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The Patriots novel series
OCLC
251196581
Followed bySurvivors: A Novel of the Coming Collapse 

The Patriots novel series is a five-novel series by

survivalist novelist and former U.S. Army officer and blogger, James Wesley Rawles
. It is followed by his Counter-Caliphate Chronicles novel series.

Patriots: A Novel of Survival in the Coming Collapse, the first book in the series, was first distributed as shareware in 1995 and first published in paperback in 1998.[1] It was updated and re-published in paperback 2009, and then in hardback in 2012. In one week of April 2009, shortly after its release, it was ranked #6 in Amazon.com's overall book sales rankings, which was attributed by the Library Journal to the book's appeal to "a small but vociferous group of people concerned with survivalism".[2]

Set in the near future midst

survivalists that flee riots and chaos in metropolitan Chicago to a survivalist retreat that they have prepared near Bovill, Idaho.[3]

Origins

The first novel is based on a 19-chapter draft that Rawles wrote in 1990, and first distributed as shareware, under the title The Gray Nineties.

XLibris, a vanity press. Patriots was the best-selling title for XLibris from late 2006 to early 2009. In late 2008, the rights to the novel were purchased by Ulysses Press of Berkeley, California
. After updating the novel and adding both a glossary and an index, in April 2009 Ulysses Press released the 33-chapter edition under the new title Patriots: A Novel of Survival in the Coming Collapse.

Setting

Much of Patriots takes place in the

Palouse Hills region, in and around Moscow, Idaho
.

Reception

Critical reception for the various releases of the book has been generally positive, gaining a cult following among the survivalist community and a positive review from the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.[8] A reviewer for the Tennessean newspaper called the novel a "combination military thriller and how-to survivalist guide."[9]

Over time the book has gained a larger following, with Rawles speculating that the ongoing financial crisis accounted for the book's popularity among a wider readership traditionally not interested in survivalist themes. Sara Nelson of The Daily Beast referred to the novel as "The Most Dangerous Novel in America."[10]

The Kirkus Review described the series as "long on details about guns, survival techniques and military capabilities and short on the suspense".[11]

Translations

The first translation of Patriots was released in May 2012. This was a Spanish and French edition, titled Patriotas. It was translated by Ernesto Rubio Garcia and published by La Factoria De Ideas, in Madrid, Spain.

ISBN 8498007704.[13]

Sequels

Rawles authored four sequels in the Patriots series. The first two sequels were published by

E.P. Dutton
released the fourth novel in the series, titled Expatriates. This sequel is set primarily in Australia, the Philippines, and Tavares, Florida. This was followed in 2014 by a fourth sequel, titled Liberators: A Novel of the Coming Global Collapse. It was released on October 21, 2014.

Sales for the sequels were strong, with Survivors, Founders and Expatriates all achieving places on The New York Times Best Seller list.[14][15]

Survivors: A Novel of the Coming Collapse

Cover of the first edition of Survivors.

Much of Survivors: A Novel of the Coming Collapse takes place in the Four Corners region, specifically in and around Bloomfield and Farmington, New Mexico, although the book's climax takes place in and near Prescott, Arizona and several sub-plots take place as far away as Afghanistan. The cover artwork was created by Tony Mauro Jr.

On its release day, October 4, 2011, Survivors rose to #2 in Amazon's overall book sales ranks and #1 in their action-adventure category. On October 23, 2011, it was listed at #3 in the

New York Times bestseller list in the fiction hardback category.[15] Rawles and Survivors were the centerpiece of a Vancouver Sun article by Kim Murphy about the American Redoubt movement that was run by dozens of newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times.[16] Marvin Olasky of World magazine called Survivors "...not as well-written as some articles Rawles has penned"[17]

Rawles uses an unusual contemporaneous approach to writing sequels. Rather than the traditional formula of following the same group of characters farther into the future, he instead uses a

novel sequence
method that portrays different characters in different geographic regions, but in the same near-future timeframe as in Patriots. In his Introductory note to Survivors, Rawles stated: "Unlike most novel sequels, the storyline of Survivors is contemporaneous with the events described in my previously-published novel Patriots. Thus, there is no need to read it first (or subsequently), but you'll likely find it entertaining."

