David J. Kershner

Preparing to Prepare: A General Guide to Self-Sufficiency & Preparedness takes a duration-based approach to the potential disruptions or calamities that might befall an individual, family, community, or region. These disruptions to daily life could be weather-related, societal, or originate from unexpected places like health problems and loss of employment. Preparing to Prepare walks the reader through personal assessments by asking the reader to answer very specific thought-provoking questions geared toward helping them understand their environment and the potential pitfalls that life may throw at them. Readers aren't left hanging though as Mr. Kershner provides clarity as he proposes solutions, concepts, suggestions, lists, and points to make note of in order to handle minor (1-week max), moderate (1-3 weeks max), and major (4-weeks +) disruptions to everyday life.

The Dictator in Chief, President Alejandro Calderon, continues to make life miserable for any and all surviving Americans. A new ruling class has been anointed and is fully entrenched in enclaves across America. The administration's enslaved masses labor and toil and tend to their every need in exchange for the oxygen needed to stay alive. Unbeknownst to Calderon, Josh and his ragtag band of patriots are headed straight for him. They know when and where he'll be, but can they make it there in time? Will they be able to remove an authoritarian oligarch and his administration without plunging the country into another Civil War?Read the thrilling conclusion of the Foreign and Domestic series, A Time for Reckoning, to see who survives the ultimate showdown between the hunted patriots and the man who wants them all shackled and kneeling under his socialistic yolk.

More than twenty years have elapsed since the EMP and the country is still staggering. Americans that survived the trinity of the great die-off, the Second Civil War, and the regional Clan Wars are now suffering under the despotic whims of a usurper. Hundreds of thousands have been hunted down for their 'patriotism'. Millions more languish nationwide in labor and 're-education' camps. All the while, a new favored ruling class lives a life of hedonistic luxury. Stealing elections and Tammany Hall back-scratching has become the new way of life as a former gang banger from the Bronx has assumed the Presidency. For twelve years, what was left of the American people suffered under the despotic rule of President Alejandro Calderon. Finally, the near constant struggle just to simply stay alive has become too much to bear. The people are finally ready to rise up and follow someone, anyone, and fight back. All they need is someone willing to lead.

The United States of America is just a shell of its former self. With the collapse of the food system and the nation's financial reserves set to be pillaged, what more can Josh Simmons and the small town of McArthur, Ohio endure? Find out as David Kershner amps up the action to a blistering pace in Foreign and Domestic Part III, By the Dawn's Early Light From the Back Cover: It's been years in the making, but wedding bells and the return to a simple normal life are finally on the horizon for Josh. The food system and financial capacity of a once great nation are in ruins, but he's content for the first time in over a decade. Unfortunately, his wedded bliss is defenseless against the plans set in motion by the Esfahani brothers. Can Gregg and Hoplite extract the information from Suhrab in time? Can they stop their plans for a world dominating caliphate from coming into existence? What new perils are locked away in the prisoner's twisted mind? Can the security of McArthur, Ohio be maintained if for no other reason than to protect the secret it now holds?About the AuthorMr. Kershner currently splits his time between his writing and his 'day job' as an analyst. He lives with his wife and children in the Midwest. Born and raised in the southeast, he spent much of his childhood in the small towns of northern Virginia and southern North Carolina. He is currently working on the next installment for the Foreign and Domestic series as well as the Just a Small Gathering series

Pick up right where you left off and continue the ride as Josh Simmons and his family have been reunited just in time. America's empirical enemies are standing at the gates and a new subversive foe, bent on a holy war, has entered the game. Foreign insurgents are on their way with a new weapon not previously seen on the battlefield. Food riots and rationing continue to grip the nation while aristocratic diplomats eagerly work to take advantage of the United States when it's at its weakest.Can Josh protect the people he loves the most while the nation descends into chaos?About the AuthorMr. Kershner currently splits his time between his writing and his 'day job' as an analyst. He lives with his wife and children in the Midwest. Born and raised in the southeast, he spent much of his childhood in the small towns of northern Virginia and southern North Carolina. He is currently working on the next installment for the Foreign and Domestic series as well as the Just a Small Gathering series.