Outage

By Mike Trigg

Outage

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For fans of Laura Dave's The Last Thing He Told Me and William R. Forstchen's One Second After comes a riveting thriller about an internet blackout that leads one woman into a web of lies and conspiracies and her pursuit for answers.



Rachel Farrell is working from home in suburban Virginia when the internet goes out. Juggling clients, two restless teenagers, and dinner logistics with her husband, Caleb, a DC lobbyist, she assumes it’s just a routine inconvenience.


Then she finds his note, warning they are in danger and not to trust anyone.


When FBI agents show up looking for Caleb, Rachel realizes something far more sinister is underway: a nationwide internet and phone outage, and Caleb’s biggest client—a powerful Chinese semiconductor company—is at the center of suspicion.


As the night wears on with no word from Caleb, Rachel’s unease shifts into something darker. The man she has been married to for two decades may not be who she thought he was. Fearing for their safety, Rachel and her children embark on a harrowing cross-country journey to find Caleb and hear his explanation. But the more she learns, the more she suspects he may be in on the plot.


Following the clues to a remote compound in South Dakota, Rachel begins to piece together the truth about her husband, his business dealings, and a conspiracy that reaches far beyond anything she ever imagined.


In the end, Rachel has no choice but to uncover the real culprit behind the outage before it costs her everything.

Mike Trigg

Mike Trigg 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, Bit Flip, was released in August 2022 to critical acclaim, lauded as a “twisty, acerbic corporate thriller” by the San Francisco Chronicle, “exceptionally well-written” by IndieReader, and “an engrossing novel” by Foreword. Trigg’s second novel, Burner, 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 Publisher’s Weekly, Kirkus, and Literary Hub. He has been a contributor to TechCrunch, Entrepreneur, and Fast Company, and regularly posts on his author site, www.miketrigg.com.