Survivors: A Novel of the Coming Collapse

James Wesley, Rawles

Oct 2011 · Sold by Simon and Schuster

About this eBook

This lightening-paced instant New York Times bestseller about survival in America after an apocalyptic economic crash asks the question: What if the world as we know it ended tomorrow?

The America we are accustomed to is no more. Practically overnight the stock market has plummeted, hyperinflation has crippled commerce, and the fragile chains of supply and high-technology infrastructure have fallen. The power grids are down. Brutal rioting and looting grip every major city. The volatile era known as “the Crunch” has begun, and this new period in our history will leave no one untouched. In this unfamiliar environment, only a handful of individuals are equipped to survive. The world of Survivors is a terrifyingly familiar one. Rawles has written a novel so close to the truth, readers will forget it’s fiction. If everything you thought you knew suddenly fell apart, would you survive?

Ratings and reviews

If you want a well thought out story, followed to a nice ending that wraps up the entire story - then dont bother with this one. James starts out his story by going in to a lot of detail about the characters and the world situation in the first half or so of the book. But then it seems he must have realized that his story was getting too long and abandoned telling the story and just went for wrapping up each characters story rather bluntly. Several of the last "Chapters" were only 1-2 pages long. He builds up to this big climax, then finishes the whole thing off in a matter of pages, never really telling the story. The book got off to a great start, but ended miserably in what appeared to me as being in a rush to just end the story as best he could, without actually telling the story. Very disappointed.

The stock market takes a tremendous fall causing extensive inflation and making paper money useless. One super inflation takes hold there was rioting and looting and only those who have planned in advance will be able to survive. The infrastructure of society is disolved, gas stations run out of gas and the high teck gadgets that we're used to are wothtless without electricity. Those who can trade food or other materials such as gold are able to purchawe the necessary items for surivial. Andy Laine and his family are in the group that seems made up of current and former military people with a strong faith. They have stockpiled canned goods, weapons, they have water and a source of energy. With the dregs of society such as paroled convicts or gang members joining the looters, I was reminded of "The Stand" by Stephen King, where the forces of good face those of evil in the battle of the world. The story moves between different groups as suspense builds. I was interested in the outcome but felt that some of the concepts were too extreme.

Some what interesting, but way too slow in parts. Way too much religious BS to enjoy. Reads like a book for 6th grade Sunday school. Will not take a chance on any more of his books. A. American and G. Michael Hopf books are much better!!!

About the author

Former US Army intelligence officer and survivalist James Wesley Rawles is a well-known survival lecturer and author. Rawles is the editor of SurvivalBlog.com—the nation’s most popular blogs on family preparedness. He lives in an undisclosed location west of the Rockies. He is the author of the bestselling Patriots: A Novel of Survival in the Coming Collapse and a nonfiction survival guide, How to Survive the End of the World As We Know It.