I read Patriots. Pretty interesting, although his writing style is a bit clumky.
Clumky = Clunky
Agreed. It's really more of a handbook of "how-to's" but the story is okay.
"Lights Out" is also a good read to ponder how quickly we would plunge into Chaos if electricity were to suddenly stop flowing via an EMP event.
A free pdf version is floating around the net too.