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the president is dead. the grid is next.

AND NO ONE IS READY.

A coordinated drone strike plunges America into 

chaos, and the next target is the power grid you depend on....

THE LIGHTS GO OUT OCTOBER 6, 2026.


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THE STORY

The President is dead. The grid is next.


A coordinated drone strike throws America into chaos—but this isn’t terrorism. 


It’s strategy.


Behind it is Tracy Ciacchella, leader of New3—a shadow network accelerating the fall of U.S. dominance, with a simple plan:

  1. Kill the President.
  2. Cripple the power grid.
  3. Plunge the nation into darkness and attack.


Civil engineer Jake Bendel helped build that grid. Now it’s being used as a weapon. 


As blackouts spread, Jake teams with FBI agent Kristi Konnors to stop a cascading collapse—only to uncover a conspiracy that could hand America to its enemies.


Then it turns personal. His wife—presumed dead—may be alive inside the very organization behind it all.


Time is running out.


Because when the lights go out…the invasion begins.

ABOUT

Title: Blackout


Genre: Thriller


Pages: 436


ISBN: 979-8990527379


Publisher: Jaytech Publishing


Release Date: October 6, 2026


Language: English 

BLACKOUT IS BOOK THREE IN THE JAKE BENDEL SERIES

At the core of each of the Jake Bendel books is a real-world problem. I’ve tried to weave in one possible engineering solution to each of these problems, while presenting it in a thrilling tale that takes the reader on an extraordinary adventure.


- J. LUKE BENNECKE

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