Morgan Carter is a prepper, and the chapters with Morgan are narrated from a first-person POV, so he goes into great detail describing the contents of his bug-out bag, the equipment he has, his survival tactics as he begins hiking home. Certainly it's easier to explain someone carrying a gun around, as opposed to a survivalist novel set in New York or Maryland. He is in rural Florida when it happens - setting survivalist novels in Florida or North Carolina seems to be awfully popular.
Instead, the first part of the book is about Morgan Carter's trip home after an EMP device shuts down his car and the power grid. Going Home seems intended to be a wake-up call of sorts, but the author doesn't really get up on a soapbox until the end. American" is clearly making a statement with the very choice of his (yes, could be "her" but how likely is that?) pseudonym. It is stronger in some than in others, but let's just say there are not a lot of Obama voters who write books about how the government is going to collapse and the key to survival is stashing guns and silver.
One thing that quickly becomes apparent is that survivalist books and those who write them tend to be of a particular political bent. I seem to be on a survivalist reading kick lately, enjoying various books about TEOTWAWKI scenarios.
But what if it all went away?Ĭould you face what Morgan faces, could you make the decisions he has to make? Life and sometimes death in the blink of an eye, could you do it? The lights come on with the flip of a switch and even a child can turn on the faucet at the sink and water always comes out. We live in a wonderfully modern society where anything we want is a mouse click away. During his travels he will try and help where he can, but that can turn out to be a costly mistake. Morgan has to find his way across the state of Florida, from Tallahassee to the heart of the state in Lake County.Īlong his way he has to seek out food, water and shelter where he can, not to mention keeping himself from being killed by any number of now scared and desperate people. With no idea what has occurred he reluctantly finds himself on shanks’ mare carrying that ridiculous pack that everyone made fun of him for keeping in the car. Morgan works on the road and finds himself far from home when his car dies, as well as his Blackberry and every other piece of electronics he has. This is the beginning of a 250 mile odyssey for Morgan Carter. Then to begin the ruination of your much anticipated weekend the grating tone of the Emergency Alert System flashes over the radio, then promptly dies. Imagine you’re driving down the interstate, it’s Friday and all you can think about is getting your weekend started.
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