Survivors: A Novel Of The Coming Collapse - Hardcover

Rawles, James Wesley

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1439172803 ISBN 13: 9781439172803

Publisher: Atria Books, 2011

Synopsis

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.

Andrew Laine, a resourceful young U.S. Army officer stationed overseas in Afghanistan, wants nothing more than to return home to Bloomfield, New Mexico. With the world in turmoil and all air and sea traffic to America suspended, Laine must rely on his own ingenuity and the help of good Samaritans to reach his family. Andrew will do whatever it takes to make it home to his fiancée, no matter how difficult the circumstances.

Major Ian Doyle is a U.S. Air Force pilot sta-tioned in Arizona with his wife, Blanca. Their young daughter, Linda, is trapped in the North- eastern riots. Three teenage orphans, Shadrach, Reuben, and Matthew Phelps, have no choice but to set out on their own when their orphanage closes at the beginning of the Crunch. Then there is Ignacio Garcia, the ruthless leader of the criminal gang called La Fuerza, who will stop at nothing to amass an army capable of razing the countryside. And over everything looms the threat of a provisional government, determined to take over America and destroy the freedoms upon which it was built. 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?

About this title

Product Description:

America is in the thrall of a full-scale socioeconomic breakdown. In this chaotic and dangerous environment, a few families and individuals, bound together by their faith, skills, and foresight, must struggle not only to survive day by day but defend themselves against a new and vicious predator--their fellow man.

Review:

"""It's 370 pages of adventure, excitement, and page-turning thrills." --"If it Hits the Fan"

"Rawles' Survivors is well worth reading. . . well-written and informative, and speaks with an honesty and bluntness often missing from the policy prognotications of the political elite." --The New American

"An incredible tale." --AmongTheLeaves.com

"Rawles is an amazingly gifted author who has singlehandedly reignited the post-apocalyptic thriller. "Survivors" is an instant classic." --Brad Thor, #1 "New York Times "bestselling author of "Full Black"

"It embodies the American spirit of independence and survival." --"NoisyRoom.net"

"'"Survivors'", painting a realistic picture of life with no plan to survive the harsh realities of a crash, has given me a glimpse into how the other half lives, and how I can further prepare to help my fellow man." --Paratus Familia Blog

About this edition

• Publisher: Atria Books
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1439172803
• ISBN 13: 9781439172803
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 382