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Silence in the Shadows by Darcy Coates
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe stark world continues to change. Each passing day twists it further, pushing the surviving humans closer to the brink of extinction. But, for the first time, there is hope. Clare and Dorran have set their sights on returning home to Winterbourne Hall. It's a daunting journey, but vital...Categorized as:
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Swan Song by Robert McCammon
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 49 ratingsThe trade paper reissue of Robert McCammon's New York Times bestselling Swan Song.An ancient evil roams the desolate landscape of an America ravaged by nuclear war.He is the Man with the Scarlet Eye, a malevolent force that feeds on the dark desires of the countless followers he has gathered into his service. His only desire is to find a special child named Swan -- and destroy her...Categorized as:
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![The Return (Demon Fallout) by Mark Tufo]()
The Return (Demon Fallout) by Mark Tufo
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsZombies are a nightmare of the past, the Lycan wars are over. Mike feels that he can finally settle down after 200 years of war until he hears an impossible message from beyond. Tommy, his adopted son, is in trouble and there is nothing in Heaven or Hell that will stop Mike from helping him...Categorized as:
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![We're Alive: A Story of Survival, the Fourth Season by K.C. Wayland, Claire Dodin]()
We're Alive: A Story of Survival, the Fourth Season by K.C. Wayland, Claire Dodin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLength: 13h 18minThe battle has begun. There is no more running away or trying to hide. The survivors confront their attackers head on, both human and otherwise... -
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![We're Alive: A Story of Survival, the Third Season by K.C. Wayland]()
We're Alive: A Story of Survival, the Third Season by K.C. Wayland
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA small riot in LA has spread past its containment. Three reserve soldiers are called to their deserted duty station. Believed to be the last remaining armed servicemen in the area, Michael, Angel, and Saul witness the true cause of the riot; people are starting to change and attack each other... -
![Rise of the Werewolf by Mark Tufo]()
Rise of the Werewolf by Mark Tufo
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe world of man was brought to its knees with the zombie apocalypse. A hundred and fifty years have passed since man has clawed and climbed his way from the brink of extinction. Civilization has rebooted, man has begun to rebuild, to create communities and society.It is on this fragile new shaky ground that a threat worse than the scourge of the dead has sprung...Categorized as:
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![End of an Age by Mark Tufo]()
End of an Age by Mark Tufo
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe Lycan King Xavier is making his final march on the embattled humans to bring on the end of one age and usher in the dawning of a new more fierce one. Where he will dominate over his subjects with an iron claw...Categorized as:
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![Immortality's Touchstone by Mark Tufo]()
Immortality's Touchstone by Mark Tufo
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCan Mike battle back from the final outcome? Now that the world needs him the most. New and old threats emerge to claim a war-ravaged world on the verge of collapse. Lana, Bailey and Azile the Red Witch have assembled all that remains of man in one final battle that could determine the fate of mankind forever. And it just might not be enough...Categorized as:
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![The Torn World by Melanie Karsak]()
The Torn World by Melanie Karsak
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is the way the world ends... With the undead walking, vampires hunting, and kitsune closing in, everything seems lost. Layla and the others will need help if there is any hope of survival. But how can you endure in the dying world? Join Layla, Cricket, Amelia, and the other survivors for the final chapter of The Harvesting Series in The Torn World... -
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Demon Deception by M.J. Haag
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCassie Feld’s world is falling apart. Grieving from the loss of her husband and youngest child, she lives in fear of losing her remaining daughter. She knows she can't protect her alone. There’s a solution, as terrifying and as heartbreaking as she finds it, that will ensure she never has to suffer such a devastating loss again...Categorized as:
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Demon Escape by M.J. Haag
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEden Terry survived the first ring of hell only to end up in the second one. With nothing but a trowel and her wits, she's determined to escape the work camp holding her prisoner. She dreams of finding a safe haven and living in the new, devastated world on her own. However, surviving alone after she escapes proves more difficult than she ever imagines...Categorized as:
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![Witch Wood by Melanie Karsak]()
Witch Wood by Melanie Karsak
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHarm none, and be ready for zombies.Amelia’s practice of Wicca marks her as a curiosity both at home and at school. Knowing how to see auras, heal, and cast spells comes naturally to her. Only Madame Knightly, the ancient matriarch and owner of Witch Wood Estate, doesn’t seem to mind...Categorized as:
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![Still of Night by Jonathan Maberry]()
Still of Night by Jonathan Maberry
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe dead rose. We fell. But not everyone thinks the war for survival is over. Heroes rise in times of crisis, and STILL OF NIGHT tells their stories… DAHLIA -a bullied high school girl with a love for edged weapons goes from victim to powerful leader as the zombie apocalypse sweeps through her world... -
