{"product_id":"outage-paperback-1","title":"Outage - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMike Trigg\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor fans of Laura Dave's \u003ci\u003eThe Last Thing He Told Me \u003c\/i\u003eand William R. Forstchen's \u003ci\u003eOne Second After \u003c\/i\u003ecomes a\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eriveting thriller about an internet blackout that leads one woman into a web of lies and conspiracies and her pursuit for answers.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the dark, nothing stays hidden. When the internet goes down across the entire East Coast, Rachel Farrell assumes it is a technical glitch. A couples therapist juggling clients, two restless teenagers, and a husband who has been coming home late and distracted, she has enough to manage without a national crisis. But within hours it becomes clear that this is no ordinary outage. The grid is down, phones are dead, and nobody knows why.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the night wears on without word from Caleb, Rachel's unease shifts into something darker. Her husband is a Washington lobbyist whose biggest client is a Chinese semiconductor company now at the center of suspicion. When a woman arrives at her door demanding she search Caleb's office for documents, then physically fights her for a notebook filled with indecipherable codes, Rachel is forced to confront a terrifying possibility: the man she has been married to for nearly two decades may not be who she thought he was.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith no internet, no phones, and no way to reach anyone she trusts, Rachel must navigate a rapidly unraveling world alone--piecing together the truth about her husband, her marriage, and a conspiracy that reaches far beyond their quiet Virginia suburb.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe truth, when it comes, will cost her everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMike Trigg\u003c\/b\u003e grew up in Wisconsin and now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife and two sons. He earned a BA from Northwestern University and an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley. Prior to becoming an author, he worked in the Silicon Valley technology industry for over twenty years. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eBit Flip\u003c\/i\u003e, was released in August 2022 to critical acclaim, lauded as a \"twisty, acerbic corporate thriller\" by the \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e, \"exceptionally well-written\" by IndieReader, and \"an engrossing novel\" by Foreword. Trigg's second novel, \u003ci\u003eBurner\u003c\/i\u003e, was released in April 2024 and praised as a \"searing, all-too-believable novel\" by BookLife Reviews and \"a cautionary tale for the digital age\" by IndieReader. Trigg's work has been featured in \u003ci\u003ePublisher's Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e. He has been a contributor to \u003ci\u003eTechCrunch\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEntrepreneur\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFast Company\u003c\/i\u003e, and regularly posts on his author site, www.miketrigg.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.01 x 8.21 x 5.51 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 20, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67847164789043,"sku":"9781646049684","price":28.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/E6ZrkhrJPY9781646049684.webp?v=1793489509","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/outage-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}