About this title: Already a cult success in the US after publication, reaching the top 40 on Amazon, "Patriots" is a thrilling novel of survival set in a not-too-distant future breakdown of civilization. "Patriots: Surviving the Coming Collapse" is a thinking man's action-adventure novel set in the near future, as America is torn by a full scale socio-economic collapse. Todd Gray, an accountant, and his wife Mary, a nurse, live on a ranch in northern Idaho that was established several years before, as a safe haven for a select group of friends, most of whom live in Chicago. When the stock market collapses and ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Ulysses Press
Date Published: 2009-04-07
ISBN-13:9781569755990ISBN:156975599X
Description: Very Good. Some shelf wear on cover, pages in good reading condition. Ships promptly in a padded mailer w/ delivery confirmation. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Ulysses Press
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9781569755990ISBN:156975599X
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Ulysses Press
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9781569755990ISBN:156975599X
Description: New. Items ship once payments have cleared. Media mail 5-8 days Priority 2-3 days and international orders may be subject to customs clearance procedures which can cause delays. Seasonal delays can occur in postal system. All items ship within 24 hours of receiving payment. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: ULYSSES PRESS
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9781569755990ISBN:156975599X
Description: New. A fast-paced thriller that follows a group of Christian survivalists through a stock market crash, an economic collapse, and a second civil war. "Patriots" doesn't just tell what could happen in the near future, it explains exactly how to prepare for... read more
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"This book should appeal to survivalists and militia-types. Though I found some of the descriptions of weapons and equipment interesting at times, they became tedious as they went on and on. The dialogue was a bit "hokey" and lifeless. I can't remember the last time I used the word "yikes" in a real conversation.
The beginning of the story seemed somewhat plausible but it gradually became less and less believable. The civil war seemed very far-fetched. The characters were a bit too stereotypical and one-dimensional. I like good winning over evil but the only "good" people were depicted as being far beyond the extreme right. I did not like the general lack of respect shown towards most authority figures.
Being a Christian, I was very uncomfortable with the way the characters spouted off Bible verses while also maintaining a strict us-versus-them mentality. I can't say that I necessarily grew to like any of the characters. I'm afraid if I was in the story, I could have wound up being shot or being classified as not being worth enough to keep around. I guess this story had too much of an Old Testament tone for me (eye for an eye). W.W.J.D. was never a consideration for any of the characters. Righteous anger and sterile practicality seemed to take precedence over compassion. That is not the Christian life that I subscribe to."
"This is a survival book written in the form of a novel. It is not a well written novel, to be sure. As a survival book it is amazing in detail and scope. Many will not be able to get through the George Lucasesque dialog or story line, but I actually enjoyed it.
He clearly envisions a worst case scenario of societal breakdown, which I think is a bit far-fetched. I hope so--because his is a grim, violent world."
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