The Survivalists

Kashana Cauley's The Survivalists is a novel about a group of friends who turn to a life of crime to survive in the aftermath of a major economic collapse. The novel follows the friends as they rob banks and stores, and eventually turn to murder to sustain themselves. The novel is a dark and violent depiction of the potential for human greed and brutality when society breaks down.

Cauley's debut novel is a page-turner that is both plausible and terrifying. The characters are fully-developed and the plot is tightly paced. The Survivalists is a gripping portrait of a group of people pushed to the brink of desperation, and the lengths they will go to in order to survive.