Author Description

There are life-changing dangers on our doorstep. Yet, we don't need to live in fear-we just need to be prepared and ready to roll. This consolidation of Book-2 and 3 in this preparedness series, provides the reader with both a guidebook and reference volume. As a result, it can help you navigate difficult times, plus it contains a wealth of reference information with step-by-step "how-to" instructions. The author is a popular speaker and talk-show guest, international security consultant, the founder of two firearm self-defense academies, and a former Los Angeles area police detective and SWAT team operator. He has personally faced violent criminals, civil unrest, wide-scale urban riots, civil war, and major disasters ranging from killer earthquakes to deadly volcanic eruptions. And, for several years, he lived with his wife and children in a country engulfed in a bloody guerrilla war. So, he writes from a real-world perspective. The author's knowledge and skills were learned the hard way--at ground zero. As a result, this double-volume book is intensely practical. Today, we need to be ready to roll. Whether it be fleeing from urban civil unrest or finding that we are engulfed in a natural disaster, or, facing a looming terrorist threat or the aftermath of a catastrophic storm, whatever the danger, we need to be prepared and ready to roll. Fortunately, there are common elements of preparation for both natural and man-made disasters. Whether your concern is a weather event such as Hurricane Harvey, wildfires, a downward sliding economy, a cyber attack, or a nuclear, chemical, biologic, or EMP incident; a major incident or minor, or something in between, this book can help you get ready for the uncertain days ahead. This is a powerful package. It contains "how-to" insights and easy-to-follow directions that are simple to understand, even by novices, and yet it is full of essential reference details that are needed by those who are experienced. And, since it is written