Prairie Fire: Guidebook for Surviving Civil War 2

by Clay Martin

Prairie Fire is a guide for Red Counties to survive and thrive during what looks to be another Civil War brewing. Drawing on his experience in Special Forces with counter insurgency, the author creates a step by step road map to making it out alive. Featuring the same gallows humor mixed with real world examples as Concrete A Green Beret's Guide to Urban Survival, Prairie Fire is the spiritual successor made specifically for those in rural areas. Food and water, firearms, security, equipment, planning, and tactics are all covered in depth, along with many other topics.

Genres: Nonfiction

169 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 15, 2020

Reviews

[Jack Dawes · Rating 2 out of 5]

A hastily written work purporting to provide advice and guidance for those in rural communities to prepare for a coming refugee crisis. It has all the typical harbingers of doom and the author's clear worry is evident on every page. What's lacking, however, is any real advice or plan. It falls short on delivery of content is a stunning way.
There is one section with a simulated censored paragraph followed by a half page explanation that he really did write 20 pages of tactics for the rural home owner - but had been told to remove them for legal concerns and that Amazon wouldn't carry his book if he didn't. He also says there is no need to waste pages on information already available to the public - and recommends books that are out of print and seriously dated. More than once he refers the reader to his own website as a place to go for additional information - the domain does not exist. There are a couple of sentences in the book that are worth reading for someone who thinks they want to organize their community but most readers looking for something beyond "I am a former Special Forces Operator" paperback are sure to be disappointed.

[Mark Mcgrath · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book for people who are not in the city. YES, it's slanted towards conservatives which will turn some people off so if you are gonna get angry may I direct you to the 20 Antifa how to be a guerrilla book floating around. That said, thanks to his legal team he didn't overstep any boundaries but this is a good book just for what-if scenarios. Luckily the ending of the book he was off a bit. Also, he discusses not bringing tents, etc for tactical reasons. He isn't wrong but I bought this for my buddy whos a medic and he rebuked some of his points from a purely good health practices concept. I think the writing balanced towards people being harder than he even thinks they are. That said overall a great book with no BS you must buy XYZ answers. He recommends things but within context.

[Isaac · Rating 4 out of 5]

What I like most about Prairie Fire is that it covers new ground. There are lots of good survival and apocalypse books out there, but this one doesn’t get lost in the weeds talking about which gun to buy. Rather, the focus is on the strategy and tactics that will be required to navigate the collapse, as seen from the perspective of a rural community. Most interesting to me was the discussion of how to manage refugees from cities, something I had never seen covered in any other book from the genre. This is definitely one of the best of its class. 9/10

[Ryan · Rating 4 out of 5]

A quite good survival guide/political outline for people living in rural areas to "shelter in place". Unlike the author's earlier Concrete Jungle, which is focused on preparation for immediate survival and escape, this is more focused on the skills and preparation you'd need to turn a small town/rural area into an enduring and surviving community post disaster.

[Jdmays · Rating 1 out of 5]

Pretty Useless

If you are looking for any specific information to help surviving civil war 2, or whatever, you won’t find it in the book.

Instead, you’ll get information suggesting that it would be a good idea to have some spare band-aids. Or to ensure that you’ll have enough fuel, buy a 100 gallon fuel tank.
Gee, why didn’t I think of that?

[John Slatton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Eye opening

Clay Martin tells it like it is, he doesn’t sugar coat anything. This book is absolutely fantastic, full of little brain nuggets to consider for your SHTF preparations. I highly recommend this book!

[Artur · Rating 3 out of 5]

A second book succeeding Urban Jungle by the same author that focuses on the rural survival. It's full of good advise and caveats that may be unknown to a person unskilled in survival or combat, but generally a bit too short. One of the biggest weaknesses in the book is that author mixes in not only his combat experience, but also some strange conspiracy theories like "it is entiry possible we are for reals ruled by a global child sacrifice pedo cult". If you can peel the fluff like that, the core of the book is solid and helpful. It describes how to create a militia, gather supplies, do patrols, choose weapons and ammunition, work with the team and many other facets of survival when the world goes crashing down. America is really in the state of the low-intensity conflict right now and it may as well blow off real bad. So be prepared.

[Jason Harper · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a good primer on how the low intensity conflict that has been bubbling for years in the US could transition towards further breakdown in the rule of law, and how to prepare for those phases. There isn't a lot of substance to each chapter, but the book should give readers a decent starting point for thinking about the topic.

[Mark O. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read yesterday follow advise every day

Forget the commies cursing and down grading this book. Just get one, read and learn pilgrim. Get the ranger handbook in print form while you are at it.

[Mark J. Harris · Rating 5 out of 5]

Scary

Sadly this is too close to the truth. I'm scared of what the US may be heading for unless something is done to break the current cycle of hate.

[Tanner Hayes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Get your read on

Honest advice from someone that actually knows the difference between his ass and a hole in the ground. And it’s funny. Read the book.

[Rick Halabrin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent with a huge dose of practical advice

As he says more than once it's a little late to start getting ready but it's never too late at least try

[Theshia Smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great addition to Concrete Jungle. Lots of information to learn.

[Jerome Palas · Rating 4 out of 5]

Think outside the box. Good mindset as we blunder into our future. God willing and the creek dont rise.

[King Geedorah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some good info in this one, but not better than Concrete Jungle. A lot of this one is regurgitated straight from it. Author also expects everyone to have acres and acres of land and an unlimited budget to prepare. Still worth the read.