The first of several translations of Survivors was released in May 2014. This was a Spanish edition, titled Supervivientes. It was translated by Ernesto Rubio Garcia and published by La Factoria De Ideas, in Madrid, Spain.

ISBN 978-8490182734.[13]
A Kindle edition in Spanish was also released in May, 2014. Additional translations into French, German, Russian, Bulgarian, Portuguese, and Korean are planned.

Founders: A Novel of the Coming Collapse

Cover of the first edition of Founders.

Founders: A Novel of the Coming Collapse is a 2012

New York Times best-selling novel by author James Wesley Rawles and is a sequel to Survivors: A Novel of the Coming Collapse.[14] The novel was released on September 25, 2012, by Atria Books. The book peaked at #4 in Amazon's overall book sales ranks, on its release day. The book premiered on the New York Times Bestsellers list at #11, but dropped to #27 a week later.[18]

Founders: A Novel of the Coming Collapse is set primarily in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Montana.[19] It details how U.S. Army Captain Andy Laine infiltrates the Provisional Government's New Army headquartered at Fort Knox in the midst of a War of Resistance. It also details the cross-country trek of Ken and Terry Layton, and introduces a new character: Joshua Watanabe, a U.S. Air Force NCO, stationed at Malmstrom Air Force Base, in Montana. The cover artwork was created by Tony Mauro Jr.

Founders[14] was released on September 25, 2012, by Atria Books. The book premiered on the New York Times Bestsellers list at #11, but dropped to #27 a week later.[18]

In his brief review of Founders, Gregory Cowles of the influential The New York Times Book Review poked fun at the comma in Rawles's name, but granted: "Rawles is a well-known survivalist, and he's surely the only writer on this list whose fans frequently ask him how best to stockpile food (it depends on which food) or whether to favor bullets over gold during the total collapse of civilization ("You can't defend yourself near as well with a Krugerrand")."[14]

Expatriates: A Novel of the Coming Global Collapse

The third sequel in the Patriots series is entitled Expatriates: A Novel of the Coming Global Collapse (

E.P. Dutton. The book was released on October 1, 2013.[20] It is set "primarily in central Florida, the Philippines, and northern Australia." The cover artwork was created by Tony Mauro Jr.[21] The audio book was narrated by Eric G. Dove. The publisher's web page summarizes the storyline: "When the United States suffers a major socioeconomic collapse, a power vacuum sweeps the globe. A newly radicalized Islamic government rises to power in Indonesia, invades the Philippines, East Timor, Papua New Guinea, and finally northern Australia. No longer protected by American military interests, Australia must repel an invasion alone."[22]

Liberators: A Novel of the Coming Global Collapse

The fourth and final sequel in the Patriots novel series is a 416-page book entitled Liberators: A Novel of the Coming Global Collapse. It was released on October 21, 2014. This sequel was written under contract for

E.P. Dutton. It is set primarily in the Bella Coola
region of western Canada.

Reviews of Liberators were also positive.

The Huffington Post called the book "[A]nother entertaining and thought-provoking novel, describing steps people can take in the event of a global collapse."[26] In a radio interview on October 20, 2014, Alan Colmes mentioned that the novel's title indicates that Rawles actually expects an economic collapse in the near future, and Rawles confirmed that because of uncontrolled government spending and indebtedness he does indeed anticipate a collapse.[27]
The novel debuted at #48 in Amazon.com's overall rankings, #1 in their Science Fiction-Dystopian novels category, #1 in their Mystery novels category, and at #1 in their Action & Adventure, War & Military novels category. The novel premiered at #20 on the Publishers Weekly hardcover bestsellers list, reported on November 3, 2014.

