Book Excerpt:
When the picture of a dog taking a dump shows up on every computer and cell phone screen with the words, “IT Happens,” Jimmy Walker knew things would never be the same again. What he didn’t know was just how bad it would be. Bugging out to his cabin in the Manistee National Forest, Jimmy figured he would ride out the storm there. He knew there would be trouble from the criminal element and those who had not prepared but hadn’t counted on the United Nations moving in and gathering people up to be ‘relocated,’ too. Banding together with others in the valley, Jimmy works to meet the threats that seem to come from all directions at once.
My Thoughts On The Book:
The
book had the feel of a James Wesley Rawles style book as it was very
attentive to detail, described preparations and the survivalist
mentality. Overall I would say the characters in this book came to the
fight a little less armed and prepared than the stocked to the gills
characters familiar in a Rawles book. I believe this fact makes the
characters a little more relatiable, while the main characters do have
have a military background they don't seem to be high-speed operators or
aggressive militia members like that of a Rawles book. I believe this
book does a decent job of demonstrating the realities of a potential
bugout from a preppers mindset but not as much from a self-reliant
woodsman. So if you are are more of the latter and want to continue to
learn those style skills this book may not be inline with your
interests; however if you are more into general preparedness then book
is a great fictional representation of what you more than likely would
encounter as a prepper.
Interview With the Author:
LeAnn Edmondson lives in Southeast Alaska and is the owner of www.homesteaddreamer.com
where she writes about working tword a more self-sufficient lifestyle
while trying to be prepared for the unknown. She also writes for PREPARE
magizine and is a member of the Homestead Bloggers Network, the
Prepared Bloggers Network and has contributed to several sites related
to homestead, preparedness and survival communities.
- My motivation for writing the book came from the fans. When Mike Kosinski was unable to keep the weekly story going on his site, TinHatRanch.com I was already hooked and asked if I could pick it up. As things kept going, the fans encouraged me to put it into a book and I listened!
- My favorite character is actually toward the end of the book. His name is Swabbie and is based on an old salty fisherman I grew up with here in Southeast Alaska. Swore like a sailor, drank like a fish, but gentle and incredibly kind to ladies and children. A real softy once you got through the encrusted salt.
- This series will be a trilogy! We are already half way through the sequel in our weekly story on the site HomesteadDreamer.com and I am not even close to being finished with Jimmy, Amie, and Captain's stories. I expect the sequel to be published around August or September 2015 and the last book out around the same time next year, maybe sooner. For those who don't know, the original book and now the sequel are written as a weekly story where the readers vote on what happens next. Then, their vote is woven into the story and another episode is written, and so on. People are getting very involved and I LOVE that interactive aspect of the project.
- Mike Kosinski started the weekly story and so it was his choice for location and the disaster events (computer virus, nuclear weapons, EMP bursts). I have never been to Indiana or Michigan, I just picked up the thread and ran with it. I admit that I know considerably more about Michigan now than I ever have before! I would say that living in Alaska does give me an advantage in writing this story, even though it is not based in Alaska. We live more rurally here and tend to do things using less modern conveniences (mostly because they are just too expensive) so when the population finds itself thrust back into the 'dark ages,' a lot of those skills will be needed. Most city people don't know the difference between a heat fire meant to last all night long and a cooking fire. That kind of knowledge comes in handy!
More Survival Fiction Books Like This Book:
Conclusions:
I highly recommend you pick up this book by a fellow member of the prepared bloggers network as it is a great work of preparedness fiction written in the style of Rawles (i.e. It is essentially a preparedness manual). The book was a very easy read and I was able to fly through the book over the course of a week reading it off and on as I had time between jobs. The book is definitely a page turner and well worth you time if you enjoy reading survival fiction.
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