Well, I just finished this last book. I must say that it hit me really hard......much harder than anything else I've read so far and I've pretty much read them all. "Lights Out" was great and there was a lot we could glean from it. However, "OSA" grabs you by the collar and shakes you hard. Forget about the EMP causing the disruption. It could be any major failure that would cause a cascade of failures ultimately ending up the same way. What I was most taken aback by was the insite the author had of what humans would be capable of. In addition, it was amazing just how fast things went downhill. Forget about 3 weeks or even 3 months of food. When that's gone, it's gone along with pretty much everything else modern that we've come to rely on. You overlook the need for more toilet paper or sanitary pads, dog food and really mundane things like that.
The story, itself, was compelling and I had a hard time putting it down but I was really repulsed about some of the incidents that this author laid out for us so it was hard to continue but hard not to continue at the same time. It was also evident that he was a student of history being able to draw perfect comparisons between what had happened in the past and what was happening in his time.
My recommendation is that each and every prepper should read this book if for nothing else the time line that was clearly laid out for the reader as well as having the author point out the importance of being prepared not only for the items we're all familar with but also for many items that we'd never think of. It's a terrific primer wrapped up in an amazing story of survival.
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