Julia’s Journey by M. Merin

In 1859, the modern world got its first taste of being in the direct path of a solar storm, affecting worldwide communications. Today, we got our second.
In book two, Shelby’s daughter, Julia, is at school in Utah, nearly a thousand miles from her grandfather’s homestead. As her friends split off from her route, Julia finds that learning whom to trust along the way is as challenging as the conditions.
For Russ, the end of the electrical grid means an early parole from Ely State Prison. Breaking off from the other prisoners to give himself time to make a plan; he sets eyes on ‘his firecracker’, allowing her path to become his.