Apocalypse, How to Survive a Global Crisis is unique in that the author has actually been on-site and witnessed most of the events and narratives unfold around him. Dan Martin has seen the planet's worst natural and man-made catastrophic events--war, devastating earthquakes, floods, government and economic collapse, pandemics, looting, killing, lawlessness, kidnappings, executions. He has personally been immersed in the chaos and destruction of cities and nations, and is able to convey those raw, often gritty, surreal experiences in his books. As the reader follows the unfolding drama, the characters assume real-life behaviors, actions and reactions, which the reader can relate and identify. You may even share some of the same tragic experiences. It is an inconceivable perspective and awareness that is only imprinted on a person who has actually, in person, been present during and immediately after horrific life-changing events--something all the other post-apocalyptic authors are completely oblivious to and can only imagine.Dan grew up in Detroit when the city was the homicide capital of the world. At 18, Dan fought in The Gulf, receiving several medals. After the war he became an expatriot, leaving America, forming a global nonprofit to enter catastrophe zones so he could provide relief to survivors. He was 'boots on the ground' in places like Haiti after the earthquake and cholera outbreaks, New Orleans after Katrina, Colombia during the floods, Japan for Fukushima, Detroit and Venezuela during their societal collapses, the Middle East during the war and Mexico during the cartel wars; and Mexico, Puerto Rico, Morocco and several other countries during the global pandemic, and with 3 published books and over 100,000hrs in the field, Martin's widely considered one of the foremost experts on the topic.He knows firsthand the ins and outs of day-to-day life in environments when humanity is at its lowest and society stops providing for us. He possesses that on-site, eyewitness account, only imprinted on someone by actually being there, seeing firsthand the trauma and chaos-induced behaviors, reactions and horrific chain of events that unfold during, and in the aftermath. Through his books, Martin provides eye-opening views of us at our worst, and his insight into future events, forecasted by experiencing the same ones himself (history repeats) are incredible, at least, life saving at best. I think Dan says it best when he says: "I'm not a writer, I didn't even learn to read until I was 17. I don't live life to write, I just write about my life."