Counter-Caliphate Chronicles novel series

Rawles followed Patriots series with the Counter-Caliphate Chronicles novel series. On December 1, 2015, Rawles released the novel Land of Promise, the first book in the Counter-Caliphate Chronicles novel series. This

thriller novel series. Set in the late 2130s, Land of Promise fictionally describes the world under the economic and military domination of a Global Islamic Caliphate, brought about by a fictional new branch of Islam, called The Thirdists. The novel also describes the establishment of a Christian nation of refuge called The Ilemi Republic, in East Africa. It is the first release from Liberty Paradigm Publishing, a publishing venture launched by Rawles in partnership with his literary agent Robert Gottlieb of Trident Media Group.[28]

Printing history

References

  1. ^ "Revealed: The art of survival". The Independent. London. 2009-04-09. Archived from the original on 2022-05-25. Retrieved 2010-05-22.
  2. ^ "Survivalist Novel Patriots Rates High in Amazon, Not Libraries". Library Journal. 2009-04-14. Archived from the original on 2009-04-25. Retrieved 2010-02-21.
  3. ^ "Survivalists get ready for meltdown - CNN.com". CNN. 2008-05-02. Retrieved 2010-05-22.
  4. ^ On-line Underground. The Spokesman-Review (Spokane). Dec. 3, 1995, page H7
  5. ^ How America Uses The Net (Subsection Profile: [James Rawles] The Y2K Survivalist) Yahoo! Internet Life magazine, September 1999, p. 108-109
  6. ^ Some store food, gold, guns in case Y2K brings chaos. The Sacramento Bee, December 29, 1998, p. 1.
  7. ^ "Patriots, TEOTWAWKI, and Pulling Through, by James Wesley, Rawles". Rawles.to. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
  8. ^ "Amerikanischer Bestseller: "Patriots": Wie das Ende unserer Welt zu überleben ist - Rezensionen". FAZ. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
  9. ^ "Survivalist author has end in sight". The Tennessean. Apr 28, 2009. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  10. ^ Sara Nelson (2009-04-15). "The Most Dangerous Novel in America?". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
  11. ^ "EXPATRIATES | Kirkus Reviews".
  12. ^ 2002-2012 Andrew Maltsev, 2012-2013 Derek J. Curtis. "Patriotas / Patriots - ISBNdb.com - Book Info". Archived from the original on 2014-12-16. Retrieved 2012-10-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  13. ^ a b "Bienvenido.La Factoría de Ideas". Lafactoriadeideas.es. Retrieved 2016-08-09.
  14. ^ a b c d Cowles, Gregory. "Hardcover Fiction, October 14, 2012". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  15. ^ a b Taylor, Ihsan. "Best Sellers - The New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-01-04.
  16. The Vancouver Sun [Vancouver, B.C] 03 Mar 2012: C.1. A reprint of the same LA Times
    (Feb. 8, 2012) article by Kim Murphy.
  17. ^ "WORLD | Apocalypse when? | Marvin Olasky | April 7, 2012". Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2012-10-26.
  18. ^ a b Cowles, Gregory (2012-10-12). "Inside the List". The New York Times.
  19. ^ John North. "Collapse coming? Survival guru tailor tips to Carolinians". Asheville Daily Planet.
  20. ^ "Notes from JWR: - SurvivalBlog.com". www.survivalblog.com. Archived from the original on 14 March 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  21. ^ "Notes from JWR: - SurvivalBlog.com". www.survivalblog.com. Archived from the original on 3 July 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  22. ^ James Wesley, Rawles. "Expatriates by James Wesley, Rawles - Penguin Books USA". Penguin Books USA. Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2013-04-16.
  23. ^ Publishers Weekly, August 25, 2014, p. 80.
  24. ISBN 978-0-525-95391-3
    .
  25. ^ "Liberators, by James Wesley, Rawles | The North Country Review of Books". Northcountryreview.com. 2014-10-15. Retrieved 2016-08-09.
  26. ^ "'Liberators' -- a Talk With James Wesley, Rawles". The Huffington Post. 20 October 2014.
  27. ^ "Alan Colmes and James Wesley, Rawles". Fox News. 2 February 2015.
  28. ^ James Wesley Rawles. "Land of Promise (Counter-Caliphate Chronicles, book 1)". Fantasticfiction.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-08-09.

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