Emergency

By: Neil Strauss

Narrated by: Neil Strauss

Publisher's summary

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 best seller 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...

©2009 Stately Plump Buck Mulligan, LLC (P)2009 HarperCollins Publishers

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3 out of 5 stars

By kevin stender on 11-18-23

Not my favorite

Love Neil Strauss but this book didn’t keep my interest. However, I still think Neil has a unique way of telling his stories. Looking forward to his next Audio Book

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5 out of 5 stars

By Evan on 07-27-11

Loved it.

Its a little bit piecemeal, but I like that sort of thing. Every half hour is a new thing.

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5 out of 5 stars

By Joshua on 01-07-13

Exciting, interesting and informative!

If you could sum up Emergency in three words, what would they be?

Exciting. Interesting. Informative.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Neil Strauss, what a development in terms of attitude and outlook. Even more powerful as you learn with him. The fact that it's real is all the more interesting.

Have you listened to any of Neil Strauss’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

No.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The 180 degree change in outlook in the closing stages of the book.

Any additional comments?

A must have for any Strauss or prepping fan.

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