by Mark Burnett
First published 2011
Mark Burnett draws from decades of military training and actual survival scenarios to create a comprehensive field guide for extreme situations. The CBS Survivor executive producer presents techniques originally developed for U.S. Armed Forces personnel facing life-or-death circumstances. Burnett covers navigation and orientation methods, emergency medical procedures, and movement across dangerous terrain including glaciers and quicksand. The manual details how to identify safe plants while avoiding poisonous species, construct effective traps for food, and build reliable shelters. Readers learn to survive blizzards, avalanches, and other natural disasters through proven military protocols. The book includes raft construction, group survival dynamics, and recognition of deadly snakes and toxic vegetation. Each technique connects to real-world testing by soldiers and survival experts.
Genres: survival, military-fiction, adventure, non-fiction, how-to
Vibes: suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: how-to, survival
320 pages · Kindle Edition · St. Martin's Griffin