The United States suffers a major socioeconomic meltdown. A horrific pandemic rages, and a radical terrorist army threatens. Now what? What might you do?
by Leon Pantenburg
Dystopia novels, shows and movies are big sellers right now, and with good reason. The current 2014 Ebola outbreak is the largest Ebola outbreak in history and the first in West Africa. ISIS is murdering thousands of civilians indiscriminately in the Middle East, and they’ve promised to bring their terror war to the United States. Current events are ripe for even more doom-and-gloom projections.
“Expatriates: A Novel of the Coming Global Collapse” by James Wesley, Rawles presents this current events scenario of the world gone to hell, and how several people in vastly different circumstances react to survive.
Rawles, the New York Times bestselling author of Liberators and other survival-related novels, needs no introduction to survivalists and people in the preparedness world. His website, Survivalblog.com gets thousands of hits daily, and millions regard him as THE survivalist guru.
A former U.S. Army intelligence officer, Rawles was a survivalist/prepper long before it was mainstream and well before “Doomsday Preppers” hit the air. He lives in an undisclosed area in the northwest, probably in some sort of bunker, and his previous distopia novels have resonated with a large reading audience.
Like his other novels, Expatriates gives some sound survival information, disguised as entertainment.
Here’s the survival scenario: A pandemic wipes out much of the world’s population. Meanwhile, a radical terrorist group gains strength and becomes an army. A newly radicalized Islamic government rises in Indonesia, attacks and conquers the Philippines, East Timor and Papua New Guinea and heads for Australia. The United States is struggling to deal with a devastating pandemic and a collapsed central government, and out of the global picture. Australia must face the invasion alone.
These events combine to create the perfect storm of disasters, and people must fight, flee or avoid the pandemic and the terrorists. In the midst of all this chaos are Peter and Rhiannon, American Christian missionaries and Chuck Nolan, a Texas petroleum engineer caught in Australia.
This book is riveting, a thriller and provides practical depictions of actual skills needed to survive this situation.
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There are several things I like about Rawles’ books in general:
The scenarios are realistic. Every event or situation mentioned with Rawls’ writing are within the realm of possibility. It’s scary, actually – Rawles’ depiction of a radical terrorist army sounds exactly like what ISIS has said they intend to do. And real-world events have proven that beheadings, murder and torture are on some terrorists’ agendas.
The survival equipment is mentioned, and becomes an integral part of the plot, but doesn’t overpower it. Unlike some distopia, end-of-the-world books, there is not a fixation on weapons, ballistics, explosives and fighting. There is not a discussion about choosing the best battle rifle or what to look for in a survival knife. While there are battle scenes, they are not the focus of the story. Rather, the emphasis is on practical survival skills that work.
Sex and violence are not the primary reasons for telling this story, and the plot is strong enough to stand without trashy writing. There are no lurid sex scenes, minute descriptions of torture or mayhem or extreme use of bad language. (After several years association with the U.S. Army, it’s not like I’m unfamiliar with some aspects of the military vocabulary. I don’t want to read it.)
Due out on September 30, Expatriates reads like a news summery of current events. It is full of sound survival information, interwoven with a rip-roaring adventure tale. If you’ve ever wondered “What if?” in regard to current events and how they might play out, then this book should be on your reading list.
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