Bob Mayer's Blog
September 25, 2025
Newly Updated Survival Slideshows For Free
I’m updating my survival slideshows, one a day, and posting them. Here are the ones I’ve done so far. They’re on Slideshare and you can look at them for free.
If you want to start preparing, start here. Survival Essentials You Must Have! https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/four-survival-essentials-your-must-have-for-under-55/283227839
20 Things You Should Have In Your Day Pack– making it a basic Grab-n-Go bag #camping
80% of Natural Disasters Are Accompanied by FLOODS https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/how-to-prepare-for-deal-with-and-survive-floods/283338305
Be prepared any time you’re in a crowd. How To Prepare for and Deal with Civil Unrest, Crowds and Riots.
What Books Should You Have In Your Survival Library https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/what-books-should-you-have-in-your-preparation-and-survival-library-1196/283399237
Newly updated. How to Prepare for and Survive a Power Outage https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/how-to-prepare-for-and-survive-a-power-outage-0ce3/283281451
The Classic Rogers Rules of Rangering https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/what-are-rogers-rules-of-rangering-why-are-they-important/283428081
They strike fast and with little if any warning. How to Prepare for and Survive a WILDFIRE
https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/prepare-for-live-through-and-survive-a-wildfire/283371660
Stay safe!
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September 24, 2025
Free today through the 28th; D-Day
Free through the 28th, take a Quantum Leap through History on D-Day with the Time Patrol.
‘Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.’ Winston Churchill
From the New York Times bestselling author of the Area 51, Nightstalker and Green Beret series.
6 June 1944.: Behind the beaches of Normandy an OSS agent and the Resistance must destroy a bridge to insure the last ‘good war’ ends the way history records. Someone wants that bridge to stay intact.
6 June 478 B.C.: Pythagoras is murdered in the entrance of the Oracle of Delphi’s cave. Who did it and why?
6 June 452.:In the great hall Heoret the very real Beowulf battles Grendel, proving reality is more dangerous than poetry.
6 June 1843: At West Point, a middling cadet, small in stature, named Ulysses S. Grant is trying to survive and graduate. Someone wants to prevent that.
6 June 1998.: A secret nuclear weapons depot in Pakistan, where the saber rattling of nuclear tests is getting ready to escalate into Armageddon; a war to end all wars.
6 June ????: And, strangest of all, thousands of years into pre-history, to the day Art is born.
While history doesn’t record the heroics by the ordinary, there are those who do notice. And there are those who want to stop those ordinary people and change our history in order to create a time tsunami and wipe our present out of existence.
It is up to the Time Patrol to make sure that doesn’t happen!
Reviews for Bob Mayer’s science fiction:
“Quantum Leap on steroids!” Book List.
Terry Brooks: “Spell-binding! Will keep you on the edge of your seat. Call it techno-thriller, call it science fiction, call it just terrific story-telling.”
Kirkus “A crackling science thriller in the vein of Crichton that mixes action with science fiction.”
Publishers Weekly: “The best combination of science fiction and technothriller this year.”
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September 20, 2025
The Green Beret Guide For Success is Free Today
I took the strategies and tactics we used in Special Forces and put them into a Cycle of Success anyone can use.
The Green Beret Guide For Success is free today through the 24th.
Also free the same time period is Equinox: Time Patrol. If you haven’t read any of the Time Patrol books, check this one out. In the Time Patrol books I mostly use real historical events; I just twist them a bit with a malignant force trying to change our history. Because if enough of our history is changed, our timeline is wiped out. Here are the events, essentially short stories that support each other, in Equinox:
1862. Abraham Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation. But there are some who want to twist this momentous event into something entirely different.
1692. Eight people are hung for being witches in Salem. But a young girl makes a very bold offer to prevent it, not knowing the potential consequences could change history.
1823. Joseph Smith claims to have found gold plates which would form the basis of a new religion. He did find something; which he was never supposed to see and they must be returned to their rightful owner.
1776. Nathan Hale has but one life to give for his country, but there is a plan to use that life to force George Washington to make a strategic error that will destroy his army.
1948. The Berlin Airlift is keeping the western part of the city alive. But if the slightest thing goes wrong, the Cold War might become very hot.
1947. At Area 51 the first Rift opens. A rip into another dimension and Fireflies come through. In history, it was sealed at great cost. But what if the Rift expands?
I’m also slowly updating my Gear page and my slideshows on survival. Newly redone:
Four Survival Essentials Your Must Have for under $55
20 Things Every Hiker Should have in their day pack
How to Prepare for and Survive a Power Outage
Nothing but good times ahead, but best to be prepared if they aren’t.
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September 14, 2025
Atlantis Free Today
The first book in my Atlantis series, which was a #1 bestseller on Amazon, is free today through the 17th.
Life’s Little Black is also free. I guarantee you will find one life hack in there you find will find useful.
And today only, discounted to .99, is Honey Pot Plot as a Kindle Daily Deal.
Also, we’re going to open the cabin and cottage at Maggie’s Farm for a few writer escapes this fall. Space is limited; if interested, email me for more information at bob@bobmayer.com
Here’s hoping for cooler weather and a lovely change of season!
Bob
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September 9, 2025
Rocky Start is FREE today thru the 13th
For the first time, and only time in the next year, Rocky Start is free for five days. The first book in the Rocky Start series. It’s also in Kindle Unlimited. The audio is also out now.
