I often seem to have a wait list for books. Stacey's Quest finally worked it's way to the top of the pile. I am about 1/3rd of the way into it.
Stacey's Quest is about a teenaged girl living in Philadelphia as well as her family and friends. It starts out with them going to the mall and then well, things fall apart. The girls try to make their way in a situation they are totally unprepared to handle the best they can. I don't want to say much more at the risk of spoilers.
This book is very different when compared to most survivalist fiction. There are not (at least yet) any John Rourke characters with unbelievable skill sets and ridiculous arsenals, years worth of food and awesome bunkers/ hinter boonies retreats. While those books can show the value of being well prepared as well as some interesting ideas they probably aren't representative of most survivalists, let alone average folks.
The characters don't seem to have magically found a bunch of cool gear and sweet guns, learned to fight like a pro MMA guy and shoot like a 3 gun champ which I appreciate. The books where Joe Shmoe all of a suddent turns into Sammy the Seal annoy me a lot. People get lucky or unlucky but nothing completely ridiculous has happened yet.
A lot of the interesting stuff in this book is conceptual. The way people think and are dependent on the system, ethics and morality when it comes to other peoples stuff and accepting new realities among other things. Looking at people with a variety of perspectives instead of just folks who all think the same conservative/ religious and or libertarian train of thought is interesting. [I also don't miss the long rants about the federal reserve or entitlements or whatever that are present in many books.] Maybe not as cool as making improvised explosives to blow up a convoy of raiders or first person shooter style gun porn but probably more thought provoking.
Anyway I am eager to continue reading this book. If you are looking for something with a bit of a different perspective, Stacey's Quest may be the book for you. Things are still in the works but we should be giving away a copy pretty soon.
Stacey's Quest is about a teenaged girl living in Philadelphia as well as her family and friends. It starts out with them going to the mall and then well, things fall apart. The girls try to make their way in a situation they are totally unprepared to handle the best they can. I don't want to say much more at the risk of spoilers.
This book is very different when compared to most survivalist fiction. There are not (at least yet) any John Rourke characters with unbelievable skill sets and ridiculous arsenals, years worth of food and awesome bunkers/ hinter boonies retreats. While those books can show the value of being well prepared as well as some interesting ideas they probably aren't representative of most survivalists, let alone average folks.
The characters don't seem to have magically found a bunch of cool gear and sweet guns, learned to fight like a pro MMA guy and shoot like a 3 gun champ which I appreciate. The books where Joe Shmoe all of a suddent turns into Sammy the Seal annoy me a lot. People get lucky or unlucky but nothing completely ridiculous has happened yet.
A lot of the interesting stuff in this book is conceptual. The way people think and are dependent on the system, ethics and morality when it comes to other peoples stuff and accepting new realities among other things. Looking at people with a variety of perspectives instead of just folks who all think the same conservative/ religious and or libertarian train of thought is interesting. [I also don't miss the long rants about the federal reserve or entitlements or whatever that are present in many books.] Maybe not as cool as making improvised explosives to blow up a convoy of raiders or first person shooter style gun porn but probably more thought provoking.
Anyway I am eager to continue reading this book. If you are looking for something with a bit of a different perspective, Stacey's Quest may be the book for you. Things are still in the works but we should be giving away a copy pretty soon.
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