Zen and the Art of the Apocalypse by Kurt Atkin

Kevin Dahlgren, finds himself completing a typical workday when the power goes out. It doesn’t take him long to discover that most electronics have been destroyed by an EMP event. As he sets out to join up with family, he chronicles his adventures and misadventures. Along the way he learns more than he ever cared about what it means to survive in a world following a disaster of this magnitude. Kevin soon finds himself on a path that taxes him, both physically and emotionally, as he begins to learn the true cost of survival--and the depths of what it means to be human. Parts 1 and 2 of the first book in a series.