Phoebe and the Traitor is discounted to .99 or Kindle Unlimited.
And my Reader’s Guide is free; if you want to get an overview of my books.
My new web site is up and running. Of note is the new page dedicated to survival gear. It’s all stuff I’ve used and recommend. I will be adjusting my Preparation and Survival Guide because after getting two cases of water (minimum) per person in your household, I’ve decided priority #2 is to get a basic Grab-n-Go bag. Yes the prepacked kits contain some of the cheapest gear, but actually, quite a few of those contents are in my personally packed bag. I bought my son one of the two I have featured. Most people don’t have the time or the expertise to build their own bag. Get one. Put it in your car. And you are far along on being prepared. The next thing, under water gear, is to get a good water filter.
And, as always, my Freebies page contains a revolving set of free and discounted ebooks.
Nothing but good times ahead!
Bob
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September 3, 2025
What If The Rich Used A Pandemic To Solve Climate Change
I wrote Z: Final Countdown years ago after reading The Hot Zone. It’s free through the 6th and in Kindle Unlimited.
As a fiction writer we always “what if”. So I what-iffed a pandemic.
How do you solve the problem of scarce resources and over-population with one devastating act?
Publishers Weekly: “The action is crisp with a great job of establishing a sense of reality—and real danger—by mixing current fears about killer diseases with a clear-eyed view of the Army.”
Assigned to escort SNN’s ace reporter Conner Young, who’s accompanying a US Army Special Forces A-team as part of the UN’s peacekeeping mission in Angola, former Green Beret Dave Riley finds himself undertaking his most dangerous and thrilling mission yet. In the war-torn jungles of Africa, the team becomes infected with a terrible disease known as ‘Z’, which kills within days and is now on the verge of an uncontrollable outbreak.
The shocking truth about the virus points to a mysterious diamond cartel based on the Namibian coast. In a desperate race against time, Riley and the assault team must secure the only antidote before it is destroyed.
Bookpage: “Take an original look at a simmering world hot spot, and generates a lot of suspense along the way. A winner on all points.”
Library Journal: “A heart-pounding thriller about the emergence of a deadly ebola-like virus. The panorama of modern warfare and the details of hand-to-hand combat encounters add excitement. Inventive, entertaining, and realistic adventure. Highly recommended.”
Kirkus: “A ripping good biotech/military thriller that plausibly depicts the high costs of combating unseen enemies. An absorbing and well-written series.
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September 2, 2025
New Web Site, Free Books, And Fall Is Coming
I’ve finally, after many years, updated my web site. There’s a lot there and I still need to go through it all. Feel free to take a look and let me know if you see any issues. It will take me a while to learn to completely use it. But hopefully it’s a bit better on SEO, whatever that is.
For those who don’t have it yet, The Green Beret Preparation and Survival Guide is free until the 4th. And almost all my Area 51 and Nightstalker books are heavily discounted this month. Both are on my Freebie Page, which looks a bit different.
I also have a Gear page. I still have to go through it, but I own almost everything there and recommend it. And my affiliate fee goes to a good cause.
The weather is getting cooler and the world is getting crazier, but it pays to be prepared.
Nothing but good times ahead!
Bob
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September 1, 2025
FREE Today until the 5th: The Preparation and Survival Guide
This is the best preparation guide on the market. It walks you through what you need to do, one step at a time.
The Green Beret Preparation and Survival Guide.
I’m making it free today through the 5th because I think we all need to be prepared. This book can save your life.
My new web site is functional and I have an entire area dedicated to survival equipment and gear.
Also, all my original Area 51 books and my Nightstalkers books are on sale. My “freebies” page is working on my new web site.
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August 19, 2025
First In Series Free: New York City 1977, Ex-Green Beret . . .
Free today through the 23rd of August: New York Minute
How far can a good man get pushed? Who has the deadly skills to stand up against evil?
The last time former Green Beret Will Kane was involved in killing someone it made the cover of LIFE Magazine. Eight years later he’s getting pushed to the edge of that precipice he vowed never to go over again.
New York City, summer 1977. The Bronx is burning. The twin towers of the new World Trade Center loom over the skyline. Son of Sam. Star Wars. Studio 54. The Five Families. The city faces bankruptcy and unrest seethes. On the dark streets of a city the rest of the country believes is going down the toilet, Vietnam vet Kane’s life mirrors his hometown.
Carrying a past cratered with death and tragedy, Kane has been working as a ‘fixer’ for a high-priced lawyer since returning to New York in disgrace. But is he really fixing anything?
He operates out of a diner in Greenwich Village where he starts each day. It begins when he takes a compromising picture as part of the job. As the long hot summer boils, so does Kane as the mob, the CIA, the IRA, and other forces are brought to bear on him. What they all seem to have forgotten, and Kane wishes he could, is that he is a highly trained and experienced warrior.
A skilled killer.
What should a good man do when faced with the evil that the law can’t touch?
On 13 July 1977, the Blackout occurs and Kane explodes.
Publishers Weekly: “Mayer has crafted a thriller in the tradition of John Grisham’s The Firm.”
Also free The Green Beret Pocket Survival Guide and other books discounted.
August 17, 2025
Something You Must Have That Can Save Your Life
The Green Beret Pocket Sized Survival Guide is free today through the 21st of August:
Download the kindle version and have it on your phone.
You can also get the print version and stick it in your glove compartment, a kitchen or desk drawer and in your Grab-n-Go bag.
