If you've ever watched one of those 'prepper' reality TV shows, you might think that the people they portray are crazy - or you might secretly agree with them. is the story of how Della - a normal wife, mother and writer - slowly finds herself slipping into the prepper lifestyle. All she wants to do is protect the people she cares about, but instead she faces a growing rift with her husband, and surprising life changes. humanizes the sometimes crazy-seeming extremes of the 'prepper' lifestyle. Della herself is an engaging, interesting character, and you find yourself rooting for her and even understanding her descent into prepper-dom.