Befriend As Many Preppers As You Can

If this book teaches you nothing else, you should take hold of one piece of valuable advice: befriend as many preppers as you can.

This is not your typical zombie or chemical warfare end of the world story. Instead, this is an attack on the US infrastructure – taking out easy access to power/electric/gas, water, food, etc. Societal civility collapses shortly thereafter, as it isn’t even safe to travel on the roads for fear of ambushes, assaults, and mob mentalities. And the government has ceased all access to said resources for their own uses. All manner of the worst type of people are now running amuck in this [hopefully temporary] lawless world.

We follow two primary character story arcs and where they might converge, Grace and Ray.

Grace is a young college student who has been raised by a survivalist-savvy father. He has a network of prepper friends and the skills to ensure that when (not if) something should happen while his daughter is away at school, she will have the means to make the best go of it in hopes of getting home. She’s capable and wise to the ways of preppers, survival, and firearms.

Then we have Ray or Gamma Ray, his online gamer persona, stumbling about in this new world thinking himself a capable and resourceful warrior when he’s actually just a former stoner, gamer, otherwise unmotivated loser who has a penchant for killing people (innocent or not) in order to attain their resources for his own use. He’s completely desensitized emotionally and morally; entitled, and disturbingly capable. He is so awful, you practically cheer whenever something unfortunate befalls him.

Overall, the story is well-written and well-performed. I plan on reading the next book in the series.