Patriots: Surviving the Coming Collapse: A Novel of the Turbulent Near Future (Expanded and Updated 33 Chapter Edition)
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Release date: 2006-11-15
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Author: James Wesley Rawles
General & Literary Fiction, Fiction, Fiction - General, General, Fiction / General
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Patriots: Surviving the Coming Collapse: A Novel of the Turbulent Near Future (Expanded and Updated 33 Chapter Edition)
Date undefinedThis novel is a real page turner, good characters and a great plot. The book is loaded with information on preparing for such a situation. Reading some of the other reviewer's complaints about character development makes me wonder what they were expecting. I found Rawls' writing very well paced and provided adequate character buildup. The story could be easily mistaken for being based on actual events.
The best way to read this novel is to first read through it as you would any other book. Then go through it a second time with a pen and notepad handy to make the information easier to use. A onetime reading of this book wouldn't do it justice.
I am not going to dive into the plot and spoil it for anyone. If you are interested in preparedness manual that you can read cover to cover while relaxing in your recliner then this is the book for you.
Patriots: Surviving the Coming Collapse: A Novel of the Turbulent Near Future (Expanded and Updated 33 Chapter Edition)
Date undefinedWhat can I say? The price is right and the book is a total gem. Okay, it's not Jane Austen or Victor Hugo; it's never going to be featured in an academic anthology of high literature. But it's long enough to show the shape of the author's scenario, develop the characters and situations and make you feel you are living the events.
Better even than the story is all the indispensable information sprinkled here and there about how to get along without, how to replace common things, how to perform field surgery and where to find out more, etc. It's almost a handbook in that sense.
Will the world fall apart? Sadly, there is probably a very huge risk that our fragile economy could in fact tumble over a precipice into hell just as described by Patriots Surviving the Coming Collapse. This book will press upon you the urgent need to prepare storage in your home of essentials now while you have the leisure to do so. If you think you need to band together with others, you'll start right now and this is the handbook for it.
In short, I loved this book. The second edition is even better than the first with not only two additional chapters, but Rawles has updated a lot of the social and technological context throughout the rest of the book.
Patriots: Surviving the Coming Collapse: A Novel of the Turbulent Near Future (Expanded and Updated 33 Chapter Edition)
Date undefinedBest survivalist novel of the past 15 years, top notch practical information.
Well written and right on target for its intended reader population.
Liberal's hate this novel, hence the rare bad review - let the ants stew in their anger, the grasshoppers love it.
