The Unit

     The Unit by Terry DeHart follows the Sharpe family as they walk from the grandmother's house in Oregon to their own home in California following a post nuclear war world. Shortly after the bombing of the US the Sharpes and their neighbors got along just fine, one family helping another et cetera, but not to long after that as food supplies and other resources came into high demand people began fighting for those precious items. The Sharpe family soon found themselves on their own and not able to trust anyone but each other. As they travel the family comes across all kinds of people from good samaritans to marauders and cults and they have to figure out how to navigate the various situations.
     The book begs the question of what moral ground to stand on if there aren't any laws or law enforcement to uphold a certain standard of decency. God plays a major role in the book simply because each character thinks about a higher power and what role God plays in this crazy time.
     The novel is divided up into six different parts with each chapter focusing on a different character. With this structure the reader is able to delve into the mind of each of the main characters and see their point of view. I thought this was interesting because each character had very different ways of thinking about their situations and very different beliefs about God.
     I very much enjoyed this book because I like reading about people in their survival mode. It had a good mix of drama and action. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes apocalyptic type books or post nuclear war world type books.