The Prepper's Handbook: A Guide to Surviving on Your Own

See the recently released Prepper's Handbook - Second Edition with over 100 pages of new information and available in two cover designs. My other books include The Ebola Survival Guide, The Christian Prepper's Handbook - Second Edition, The Prepper's Survival Guide - An Introduction to Prepping and a Guide to Fire, A Guide to Sheltering-In-Place, and The Survival Triangle: Fire.

Shit Hits the Fan (SHTF). The End of the World As We Know It (TEOTWAWKI). A World without Rule or Law (WROL). This is what Preppers prepare for. Bug-out Vehicle (BOV), Bug-out Bag (BOB), Bug-out Location (BOL), Bug-out Directions (BOD). This is the language of the Prepper. This handbook will provide individuals, families, or group’s access to the unique mindset of those survivalists called Preppers.

Preppers prepare for unknown circumstances, such as economic collapse, natural events, manmade catastrophes, and even the end of the world. Preppers come from all walks of life, ranging from blue-collar workers to white-collar executives running multimillion-dollar companies. Preppers find peace of mind knowing that they have food, water, rifles, pistols, ammunition, shelter, heat, energy, and the experience to survive. They have knowledge and relationships that provide skills to construct, engineer, grow, preserve, forge, hunt, provide electricity, teach, and balance the requirements of the survival triangle. Preppers act alone as well as become part of a larger Prepper community.

To help better understand Preppers, I present The Survival Triangle©, which most Preppers use as a guide. The Survival Triangle© demonstrates the basic foundation of Prepping, and as such I’ve labeled it the first tenet of Prepping.

As a Prepper, I allow you to look through my eyes and share what I’ve learned and applied to my life. I provide numerous examples and methods of how you can become and understand Preppers.

One night a father overheard his son pray: Dear God, Make me the kind of man my Daddy is. Later that night, the Father prayed, Dear God, Make me the kind of man my son wants me to be. That passage summarizes who I am. My family, and the experiences we create, is reflected in my life and writings. My family is the reason I prepare for either a Shit Hits The Fan (SHTF) or Significant Life Altering Event (SLAE). They are my "everything".

Formally, my name is Bryan Foster, penname Zion Prepper, and I hold a MS - Chemistry, MS - Management, MBA, and BS - Forensic Chemistry. I'm a Christian, husband, father, author, and Navy veteran. My books include: "Ebola Survival Guide", "The Prepper's Handbook - First/Second Edition", "The Christian Prepper's Handbook - First/Second Edition", "The Prepper's Survival Guide: An Introduction to Prepping and a Guide to Fire", "The Survival Triangle: Fire", and "The Prepper's Survival Guide: Sheltering-In-Place".