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Patriots

By: James Wesley Rawles
Narrated by: Dick Hill
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In this post-apocalyptic thriller, a group of American friends search for safety following disaster, but danger is hunting for them.

America faces a full-scale socioeconomic collapse—the stock market plummets, hyperinflation cripples commerce, and the mounting crisis passes the tipping point. Practically overnight, the fragile chains of supply and high-technology infrastructure fall, and wholesale rioting and looting grip every major city.

As hordes of refugees and looters pour out of the cities, a small group of friends living in the Midwest desperately tries to make their way to a safe-haven ranch in Northern Idaho. The journey requires all their skill and training since communication, commerce, transportation, and law enforcement have all disappeared. Once at the ranch, the group fends off vicious attacks from outsiders and then looks to join other groups that are trying to restore true constitutional law to the country.

Patriots is a thrilling narrative depicting fictional characters using authentic survivalist techniques to endure the collapse of the American civilization. Listening to this compelling, fast-paced novel could mean the difference between life and death one day.

©1990, 2009 James Wesley Rawles (P)2022 Ulysses Press Action & Adventure Christian Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Exciting Commerce Ranch
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The end of most of the chapters seem to be missing from my downloaded novel

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if you include Trump in your nightly prayers you'll enjoy this book, if you don't then you'll be bored and confused.

The authors fascination with describing guns is concerning and borderlines on obsessive, if he'd spent that long building any kind of character arc or drama the book might be redeemable.

The moral hypocrisy of the main characters self policing and selectively enforcing Christian doctrine could have been another interesting component of storytelling. On reflection I don't think the author actually sees anything wrong with the characters actions or very selective adherence to the constitution or 10 commandments and as such a real opportunity for philosophical exploration of morals and ethics in a societal collapse was lost.

I guess I'm disappointed because I wanted to like this book, I tried to like this book, but it just reads like it was written by a twice divorced Tae Kwon do instructor who tells his students he can use chi to knock out opponents.

Neo Christian righteous fantasy that could have been a good book

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A very informative read of how things could very well go down and how a population could recover. Clearly a ton of research into possible circumstances, preparedness, gear, ingenuity and the harshness of grid down tyranny. I fear Australia will be a more painful recovery. Australians have less constitutional fortitude and even less access to the tools to remove tyrants.

I need to now listen again with a notebook.

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