![The Change by T.W. Piperbrook]()
The Change by T.W. Piperbrook
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSurvival is just the beginning...Having escaped the hospital, Tom must face a new enemy: himself. New questions arise as he travels through the white wasteland...Categorized as:
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![How We End by L.M. Juniper]()
How We End by L.M. Juniper
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA deadly infection. Seven Strangers. The fight for survival begins...Jake didn’t think his night could get worse, but that was before his train stops deep underground and zombies attack and things go from worst-day-ever to run-for-your-life terror.Liv is good at running, mostly from other people straight into a bottle of vodka... -
![Them Early Days - 2nd Prequel by Keith C. Blackmore]()
Them Early Days - 2nd Prequel by Keith C. Blackmore
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFood. Booze. Weapons. Armor. And any toilet paper he can find.It's been a rough time for Gus Berry. He barely survived the city of Annapolis as its population underwent a violent transformation, leaving everyone he knew or loved either dead or undead.Things aren't much better now, though. In fact, things might have become much worse... -
![Zom-B Goddess by Darren Shan]()
Zom-B Goddess by Darren Shan
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDouble-crossed again, B is confused, enraged and broken. But the battle isn’t over. The end is nigh, but there are plenty of horrors to come. And who will survive? The Zombies? The humans? Or worse…?‘Zachary…’ Dr Oystein murmurs. ‘No,’ Owl Man replies. ‘There has been enough bloodshed. I know there must be more before this is through, but let’s not kill those we can afford to spare...Categorized as:
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![Zom-B Family by Darren Shan]()
Zom-B Family by Darren Shan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAfter being betrayed and captured by the most heinous survivors of the human race, B Smith lands back in the clutches of a fiend B had hoped to never see again, someone who is intent on making B suffer in the most tortuous ways. Discovering the fate of loved ones from B's past adds to the agony and calls into question just how much B is willing to sacrifice in the name of justice...Categorized as:
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![The Threat Below by Jason Latshaw]()
The Threat Below by Jason Latshaw
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA Heart-Pounding Dystopian YA Thrill-Ride Three hundred years ago, something arose and pushed humanity to the brink of extinction. Now, a small remnant – the descendants of the few survivors who were able to escape the massacre below – lives above the clouds, on the top of a mountain. But there's been a change. Their water supply is being poisoned...Categorized as:
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![The Numbing by Flint Maxwell]()
The Numbing by Flint Maxwell
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA Supernatural Apocalypse NovelEvil awaits.After the devastating events on Prism Lake, Grady and the other survivors head south, hoping to find safety in one of the rumored "Cities of Light."But as they embark on their journey, they quickly discover the monsters aren't the only things out in the snow they must fear.They may not even be the worst things..Categorized as:
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![ZOMBIE SLAYER!! by Cameron Milan]()
ZOMBIE SLAYER!! by Cameron Milan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings(Zombie Slayer is back! After being professionally edited and adding around 30k words, it's better than ever!) The rules of reality have changed. All types of zombies have appeared with only one goal. Kill the living. Eric and his schoolmates must survive by adapting and growing stronger, but that's easier said than done... -
![The Reckoning by T.W. Piperbrook]()
The Reckoning by T.W. Piperbrook
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’m at the hospital…it’s over. When Tom awakens, he is greeted by law enforcement, medical treatment, and a sense of normalcy—all the things that have been missing for the last day...Categorized as:
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![Collapse by Mark Lukens]()
Collapse by Mark Lukens
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt started with rumors of a plague that turned people into flesh-eating predators. The governments of the world and the media tried to suppress it, but little by little the truth got out. The economy had been in a free-fall, banks closed, protests turned into riots, people began hoarding and panicking. And then on a Friday morning, the collapse came... -
![Stage 3 - A Post-Apocalyptic Zombie Thriller by Ken Stark]()
Stage 3 - A Post-Apocalyptic Zombie Thriller by Ken Stark
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBlindness is just the beginning.Once the virus strips away everything remotely human, all that's left is a mindless, savage predator...Categorized as:
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![Midway by Melanie Karsak]()
Midway by Melanie Karsak
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsStep right up, ladies and gentlemen, for the beginning of the end. Carnie. Ride jockey. Roustabout. White trash. Tilt girl. Gypsy. Cricket has been called a lot of things, but she never thought survivor of the zombie apocalypse would be one of them. One day she’s barking on the midway, and the next day, the world is eating itself alive...Categorized as:
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![Zom-B Fugitive by Darren Shan]()
Zom-B Fugitive by Darren Shan
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter learning the dark secrets hidden in Mr. Dowling’s twisted mind, B is on the run. She escapes the clown’s clutches and weaves her way through London’s abandoned Underground, only to find that Mr. Dowling has laid siege to the Angels’ base in County Hall. And when B learns of the history between Mr...Categorized as:
