"A national hardware-and-home-supply retailer functions as the source of crucial materials for a survivalist's self-sufficient bunker: tools, wiring and other supplies are raided to restore electricity and gas, rig traps, and fortify an abandoned house into a powered compound. Those acquisitions make possible small luxuries—candlelit steak dinners, elaborate meals and sustained creature comforts—that support long-term domestic life, shared gardening and intimate moments between partners amid the post-apocalyptic setting." - Bettina Makalintal