Robin's Review

The Posh Prepper: An Apocalyptic Survival Thriller Paperback 
by Todd Knight


An apocalyptic virus. A crisis consultant. A 24-hour head start.

In 2035, in a hopelessly broken world, Nick Ritter is The Posh Prepper, a gifted crisis consultant who sells disaster-survival plans to rich and powerful clients.

Haunted by corrupt clients and a tragic past, Nick lives a reclusive life in overcrowded Boston, counting the days until he can retire to his survival ranch in New Zealand.
But when he gets an insider tip that a deadly virus is tearing through Boston, Nick has 24 hours to escape the city and flee to New Zealand. He has the perfect survival plan, but there’s just one problem…it doesn’t account for company.
As he scrambles toward safety, Nick picks up a ragtag group of followers:
Abby Blackwell, a pregnant teen runaway, is hiding a dark secret. If she can outrun her troubled past, she can start a new life. But trusting anyone could put everyone in danger.
Brian Donahue, a washed-up Navy SEAL, is scraping by as an escape pilot. Torn between family and duty, he’ll risk everything to complete this final mission.
Dana Foster, an overworked ER doctor, is haunted by human suffering. As the outbreak spreads, she faces an impossible choice: who should they save?
Now Nick must call on his disaster-planning skills to survive, facing off against a collapsing society to protect his newfound family and save mankind from extinction.
The Posh Prepper is a dark, tense, slow-burn apocalyptic thriller with an unforgettable cast of complex characters. Perfect for fans of The Stand, The Road, Swan Song, A.G. Riddle, and Kyla Stone.
*This book includes strong language, graphic violence, and mature themes. *

Robin's Review: If you're looking for a new and fresh take on the post-apocalyptic genre, this book is it! The storyline was well written and suspenseful, with well-developed characters that readers can easily connect to - my favorite being Mikey-the perfect combination of humor and courage to see him through any trial he encountered. It's an easy, fast-paced, exciting journey filled with entertainment and informative advice for prepping before and after any global incident. In addition to making this book highly entertaining, the author also provides readers with invaluable tips and information in preparation for potential cataclysmic events, with sound advice mixed within its thrilling pages. This debut novel by this promising new author is downright amazing and did not disappoint! I am already hungry for more. An incredibly impressive start with lots of promise - I look forward to seeing what's next in store! 

Extra Bits:
Box breathing: four counts in, four counts full, four counts out, four counts empty. Repeat.
“There are three stages to disaster reaction: denial, deliberation, and decision.
“I provide my clients with seamless escape plans, 24/7/365. No matter where they are, no matter what happens, I get them where they need to be—quickly, safely, comfortably, with everything they need to survive and thrive. To do that requires exhaustive threat analysis, a complex network of private contracts, extensive travel documentation, and hundreds of hours of scenario planning. I work alone, but I coordinate with dozens of partners to design an airtight survival package.” “I’m the planner who sees everything before it happens.”
“You want a bare bones escape or the luxury package?” “What do you mean?” “Bare bones is a 700-square-foot bunker in South Dakota. Luxury is a ten-acre ranch in Portugal with a swimming pool and helipad.”
“Arrive. Get there safely.” “Survive. Outlast the threat.” “Thrive. Live in the new world.” “
“I don’t. That’s the nature of prepping—you have to be early. To survive, you have to act before the threat is here, before it’s obvious to everyone. The only way to be one hundred percent certain is to wait and see what happens.”
“In a disaster, every person is added risk.”
“Arrive is about getting to your destination safely. Survive is about outlasting the crisis. And Thrive is about building a life in the new world. Our goal for the next forty-eight hours is to Arrive in New Zealand.” He turned to the window and began adding bubbles with little symbols. “There are eight categories we need to prep for: Transportation. Food and water. Shelter. Health and medical. Safety and defense. Currency and assets. Communication and continuity. Leisure and entertainment. We need to plan for two scenarios. Plan A is to wait here for forty-eight hours, then head to New Zealand. It’s a good plan, and it should work. But if something goes wrong with Plan A, and we can’t make it to New Zealand, we’ll be stuck here without food or supplies. So we need a Plan B, which is to stay here and outlast the virus. Anything can happen, it could be weeks, months, even years. So we hope for Plan A, and prepare for Plan B.” 

