WoW: Gone Dark by Amanda Panitch

This bookish meme tells the blogosphere what we’re waiting patiently (and sometimes not so patiently) for! It’s hosted by Jill over at Breaking the Spine!

Dry meets Hatchet in this thrilling tale of survival following a teen girl who must lead her friends across country to the safety of her estranged father’s survivalist compound after a mass power failure leaves the country in chaos.
When seventeen-year-old Zara escaped her father’s backwoods survivalist compound five years ago, she traded crossbows and skinning hides for electricity and video games…and tried to forget the tragedy that drove her away.
Until a malware attack on the United States electrical grids cuts off the entire country’s power.
In the wake of the disaster and the chaos that ensues, Zara is forced to call upon skills she thought she’d never use again—and her best bet to survive is to go back to the home she left behind. Drawing upon a resilience she didn’t know she had, Zara leads a growing group of friends on an epic journey across a crumbling country back to her father’s compound, where their only hope for salvation lies.
But with every step she takes, Zara wonders if she truly has what it takes to face her father and the secrets of her past, or if she’d be better off hiding in the dark. 

Published by: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Expected Publication: April 12, 2022

Why I’m Waiting: I’ve been a Panitch fan since the very beginning. I’m talking since 2015. I LOVED her first book. Her second one was ok too. This one sounds like it might be up there with the first one tho. Or maybe I’m just scary because I’m actually afraid of the dark and this one will be in the damn dark? I’m probably going to sleep with my lights on for a week over this book, but it will be worth it lol

What about you? Will you be waiting on this? Do you like thrillers about nation-wide chaos? Or is that too close to home? Let me know in the comments!