EMERGENCY by Neil Strauss Review

Terrorist attacks. Natural disasters. Domestic crackdowns. Economic collapse. Riots. Wars. Disease. Starvation.

What can you do when it all hits the fan?

You can learn to be self-sufficient and survive without the system.

**I’ve started to look at the world through apocalypse eyes.** So begins Neil Strauss’s harrowing new book: his first full-length work since the international bestseller The Game, and one of the most original-and provocative-narratives of the year.

After the last few years of violence and terror, of ethnic and religious hatred, of tsunamis and hurricanes–and now of world financial meltdown–Strauss, like most of his generation, came to the sobering realization that, even in America, anything can happen. But rather than watch helplessly, he decided to do something about it. And so he spent three years traveling through a country that’s lost its sense of safety, equipping himself with the tools necessary to save himself and his loved ones from an uncertain future.

With the same quick wit and eye for cultural trends that marked The Game, The Dirt, and How to Make Love Like a Porn Star, Emergency traces Neil’s white-knuckled journey through today’s heart of darkness, as he sets out to move his life offshore, test his skills in the wild, and remake himself as a gun-toting, plane-flying, government-defying survivor. It’s a tale of paranoid fantasies and crippling doubts, of shady lawyers and dangerous cult leaders, of billionaire gun nuts and survivalist superheroes, of weirdos, heroes, and ordinary citizens going off the grid.

It’s one man’s story of a dangerous world–and how to stay alive in it.

Before the next disaster strikes, you’re going to want to read this book. And you’ll want to do everything it suggests. Because tomorrow doesn’t come with a guarantee…

I loved the authors look at how America has lost it’s sense of security. I will have to admit I am one of those who has fears and anxieties about what is going on in the world around me, and it is comforting that he shares his fears and anxieties too.In classic Strauss style, he prepared himself by jumping head-first into the world of survivalists, billionaire asset-hiders, gun-nuts, hunters, shooters…all that good stuff. Now after spending years undergoing survival training (rural and urban), becoming a certified EMT, obtaining a second passport, learning to make his own weapons and kill his own food, the one-time soft-bellied rock journalist is ready for just about anything.

Not only is EMERGENCY a compelling read, it’s also packed with information that may save your life (or at least your bank account) if and when things get really bad. Take the “Will You Survive?” Facebook quiz and watch a funny video that is tied in to the book. I recommend this book as a must read! You never know how many lives it can save!