Founders: A Novel of the Coming Collapse

Founders: A Novel of the Coming Collapse is a 2012 novel by author James Wesley Rawles and is a sequel to Patriots: A Novel of Survival in the Coming Collapse and Survivors: A Novel of the Coming Collapse. The novel was released on September 25, 2012 by Atria Books, with the followup book Expatriates: A Novel of the Coming Collapse being published by E.P. Dutton. The book premiered on the New York Times Bestsellers list at #11, but dropped to #27 a week later. The book also hit #4 in Amazon.com's overall book rankings (and #1 in their Action-Adventure category) but it settled to #19 by the end of the week. It was also #10 on the Publisher's Weekly best sellers list.
Synopsis
Founders: A Novel of the Coming Collapse is partly set near Fort Knox, Kentucky and details how U.S. Army Captain Andy Laine infiltrates the Provisional Government's New Army in the midst of the War of Resistance. It also details the cross-country trek of Ken and Terry Layton, and introduces a new character: Joshua Watanabe, a U.S. Air Force NCO, stationed at Malmstrom Air Force Base, in Montana.
Reception
Founders was one of the topics of discussion in an interview with George Noory of Coast To Coast AM on September 6,, 2012. Reviewers at USA Today gave the novel mixed reviews. In his brief review of Founders, Gregory Cowles of the New York Times Sunday book reviews column poked fun at the comma in Rawles's name, but granted: "Rawles is a well-known survivalist, and he’s surely the only writer on this list whose fans frequently ask him how best to stockpile food (it depends on which food) or whether to favor bullets over gold during the total collapse of civilization (“You can’t defend yourself near as well with a Krugerrand”)." In an interview with EMPAct radio, Rawles described the storyline of Founders, how it fit in with his previous novels, and its geography. He also mentioned that the novel includes Ken and Terry Layton, who are crossover characters from his first novel, Patriots: A Novel of Survival in the Coming Collapse. Founders was also touted by talk radio host Brian Wilson (of WSPD), who called it "a great read". In a lengthy interview with Jordan Rich of WBZ Boston, Rich described the book as a "taut thriller."

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