10 Best Survival Books (Fiction)
Dies the Fire: An advanced EMP takes out all electronics and even disables gun powder, sending America into the Iron Age where previous strangers must band together for survival. Excellent storytelling and characters who work to rebuild tribal civilizations and defend themselves. This is the first book in a series of eight that evolve into a post-modern Game of Thrones. Lights Out: An EMP hits America and a small group of unprepared office workers organize their community for survival. The story is an enjoyable ride following the main characters through vital decisions and heroic bravery. They have a healthy skepticism of the government and propaganda following the attack which allows them to adopt a plan to be self-sufficient. Much can be gained from the many realistic survival situations and circumstances that play out in this story. Lucifer's Hammer: A new comet is heading to Earth and is not anticipated to hit. However, a newsman works with NASA to promote the discovery to gain more funding to explore the comet. While doing so people begin to fear that the comet will actually hit, which it does. Some are prepared and others must band together and organize to survive. But no one was quite ready to handle the barrage of tsunamis, wild storms, and the creeping ice age. Solid practical survival information, but it's also a compelling story.
The Postman: The Postman is a classic that was made into a lackluster movie. The post-apocalyptic setting is 16 years after the Doomwar that brought nuclear devastation and various forms of dangerous bandits. The story follows a loner, Gordon, who is a wanderer in search of some shred of hope that humanity can live in peace. By luck and circumstance he casts himself in the role of a leader trying to re-establish the US Mail to give hope to surviving villages. Wonderful read, but somewhat lacking in practical survival advice. One Second After: An EMP hits a totally unprepared America. The story focuses on a small town in North Carolina struggling to survive and weigh life and death. Good storytelling and a believable account of what would unfold in this scenario. This book contains some good practical survival advice while also being an enjoyable read, but it relies heavily on the government ultimately coming to the rescue. That may be the only unrealistic aspect to this novel. 77 Days in September: An EMP terrorist attack hits the continental Unites States stranding the main character 1500 miles from his wife and children. The book is a narrow tale of his journey to walk from Texas to Montana to get to his family. Scattered throughout is a general idea of how society would break down after such an event, but little in the way of practical survival information. This story is also unabashedly trusting of the government's official version of events and optimistically hopes for the federal savior to come. November 12, 2012
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