His Bug Out Bag
“Umm five, no six, flashlights. Four sleeping bags. Four mylar blankets. Forty N95 masks. Two hundred surgical gloves. Two binoculars. Four butane torch lighters. Six packs of waterproof matches. Two flints. Six road flares. Two hatchets. Five permanent markers. Two gas masks. Two multitools. Six fishhooks with line. Two rolls of duct tape. Two first-aid kits. Two envelopes of cash.” “Should be ten thousand dollars in each.” Nick scribbled. “Two small bars of gold. Two dozen meal-ready-to-eat rations. Four water-filtration straws. A hundred water-purification tablets. Two camping stoves with six gas canisters. Two bottles of lighter fluid. Two hand-crank radios. Four walkie talkies. Two prepaid cell phones.” “Anddd…” Brian scraped the bottom of his bag. “A pink seahorse whistle.”
I will end here otherwise I will be quoting the whole book. This is truly my favorite read in 2023. I would give it 10 stars if I could.


This is a science fiction/horror/thriller/suspense/apocalyptic/post-apocalyptic genre book so of course it is not real, but I added some warnings just in case and so did the author.
Trigger Warning: Violence, Kidnapping, Death, Racial slur, Swearing, Mental Health and Illness, and Adult Themes


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In this exciting debut novel, the author presents a unique and engaging story that will leave readers eager for more. Already praised by critics as being brilliantly crafted with an engrossing plot line, it is sure to be just the start of a must-read series from this new talent in literature!

An absolute must read for fans of the post-apocalyptic genre or prepping.  It’s commendable that this is the authors first book.


The plot zips along at a thrilling pace and the characters pop off of every page. My personal favorite was But beyond just being entertaining, readers will pick up sound advice how prepping before (and during) a global incident as well as absorbing factual information about what happens when society breaks down in its absence.



is highly imaginative and a thrilling read! The story line was captivating, with well-developed characters that readers can easily connect to - my favorite being Mikey. It's an easy, fast paced journey filled not only with entertainment but also informative advice for prepping before and after any end time event. 
An absolute must read for fans of the post apocalyptic setting and it’s commendable this authors first book has been such a great success at tackling topics like these head on!
This extraordinary take on the Post Apocalyptic genre is a must-read adventure! It weaves together an imaginative, suspenseful plot with fantastic characters - Mikey being one of my favorites. In addition to making this book highly entertaining, the author also provides readers invaluable tips and information in preparation for potential end-time cataclysmic events. With sound advice mixed within its thrilling pages, 


This is an interesting take on the Post Apocalyptic genre, it is highly imaginative, and, quite frankly, an all-around great read. The plot was well-written and exciting. The characters were well-written and relatable.  My favorite was Mikey. It was an easy to read fast paced thrill ride of a read. It has excellent sound information on many various topics and what to do. The concerns and concepts on how to survive an end-time cataclysmic event both with prepping survival tips and informative concepts with the breakdown of society. It’s not just an entertaining book but also a how-to on prepping before and after an event, and it being the author's first, is quite outstanding.





Interesting take on the post Apocalyptic genre highly imaginative and highly quite frankly an all great read. Excellent and sound information on many various topics and concerns concepts to an end extending event both with h prepping survival the breakdown of society   It’s just a very entertaining book all around and it being the authors first is quite outstanding. I look forward to more from this author and I am told this will be come a series and I will anxiously await the next book.

emergency conditioning’ or ‘battle proofing.’

box breathing: four counts in, four counts full, four counts out, four counts empty. Repeat.

makeshift sleeve mask.

“The first thing you do is call your operator. Always.

three stages to disaster reaction: denial, deliberation, and decision.

“Forty-seven minutes…that’s the average head start my clients have before everyone else figures out what’s happening.

