Patriots

"Patriots" is a gripping and dynamic novel, and although its characters are fictional, they use authentic survival techniques to live through the collapse of American civilization. Someday this book may save your life.

James Wesley, Rawles is the editor of http://www.SurvivalBlog.com, the most popular family disaster preparedness blog, and the author of "How to Survive the End of the World as We Know It".

Sometime in the near future, America faces a complete socio-economic collapse. The stock market crashes, hyperinflation strikes commerce, and the escalating crisis quickly passes the tipping point. In effect, in just a single day, fragile supply chains and high-tech infrastructure are destroyed, and every major city is engulfed in mass riots and looting.

As crowds of refugees and marauders pour out of the cities, a small group of friends living in the Midwest struggle desperately to reach their retreat–a ranch in northern Idaho that they have prepared for exactly such a crisis. The dangerous journey requires them to use all of their skills and training, because communications, commerce, transportation, and law and order have vanished without a trace. After reaching the ranch, the group repels fierce attacks by marauders and then makes contact with other groups striving to restore true constitutional order in the country.

If Katniss Everdeen had this book at hand, she would definitely read it.