James Wesley Rawles

Estados Unidos se enfrenta a una crisis socioeconómica total. La Bolsa se desploma, la hiperinflación paraliza el comercio y la crisis supera cualquier pronóstico. En medio de las hordas de refugiados y vándalos que deambulan por los núcleos urbanos, un reducido grupo de amigos de la región central de Estados Unidos tratará de llegar a un rancho en el norte de Idaho, donde podrán estar a salvo. Durante el trayecto tendrán que poner a prueba todas sus habilidades y todo aquello para lo que se han estado entrenando, ya que las comunicaciones, el comercio, el transporte y la policía han colapsado. Una vez en el rancho, el grupo habrá de rechazar los ataques provenientes del exterior.… (mehr)

I was a little worried when I started reading this book as in the Dramatis Personae at the beginning, the author lists most of the female characters as "wife of". Not a great start. Then I read some of the reviews and I knew that there was a definite religious slant to it which is definitely not my cup of tea! But I read it anyways and I did manage to finish it. The novel's female characters turned out to be on the same level of ok as the male ones (none of the characters really had depth to them - I felt that they were too two dimensional). Generally I found this novel to be too convoluted with technicalities, particularly about firearms (of which I know nothing about). I felt it really didn't have much of a plot and was a bit too "God Bless America" for me by the end.… (mehr)