“Second thing to remember, you have one job: Save yourself. Every member of your family has that same job. Don’t worry about anyone else, they’ll just slow you down. In a crisis, seventy percent of people freeze, twenty percent harm themselves or others, and ten percent save themselves. I’ve trained you to be in that ten percent.” “What do you mean they freeze? No one would just stand still in a burning building, right?” “Wrong.” Nick shook his head. “You have to understand, in a disaster, people don’t optimize for survival. They optimize for psychological comfort. They stand around and chat with each other. They groupthink up plans that don’t make sense. They irrationally follow social norms. They’re slow and they’re dangerous. The truth is most people would rather die with their group than survive alone. In a crisis, don’t be a hero. Save yourself. Everyone else is added risk.” “Umm, because the world is fucked and I don’t wanna die?” “Right. All my clients say the same thing. The world’s falling apart. Everything’s corrupt. People are fatally flawed, easily manipulated, selfish, lazy, dogmatic, barbaric…beyond hope.” “And?” “And if you want to survive, you have to go alone.” 

 “What would it take for you to be on call to me, 24/7/365? You don’t have to do a thing. Just coach me through whatever comes up, like my own personal 911.” “I’m sorry, Marty, but I don’t do live support.”



He’s the best in the business. Your one-stop-shop for high-end apocalypse insurance.”

provide my clients with seamless escape plans, 24/7/365. No matter where they are, no matter what happens, I get them where they need to be—quickly, safely, comfortably, with everything

design an airtight survival package. 
“I’m the planner who sees everything before it happens.”

bare-bones escape or the luxury package?” “What do you mean?” “Bare bones is a 700-square-foot bunker in South Dakota. Luxury is a ten-acre ranch in Portugal with a swimming pool and helipad.” 


of disaster response at the top of each, narrating as he worked. “Arrive. Get there safely.” “Survive. Outlast the threat.” “Thrive. Live in the new world.” In each window, he drew eight big bubbles and sketched a symbol in the center of each. Airplane. “Transportation.” Fork. “Food and water.” House. “Shelter.” Cross. “Health and medical.” Shield. “Safety and defense.” Dollar sign. “Currency and assets.” Phone. “Communication and continuity.” Book. “Leisure and entertainment.” His approach was simple: Prep for each of the eight categories in each of the three stages of disaster response. After all, Transportation prep for the

“I don’t. That’s the nature of prepping—you have to be early. To survive, you have to act before the threat is here, before it’s obvious to everyone. The only way to be one hundred percent certain is to wait and see what happens. I’m not taking that chance. I’m getting out,

In a disaster, every person is added risk

“This is what I do. If you break my rules, I will leave you behind. If you slow me down, if you put me in danger, I will leave you behind.”

“Primary mission?”

was common in a crisis—70 percent of people become overwhelmed by the combination of too many options, too many variables, very little time, and the high cost of a wrong decision. It was called “choice overload,” and the solution was to narrow the options and give the frozen person a simple justification for taking one particular path—then apply pressure to commit or be left behind.

Survivor guilt

solution was to release the person from their guilt by convincing them that saving themselves would also save others. The truth didn’t matter—what mattered was that you provided an altruistic justification for a self-preserving action, relieving their guilt and validating their decision to save themselves.

We don’t have time to sit around, and think, and debate, and make mistakes. We need to plan and execute with cold, hard precision.”

“Institutions that want to control the narrative.”

if we lose power, we lose water—that’s a big problem. If that happens, we need direct access to lake water.”

Arrive, Survive, Thrive. Arrive is about getting to your destination safely. Survive is about outlasting the crisis. And Thrive is about building a life in the new world. 
“We need to plan for two scenarios. Plan A But if something goes wrong with Plan A, so we need a Plan B. 

Go Bag

“Umm five, no six, flashlights. Four sleeping bags. Four mylar blankets. Forty N95 masks. Two hundred surgical gloves. Two binoculars. Four butane torch lighters. Six packs of waterproof matches. Two flints. Six road flares. Two hatchets. Five permanent markers. Two gas masks. Two multitools. Six fishhooks with line. Two rolls of duct tape. Two first-aid kits. Two envelopes of cash.” “Should be ten thousand dollars in each.” Nick scribbled. “Two small bars of gold. Two dozen meal-ready-to-eat rations. Four water-filtration straws. A hundred water-purification tablets. Two camping stoves with six gas canisters. Two bottles of lighter fluid. Two hand-crank radios. Four walkie talkies. Two prepaid cell phones.” “Anddd…” Brian scraped the bottom of his bag. “A pink seahorse whistle.”

“But better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it.”

Walk With Me Into the Dark