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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...

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Before the next disaster strikes, you're going to want to read this book. And you'll want to do everything it suggests. -- Amazon.com, editorial review The world is in crisis. If you're looking for an emergency escape plan, this book is it. -- Rolling Stone Witty, self-deprecating, and full of weird tips (how to fashion your credit card into a knife), the book is done justice by Strauss' careful reading. The pacing is purposeful and Strauss' youthful tone is flush with humor alongside a steady emphasis on the key ideas. -- Publishers Weekly

Witty, self-deprecating, and full of weird tips (how to fashion your credit card into a knife), the book is done justice by Strauss' careful reading. The pacing is purposeful and Strauss' youthful tone is flush with humor alongside a steady emphasis on the key ideas. -- Publishers Weekly The world is in crisis. If you're looking for an emergency escape plan, this book is it. -- Rolling Stone Before the next disaster strikes, you're going to want to read this book. And you'll want to do everything it suggests. -- Amazon.com, editorial review

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Neil Strauss is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Game, Rules of the Game, Emergency, and Everyone Loves You When You're Dead. He is also the co-author of three other New York Times bestsellers - Jenna Jameson's How to Make Love Like a Porn Star, Mötley Crüe's The Dirt and Marilyn Manson's The Long Hard Road out of Hell. A writer for Rolling Stone, Strauss lives in Los Angeles. Neil Strauss is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Game, Rules of the Game, Emergency, and Everyone Loves You When You're Dead. He is also the co-author of three other New York Times bestsellers - Jenna Jameson's How to Make Love Like a Porn Star, Mötley Crüe's The Dirt and Marilyn Manson's The Long Hard Road out of Hell. A writer for Rolling Stone, Strauss lives in Los Angeles.

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