John and his brother Stew are waiting for their father to return from a business trip when everything falls apart. The power goes out and then they are held at gun point while some men load up all their food and water stockpiles along with their generator and gas into a pickup. Lucky to be alive, John and Stew try to sit tight and wait for their dad.
The two boys have been heading to their closest neighbors each day to check in and eat a meal, but after the robbery, they begin to make other plans. It takes John several days to convince Stew that they need to take their emergency packs which were fortunately hidden from the creeps who stole everything else and head to Brighton Ranch. The trip means hiking in the desert 96 miles. John figures they can make it in three days. Once they reach the ranch, their family friends there can help them out until their dad returns.
What John and Stew don't expect is running into two other siblings trying to hike to safety or another pickup driver determined to make things even more difficult for the second half of their journey. Determined to survive whatever disaster has shut the country down, John must make survival decisions that aren't always popular with his small group, but someone has to decide what to do next.
Author J. L. Esplin has crafted a survival story to rival authors like Gary Paulsen and Roland Smith. Readers will be holding their breath with each twist and turn in 96 MILES.
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