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![Zom-B Bride by Darren Shan]()
Zom-B Bride by Darren Shan
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsB Smith has been rescued from the den of torture she’d been trapped in—but her savior is none other than the murderous maniac clown Mr. Dowling. He’s desperate to woo B and have her become his bride. He disgusts her, but B knows an opportunity when she sees one...Categorized as:
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![Zom-B Mission by Darren Shan]()
Zom-B Mission by Darren Shan
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsB Smith and the other Angels are relieved to finally receive their first mission - to safely escort a group of human survivors from the zombie-infested streets of London to New Kirkham, a barricaded safe haven in the country. But after battling through crowds of undead monsters, B discovers that the survivors of the town don't necessarily represent the best of humanity...Categorized as:
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Demon Ember by M.J. Haag, Becca Vincenza
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsMya’s world is falling apart. After a series of earthquakes, deadly animals with glowing red eyes begin attacking people and start the spread of a zombie-like plague. Safety is just a memory as she tries to make her way home. When a different creature attacks the people helping her reach Oklahoma City, Mya is sure she’ll never see the light of another day...Categorized as:
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![Apocalypse Z: Book 1 by Baileigh Higgins]()
Apocalypse Z: Book 1 by Baileigh Higgins
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSurvival is just the beginning... Dylan, hotheaded and fiery, finds herself on the wrong side of the clock when she's infected with the Vita virus. Doomed to turn into a flesh-eating zombie, she only has 72 hours to find a cure. The countdown has begun. In a race against time, she sets off on a desperate journey through the zombie-infested country...Categorized as:
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![Demon Ash by M.J. Haag, Becca Vincenza]()
Demon Ash by M.J. Haag, Becca Vincenza
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe world is nothing like Mya remembers. While in Ernisi, cities have been bombed and burned in an attempt to stop the hellhounds and the plague. The survivors are doing everything they can to win back their world from the hell that was unleashed with the first quake. With Drav's help, Mya reunites with her family, but they are far from safe...Categorized as:
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![The Twelve by Justin Cronin]()
The Twelve by Justin Cronin
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 66 ratingsIn his internationally bestselling and critically acclaimed novel The Passage, Justin Cronin constructed an unforgettable world transformed by a government experiment gone horribly wrong. Now the scope widens and the intensity deepens as the epic story surges forward with The Twelve. In the present day, as the man-made apocalypse unfolds, three strangers navigate the chaos...Categorized as:
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![Timothy by Mark Tufo]()
Timothy by Mark Tufo
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTimothy was not a good man in life and being undead did little to improve his disposition. Find out what a man trapped in his own mind will do to survive when he wakes up to find himself a zombie controlled by a self-aware virus...Categorized as:
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![Zom-B Clans by Darren Shan]()
Zom-B Clans by Darren Shan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsB's first mission with the Angels --sentient, do-gooder zombies-- went horribly wrong when vicious members of the Ku Klux Klan attacked New Kirkham, a stronghold of precious human survivors. B is not about to let the racist thugs persecute innocent people, but while saving the town, one of B's oldest friends is kidnapped by the Klan...Categorized as:
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![Zero Tolerance by Jonathan Maberry, Ray Porter]()
Zero Tolerance by Jonathan Maberry, Ray Porter
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis sequel to Patient Zero brings Joe Ledger back into action.Zero Tolerance picks up a few weeks after the close of Maberry’s action-thriller Patient Zero. Dropping back into the world of former Baltimore cop Joe Ledger, the Department of Military Sciences, and flesh-eating zombies, fans of the series will finally see the tying up of a few loose ends... -
![No Mistakes (World of the Changed Book #1): LitRPG Series by Vasily Mahanenko]()
No Mistakes (World of the Changed Book #1): LitRPG Series by Vasily Mahanenko
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLet’s go! A new, ultramodern mobile game, and the release is just two days away. Be the best, save the planet! Who’s going to fight back the monster invasion if you don’t? Prerelease already available, no text alerts or payment required.World of the Changed completely modified human consciousness. The incredible graphics that worked even on the simplest of phones...Categorized as:
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![No Mere Zombie by Chris Fox]()
No Mere Zombie by Chris Fox
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsNearly all technology has been wiped out by the sun's largest coronal mass ejection in history. In its wake comes the zombie apocalypse. The dead have risen, and they are hungry. Yet there are greater threats than the walking dead. The deathless have returned, slumbering in the same Arks that carried the werewolves into the present... -
![Zero by Mark Tufo, Sean Runnette]()
Zero by Mark Tufo, Sean Runnette
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn this audio-exclusive prequel listeners are brought back to the days before outbreak; to the origins of a virus capable of raising the dead, its patient zero, and the events that set in motion the destruction of the human race. Those who would seek a new world order have unleashed the most devastating virus onto mankind, and even they do not know the secrets hidden in their weapon... -
