The World As We Know It

Embarking on a career as a financial advisor during the 2008 recession may not have been ideal, but Joe made it work. Now, successful and happily married to Maria, life is more than good-until a catastrophic market collapse destroys the global economy and pulls the plug on technology.

Forced to abandon the useless luxury he'd worked so hard to attain and face the fact that his skills are worthless in this new economy, Joe's sense of failure begins to freeze out the only good thing left-his love for Maria.

With the epic action of Jules Verne, the spiritual insight of Yann Martel, and the wry humor of Mark Twain, Curtis Krusie's inspiring debut novel, The World as We Know It, tells the unique apocalyptic adventure of a young man who exchanges his luxury car for a horse named Nomad and sets off on a dangerous journey of self-discovery with only his wits and the tiniest spark of hope.

Sometimes it takes losing everything to find out what we're truly capable of....

A native of St. Louis, Missouri, Curtis Krusie graduated from the University of Missouri with a BS in human environment sciences, with an emphasis in personal financial planning and a minor in architectural studies and environmental design. An avid photographer, music fanatic and great admirer of architecture, he is also an advocate for green energy and design, as well as natural, holistic health. He and his wife, Bryn, enjoy traveling the world and running full and half marathons together.

A firm believer in the healing and redeeming power of faith, love, and hope, Krusie was inspired to write his debut novel, The World as We Know It.