The Apocalypse Prepper.

Jake is a seventeen-year-old embarrassed by his father, Michael, who has spent years prepping for societal collapse.

When a global financial and systemic collapse freezes the world within seventy-two hours, Michael is proven right, but he dies in an early raid, leaving Jake a hidden bunker, a set of survival notebooks, and a community that once mocked his family.

Now Jake must use the skills he ignored to lead a group of desperate survivors. He faces brutal winter shortages, internal conflict, and a ruthless rival, Mr. Harrington, who wants Michael's supplies.

The novel follows Jake's journey from a shamed teenager to a hardened leader who must unite smaller groups, confront Harrington, and decide what he is willing to sacrifice to keep his people

alive.