Phil Preston

Loved it, partly because of its simplicity of writing style and relevance of the situation to challenges today - even though the cause of the holocaust is unknown - easy to suspect it is a global warming scenario; regardless, to live out what things would be like if social structures break down and animal instincts prevail is a scary place to go.

Big picture and message is 100% on the money, but I found the writing, constant name dropping and general style of the book so irritating that I have just abandoned it 2/3 of the way through.

There is also an apparent contradiction between his own lifestyle - which sounds quite carbon intensive - and the message he is preaching.

Difficult to come up with a rating, gave it 3 for strength of message, but on the generous side.