Review: Good but Some Technical Problems
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 13, 2014
So far so good.  I have found a couple of typos and one "then" instead of "than".  I hate that but I can handle one or two of those.  I also found one technical problem.  I do a lot of low-voltage applications and the description of increasing amps is wrong.  You cannot increase amperage by hooking batteries in series.  You increase voltage.  Two, 12 volt batteries in series will generate 24 volts.  If you hook the batteries in parallel you increase the life of the batteries which is called amp hours.  So hooking two, 12 volt, 4 amp hour batteries in parallel will give you 12 volts at 8 amp hours.The book seems put together haphazardly.  I find it interesting and will finish it but I'm not chomping at the bit.Update:  I don't know where the title came from but it has now been over a month.  I'm at chapter 26 and still don't know the purpose of the book.  It is a mix of Rick the survivalist arguing with his brother the preacher, Rick the survivalist arguing with most everybody, and Rick the survivalist and Kate, a PHD in some kind of engineering, having some weird attraction that neither of them has realized.  Then there is an evil guy's army killing people in cities all around them while Rick's people do something.  I'm not quite sure what they are doing at this point.  Kate has built a gasifier, a water tower, and some solar panels while Rick heads up security.  I think the author is making it up as he goes along.