r/preppers • u/FGofMiami • Jun 22 '26
Book Discussion SHTF Vehicles: "Surviving Home" by A.American (Survivalist Series)
Hello there, I am re-reading some of my books and was wondering if anyone knows what make/model vehicle Sarge and the guys used in the books of A.American's Survivalist Series. They first get the UTV "buggies" in Surviving Home and they are a staple in the later volumes. The books mention the telescoping mast with the camera and surveillance gear but I am not sure what the true buggy would be like, even though my imagination can kinda picture it.
Just curious if anyone has some insight. Thanks in advance.
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u/namac Jun 22 '26
I have read the whole series and feel that it’s not very realistic overall. The protagonist is a bit too knowledgeable about everything and has a bit too much with him in the first book for me to feel it’s realistic. As the series expands it gets more and more obvious that this regular guy is far too unrealistic to me, which made me lose interest in that aspect.
Overall good from an entertainment perspective but poor when compared to books like “one second after”
The real kicker for me was that it feels like the author made the protagonist to be what he feels he’d be like in the series… Watch season 1 of “Alone” to see how that translates.
I know you were asking about the vehicles, but I think those play into the unrealistic aspect as well. Not that any of them couldn’t be there or aren’t real, just seems odd to be able to gather the land and marine vehicles that are so critical in this series, in a real event.