Stranded over a thousand miles from their home when a coronal mass ejection decimates the globe, a mother and her daughter struggle to survive in the breathtaking dystopian adventure, Solar Fury by E. A. Chance. Leaving her two youngest children at home with her parents in Colorado, Dr. Riley Poole takes Julia, her oldest daughter, with her to a medical conference, in Washington D.C. Riley is one of the speakers at the conference, but the evening before her lecture, a national emergency is broadcasted. A solar flare is heading for earth, and the effects are expected to last four to five days. However, the emergency measures suggested became obsolete when the storm hit early and far more powerfully than expected. After many people are killed or injured, Riley takes in an abandoned little girl, twelve-year-old Hannah. With the world exploding around them, Riley, Julia, Coop, and Hannah begin the journey home. Facing starvation, renegades, blizzards, and death, the four must find a way to survive.

Solar Fury: A Post-Apocalyptic Survival Novel (Shattered Sunlight Book 1) by E. A. Chance is an action-packed novel that will thrill fans of adventure and dystopian tales. The characters are beautifully developed, the plot flows seamlessly, and the story engages the reader from the outset. With many action-packed, drama-filled scenes, I had a difficult time putting the book down. As the first book in a trilogy, this thrilling story comes to a satisfying closure, leaving the reader panting for the next installment. It promises to merge flawlessly into the coming sequel, and I am anxiously waiting to read it!

Solar Fury by award-winning E.A. Chance is a must-read page-turner in the vein of The Road, Panic Room, and Aliens. If you like your dystopian science fiction grounded in family survival, relatable situations, and emotional drama, this is your book. The story centers around the main character Riley Poole, a widowed mom and surgeon living with PTSD and trying to raise her daughter, Julia--a small family trying to mind its own business in the wake of losing a husband and father. Imagine your world--the whole world--thrown into darkness and mayhem because of a solar flare that knocks out power, convenience, and the devices society depends on for survival. What would you do? How would you react? How far would you go to protect and provide for yourself and your child? This is a story that will help you consider your answers as it unfolds in the lives of its characters.

Sometimes you don't know how brave you are until you're confronted with a crisis. The great thing about this book is that it uses ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. It's an unnerving what-if scenario that seems all too real. Heroes are all around us, and E.A. Chance illustrates this perfectly. The characters of Riley, Julia, and Coop are realistic and human--far from perfect--which makes this book so readable. The story is accessible as well. A family fights to survive in an unexpected global crisis--did you do some emotional fighting to survive the Covid 19 pandemic? Did you wonder how you were going to feed your family or stave off potential threats? This book is timely in that it comes along in our own day of trials and tribulations, but it's timeless in that it's about a family seeking to stay alive for the present, and for the future. Chance writes with clarity and pathos and involves you immediately in the story, on the first page. This keeps you engaged and uneasy until the end. Her literary phrasing, character arcs, plot development, and terror-building skills demonstrate why she's an award-winning author. Solar Fury by E.A. Chance is a promise of more to come in a series--a roller coaster ride you never want to end.