[immadashell]

This book was first published and released March 17, 2009. Dark Angels was a TV show back in 2000 about genetically altered children. I doubt there is any connection.

[Lancey Howard]

On June 1, 2009, months after Max's escape, terrorists detonate an electromagnetic pulse weapon in the atmosphere over the U.S., which destroys the vast majority of computer and communication systems, throwing the country into utter chaos.

The first season begins ten years later in 2019, as it follows the life of the now 19-year-old Max as she struggles to search for her Manticore brothers and sisters. In a United States which is now barely more than a Third World nation...

Maybe the book is based on the TV series?