Thanks to reader interest in my latest post-apocalyptic series, I have been able to complete and publish the first two books of the series this year as planned. Feral Nation - Insurrection: Book Two of the Feral Nation Series was released today in both the Kindle edition and paperback.
The second book picks right up where Book One left off, with Eric Branson and his new sidekick, Jonathan, getting ready to set sail from south Florida to cross the Gulf of Mexico to Louisiana, where Eric's brother is a deputy sheriff in a rural parish bordering the Atchafalaya River. This second installment of the series gets into a little more of the overall situation in the country, which is a state of chaos due to anarchist riots and terror attacks. Unlike my Pulse and Darkness After series, the problems that arise in this series are human-caused, and not too far removed from reality considering some of the recent happenings in that have been in the news.
These first two installments are just the beginning of a bigger storyline that I will be exploring in the upcoming books in the series. If you like survival action and adventure, be sure to check out Feral Nation - Insurrection at the links below the cover image:
Most regular readers here know that I was working on a novel over the last few months since Bug Out Vehicles and Shelters was released. Some of you may have already seen the book's Amazon page, but if not, here's a preview of the front and back covers. I'll post more detailed information about this book here soon. In the meantime, if you'd like a preview, the "Look Inside This Book" feature has been enabled on Amazon, so you can read the opening scenes and see if you'd like to read more. The book should be available in print and Kindle form early next month.
From the back cover:
THE END OF THE ELECTRIC AGE As massive solar flares bombard the Earth, an intense electromagnetic pulse instantly destroys the power grid throughout North America. Within hours, desperate citizens panic and anarchy descends. Surrounded by chaos, Casey Drager, a student at Tulane University, must save herself from the havoc in the streets of New Orleans. Casey and two of her friends bug out to the dangerous backwaters of Mississippi where they are forced to use their survival skills to seek refuge and fight for their lives. Meanwhile, thousands of miles away, Casey’s father, Artie, finds himself cut off and stranded. His Caribbean sailing vacation has turned into every parent’s nightmare. Warding off pirates and tackling storms, Artie uses the stars to guide him toward his daughter. The Pulseis a compelling action-adventure novel that reveals what it would take to survive in a world lit only by firelight, where all the rules have changed and each person must fend for himself.
Kel-Tec CNC, Inc. continues to introduce interesting and innovative firearms, some of which I've posted about here before, from the much older Sub-9 folding 9mm carbine to the recent high-capacity .22 Magnum semi-automatic pistol: the PMR-30.
Now the engineers at Kel-Tec have designed the company's first shotgun - a Bull Pup pump action weapon with dual side-by-side 7-round magazines under the barrel that allow for a capacity of 14 rounds of 12-gauge plus one in the chamber. Though not a bug-out gun due to it's bulk and impracticality for hunting, it looks like an impressive weapon for fending off the post-apocalyptic Zombie hordes, or for my use, perhaps as a good boat gun to deter would-be uninvited boarders:
I learned of this new shotgun from a Guns America email that included a write-up and this video describing the new weapon:
The KSG Bull Pup Shotgun is supposed to be released in the fall, but Kel-Tec is usually later than what is announced when it comes to actual availability of their new designs. It should be interesting when it does become available though. MSRP is expected be around $800.00. Here is the description from the Kel-Tec website:
The KSG is our first entry into the shotgun market. The size, shape and design are similar to the currently available Kel-Tec RFB rifle, but the KSG ejects downward, instead of forward. The KSG weighs 6.9lbs and is as compact as legally possible with a 26.1" overall length and an 18.5" cylinder bore barrel. Even with this compact size, the internal dual tube magazines hold an impressive 14 rounds of 12 gage 2-3/4" rounds (7 per tube). The simple and reliable pump action feeds from either the left or right tube. The feed side is manually selected by a lever located behind the trigger guard. The lever can be positioned in the center detent in order to easily clear the chamber without feeding another round from either magazine. A cross bolt style safety blocks the sear, and the pump release lever is located in front of the trigger guard.
The pump includes an under Picatinny rail for the mounting of a forward grip, or a light or laser. The included top Picatinny sight rail will accept many types of optics or iron sights. Forward and rear sling loops are built in, and a basic sling is included. The soft rubber butt pad helps to tame recoil.
MSRP has not been officially been set, but we are looking at the $800.00 range.
TEOTWAWKI - The End of the World as We Know It - is the the ultimate SHTF. This is SHTF for good, a theoretical situation where things get so bad that there's no going back to the old way of life and those who survive will be starting from scratch, reduced to fighting for their lives and eking out an existence any way possible.
TEOTWAWKI scenarios are a popular theme in survival fiction, both in books and movies. Every civilization comes to an end eventually, and ours will probably be no different. But TEOTWAWK is not what most of us are preparing for, because when such an event does happen, most people won't be left alive to try to survive it. Cormac McCarthy's prize-winning novel, The Road paints a realistically grim picture of what life would be like post-TEOTWAWKI.
paints a realistically grim picture of what life would be like post-TEOTWAWKI.
