Surge is a novel about a family separated by disaster. Rachel Reed has survived dysfunctional, drunken parents and a cheating husband. Now a successful, professional dog trainer, she finds herself across the country from her children and the new man in her life when an electromagnetic pulse strikes, bringing the United States to its knees. With a president dead and the country at war, determined, she attempts to make her way back home to her family. Struggling along the way, she is presented with destruction and little hope. As she makes her way toward her children, every step takes her farther away from Mitch Carlson, the man she loves. Will she see him again?