Second Edition. Revised 12/30/2012. During the height of economic collapse in the US, Rachel and Tom flee for the countryside a day too late. With the comforts of city life unlikely to be seen again, they are determined to survive on their own out in the middle of nowhere. But all too quickly they realize they must collaborate with friends and foes alike, as energy runs out and resources become scarce. Despite years of prepping for such an event, to survive they must learn to endure tremendous hardship, cope with unwelcome guests, and face nature head on. Their new life not what they...

Three years have passed since the economic collapse in the US and the western world. Rachel and Tom live a humbly comfortable life in their little town in the middle of nowhere. But all is not well as homesteading problems are on the rise due to lack of resources. While the town receives assistance from refugee newcomer residents with skills to help, they also find themselves engulfed by strange new occurrences. Some of the townspeople attribute these incidents to mere coincidence, while others believe there are more sinister forces at work. Before they know it, their little town is in the...

Paylie Roberts spent the first eight years of her life living under communist rule in Poland. From age eight on she grew up in the US and became so Americanized that she refused to acknowledge her native Polish heritage, including her birth name. Only after researching the history of why her family was exiled from Poland by the communist government did she realize the tremendously important and unique lessons that the Polish Solidarity movement offers about overcoming tyranny, oppression, and corruption, and how these lessons are imminently relevant and applicable to America today. Paylie...