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A JAKE BENDEL THRILLER
The President is dead.
The grid is next.
The man who built it must stop it
before the country goes dark.
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THE STORY
BOOK DETAILS
THE THREAT
THE PLAN
THE MAN WHO MUST STOP IT
A coordinated drone strike throws America into chaos.
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 the grid. Now it's been weaponized.
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 short. Because when the lights go out . . . the invasion begins.
Title: Blackout
Author: J. Luke Bennecke
Genre: Thriller
Pages: 398
ISBN: 979-8-9905273-7-9
Publisher: Jaytech Publishing
Release Date: October 6, 2026
Language: English
BOOK THREE IN THE JAKE BENDEL SERIES
At the core of each Jake Bendel book
is a real-world problem.
I've tried to weave in one possible
engineering solution to each of these
three problems, while presenting a
thrilling tale that takes my readers on
an extraordinary adventure!
J. LUKE BENNECKE
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THIS ISN'T TERRORISM.
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A coordinated drone strike plunges America
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