The Dark Secrets of SHTF Survival

This is not a guide that will tell you step-by-step HOW to survive. This is a reality check that will tell you that everything you have expected and planned for is probably wrong. Selco is a household name in prepping and survival circles. He survived the Balkan War in a city with no power, no running water, and no supplies. For a year, he and his family fought every single day for bare subsistence. Over the years since the war, Selco has written nearly a quarter of a million words of memories, articles, and advice. This book is a collection of his darkest moments. The first thing you must do when disaster strikes is to adapt quickly to the “new rules” that apply when the SHTF.

To do that, you need to know what it’s like so you won’t be shocked…frozen…paralyzed by the atrocities taking place right in front of you.This book is Selco’s version of tough love. There’s nothing watered down about it. It is a collection of stories, memories, and articles he has documented over the past decade. He has revisited those horrible days to give us the reality check we must have. It’s a glimpse into the day-to-day events of the SHTF. It is smelly. It is dirty. It’s dark and brutal. It’s REAL. It is all the stuff that Selco rarely talks about because the memories are so ugly.

WARNING: This book contains graphic content. It truly gives you the terrifying reality of the SHTF and you need to know these things. in order to survive if you ever find yourself in the chaos and mayhem of an apocalyptic situation.It is not a cheery, optimistic overview of the SHTF. It’s dark, brutal, and shocking. It is the real, gritty truth about what it’s like to live in a world where everyone has become something other than an ordinary human. Where death and fear are constantly near. Where evil comes out to play. Don’t say we didn’t warn you.

PLEASE NOTE: This book is written by a person from Bosnia. English is not Selco’s first language. The book is lightly edited for clarity but these stories are his and should be told in his own words.

Failure of Civility

Our present food supply system is, for the most part, a result of the past “Age of Abundance” and our lifestyle. It has allowed us to choose to eat the cuisine of the world wherever we live in America and most of the world and after only a simple trip to the store. However, this food supply system is extremely concentrated, complex, cluttered with packaging, chemicals and preservatives moving through production lines and is wholly dependent on an extensive transportation and storage system.

The growing and processing of each food item is dependent on not only transportation and proper storage… but each item is totally dependent upon packaging, chemicals and preservatives usually produced thousands of miles away from the processing facilities. Without these processing items the food production line comes to a standstill. It is necessary that food in this system be processed with chemicals and treated with preservatives because of this time-intensive processing, storage and transportation system. Each item in your grocery store endures weeks of processing and an average 1400 mile trip to get to your table. Unfortunately, as a side effect, food is less fresh and has far from the nutritional content it used to have.

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The Five Eyes

The FIOR Council was created in the spirit of the existing Five Eyes partnership, the intelligence alliance comprising Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The FIOR Council is comprised of the following non-political intelligence oversight, review, and security entities of the Five Eyes countries: the Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security of Australia; the Office of the Intelligence Commissioner and the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency of Canada; the Commissioner of Intelligence Warrants and the Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security of New Zealand; the Investigatory Powers Commissioner’s Office of the United Kingdom; and the Office of the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community of the United States. The Council members exchange views on subjects of mutual interest and concern; compare best practices in review and oversight methodology; explore areas where cooperation on reviews and the sharing of results is permitted where appropriate; encourage transparency to the largest extent possible to enhance public trust; and maintain contact with political offices, oversight and review committees, and non-Five Eyes countries as appropriate.