The Final Homestead: EMP Survival in a Powerless World by James Hunt

Author:James Hunt [Hunt, James]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-02-23T22:00:00+00:00

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Once the convoy reached the gravel road, they moved slowly but methodically. James probably figured that they were making sure they didn’t run into the same type of traps that he’d laid before.

Mary was the first to be loaded into the ATV. Once his wife was secure, James turned to Jake, finding the boy with a gun in his hands.

“Son, you need to go with your mother,” James said.

“I’m not leaving you here to fight alone,” Jake said, struggling to keep his voice steady.

Had James more time, he would have told his son how proud he was to see him take such a stand, and how proud he was of the man he’d grown to become.

“I need you to protect her,” James said. That’s where you can do the most good. Understand?”

“Dad, I—”

“No.” James clamped a hand over Jake’s shoulder, and the boy grew rigid. “This is how you help the family. Your mother needs you. And I need you to be with her.” He walked his son to the ATV where Mary had been loaded and sat him down. “You’ll need to show everyone how to get inside the bunker.” He looked to his wife and squeezed her hand.

“Just make sure you come back,” Mary said.

“I will.” James kissed her and then signaled to Ken, who was at the helm of the ATV, to leave. He didn’t linger long, knowing that he didn’t have much time, but when he turned back to the house, he found a surprise waiting for him inside.

“I didn’t want to leave you here completely empty-handed.” Luis adjusted the rifle in his hands.

James took one step toward him. “Luis, you don’t—”

“Yes, I do.” Luis shouldered the weapon and then met James halfway in the kitchen. “It’s like you said earlier. Not one of us can do this alone.”

James smirked. “Now you start listening to me.”

“Better late than never,” Luis said.

“We’ll hold them here as long as we can,” James said, walking to the living room and watching through the broken windows as the enemy passed the halfway point down the gravel road. “Give the others a chance to make it to the bunker before the bad guys have an opportunity to track them.”

Luis nodded. “How many do you think they’re bringing with them? More than last night?”

James had already counted a half dozen Humvees, and even from this distance, he could see the fifty-caliber mounted guns on the roofs. “Definitely more than last night.”

The pair flipped couches, tables, and drew the curtains, putting as many layers between themselves and the bullets that would soon transform his childhood home into Swiss cheese.

With the living room turned upside down, James returned his focus to the enemy, and he could now make out the bugs that dotted the front grill of the lead Humvee that was making its way toward the house.

James headed toward the bedroom, his boots thumping loudly in the hallway, and he opened a box in their closet. He reached toward the bottom of the

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