recommend this series of sequels to anyone who enjoyed the first book. They answer all of your important “what happens next” questions in complete and methodical detail.

I liked that he did not just re-create the disaster in each of the books, but rather took the reader on a journey of collapse and then recovery. The challenges he devised in “One Year After” flowed naturally from the world as he created it in “One Minute After.” This is a trilogy that clearly was conceived by Forstchen as a trilogy of considerable scope from the onset, as opposed to being added due to potential for profit.

Ruth Balageo · Answer

This is a double-edged sword for me. I love more content in a world that I really love, but at the same time, “One Minute After” ends perfectly, completely and wonderfully as a standalone novel. It is bleak and open ended and leaves you in the dark to ponder and doubt and hope and fear. The sequels, “One Year After” and “The Final Day”, inevitably demystify that ending by spelling out answers to what you wondered about in “One Minute After”.

This is why, while I read the two sequels “One Year After” and “The Final Day” with interest and they expand the world and the lore of the story to some extent, in the end they also weaken the impact of the last pages of the first book. They make a chapter break out of a full stop. This is a matter of personal reading philosophy, and whether or not it is positive or negative is up to the reader to decide. In any case, it is the first book that haunts me till this day.

decadentessentials · Answer

Sequels to “One Minute After”… I love them and hate them. “One Minute After” was a very hard book to read, it hit me right in the gut. “One Year After” was somewhat slower but the political bureaucratic battles were more realistic. However, “The Final Day” is more of an obligation to read in order to find out what happens to the characters I enjoy reading about. The series is becoming more of a vehicle for the author’s political views than I care to read about.

It was worth reading, I just wouldn't expect more from the sequels. The sequels do give a good sense of closure to the characters and there are moments of pure greatness in each book, much like the original. So in the end the uneven trilogy is worth reading as one book with some high moments that weren’t quite repeated in the sequels. Just don’t expect them to be as wild and amazing as the first book opened up.

Tim Ong · Answer

I can see how the covers have evolved, for example ‘One Minute After’ usually features an empty highway with a dead stoplight in the middle of it, ‘One Year After’ is set in a rural area, shrouded in mist with overgrown landscape, whilst ‘The Final Day’ often shows a flag, or soldiers in the background of a bleak and darkened sky. This gives an indication to potential buyers of what they can expect to read in the actual book.

These little nuances between the covers make physical copies of books so much fun to collect and display. They look great on a shelf next to each other, telling their own little story before you even pick up the book. I see that publisher treated this as a series, and that attention to the overall reading experience is wonderful for bibliophiles such as myself.

Are There Any Sequels To Book One Minute After?

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