Aurora

In Aurora Illinois Aubrey Wheeler is just trying to get by after her semicriminal exhusband split leaving behind his unruly teenage son Then the lights go outnot just in Aurora but across the globe A solar storm has knocked out power almost everywhere Suddenly all problems are local very local and Aubrey must assume the mantle of fierce protector of her suburban neighborhood Across the country lives Aubreys estranged brother Thom A fantastically wealthy neurotically overprepared Silicon Valley CEO he plans to ride out the crisis in a gilded desert bunker he built for maximum comfort and security But the complicated history between the siblings is far from over and what feels like the end of the world is just the beginning of several longoverdue reckoningswhich not everyone will survive