User:Readerofdoom/American Apocalypse I: Beginning

American Apocalypse I: Beginnings is a novel about the possibility of economic collapse in America. Originally beginning as a series of posts on Calculated Risk, the economics blog, an eventually ending up on its own blog, (http://theamericanapocalypse.blogspot.com/) The story was written live and the author allowed readers to comment on each section as it was written. The final version was released on Amazon as a self published novel. The novel reflects its self published origin in the lack of editing which occasionally intrudes upon the story.

From Amazon Product Description: In the not so distant future, the American economy fails, stumbling from a sharp decline into full out collapse. One casualty of the fallout finds himself homeless in the suburbs of Washington D.C. and faces new challenges at every turn just trying to survive. As he changes and adapts he learns hard lessons, makes new friends and ultimately becomes a formidable force of harsh justice in a lawless land. An unrelenting coming of age story set in the backdrop of a once proud America spiraling downward into third world squalor and violence.