![Frequency by Casey L. Bond]()
Frequency by Casey L. Bond
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen the Infected attacked, something horrific happened to Porschia Grant. Porschia in Frenzy was scary; Porschia with hallucinations is terrifying. There has to be a reason, and there must be a cure for the episodes refusing to release her from their tentacles of insanity...Categorized as:
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![Warrior Wolf Women of the Wasteland by Carlton Mellick III]()
Warrior Wolf Women of the Wasteland by Carlton Mellick III
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRoad Warrior Werewolves versus McDonaldland Mutants...post-apocalyptic fiction has never been quite like this. They call themselves the Warriors, their enemies call them the Bitches. They are a gang of man-eating, motorcycle-riding, war-hungry werewolf women, and they are the rulers of the wasteland. A century after the fall of civilization, only one city remains standing...Categorized as:
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![Dead South by Zach Bohannon]()
Dead South by Zach Bohannon
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe dead can't bury the truth...Three years after an incurable virus spread and turned a majority of the population into mindless and cannibalistic creatures, the world is a barren place. Society is broken, and most who remain have banded together in small camps and communities.Jon South is not like most other survivors... -
![The War On Horror: Tales From A Post-Zombie Society by Nathan Allen]()
The War On Horror: Tales From A Post-Zombie Society by Nathan Allen
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThree years have passed since the rising of the undead, and life has more or less returned to normal.Zombie encounters are now few and far between. The undead are more of a nuisance than a menace; they are less likely to sink their teeth into unsuspecting civilians than they are to be attacked by vigilantes and rabid lynch mobs...Categorized as:
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![The Mesmerized by Rhiannon Frater]()
The Mesmerized by Rhiannon Frater
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter humanity becomes mindless drones, one woman fights to survive.It is silence, not screams of terror, which proclaims the end of the world…Minji Nordim is vacationing in Las Vegas with her small family when she witnesses the beginning of a terrifying apocalypse. When humanity is transformed into mindless drones by a terrifying supernatural event only Minji appears to be immune...Categorized as:
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![Diary of the Displaced - Omnibus by Glynn James]()
Diary of the Displaced - Omnibus by Glynn James
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere is a place where nightmares are real. A dark and terrifying place that is hidden from the world we know, by borders that only the most unfortunate of souls will ever cross...Categorized as:
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![Chasing Spirits - The Memoirs of Reginald Weldon by Glynn James]()
Chasing Spirits - The Memoirs of Reginald Weldon by Glynn James
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat Readers are saying about CHASING SPIRITS: "Spooky, captivating mystery." ... "A glimpse of a strange world behind this one." ... "Great story telling!" ... "If you are a fan of this genre give this book a try you will not regret it." ... "I was sorry when it ended." ... "an epic journey through a mans life" ... "This was a wonderful story... -
![Ride for Tomorrow by Alex Westmore]()
Ride for Tomorrow by Alex Westmore
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMan made the virus that wiped out more than 90% of the population. Now it's up to a tough-as-nails woman and her teenage sidekick named Einstein to save what remains.First there was the outbreak...As the virus sweeps across the United States claiming more and more victims, butch firefighter Dallas was sure death was coming for her, too. Only it never did...Categorized as:
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![Rise of the Undead by Shane Carrow]()
Rise of the Undead by Shane Carrow
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNew Year's Day: midsummer in Australia. In Perth, twin brothers Aaron and Matt have graduated high school and are enjoying their last few months of summer holidays before adulthood - while on the other side of the country, something has fallen from the sky, heralding the dawn of a new age...Categorized as:
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![Impact Winter by Travis Beacham]()
Impact Winter by Travis Beacham
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratings"They came after the impact and the firestorms. When the sun went dark. Like they’d been there all along. Just waiting."From executive producers of The Walking Dead and Travis Beacham, the writer of Pacific Rim, comes a heart-stopping Audible Original featuring a brilliant British cast. It’s the near future and seven years since a comet hit the earth and blotted out the sun... -
![Blind Rage by Nick Clausen]()
Blind Rage by Nick Clausen
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA mysterious crack in the sky. People turning into savage killers. A world disrupted by death and destruction.A select few find themselves immune to this deadly phenomenon. Now they must fight to survive in a collapsing society.Tommy, a maladjusted teenager still reeling from the loss of his father. With no support from his basket case mother, Tommy is facing the situation on his own... -
![The Snow by Flint Maxwell, Matt Godfrey]()
The Snow by Flint Maxwell, Matt Godfrey
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThis is how the world ends: with a single snowflake. After a tragic accident at work, all Grady Miller wanted was an escape, and he finds it with two of his closest friends. Together, the three of them travel south to Prism Lake for the upcoming holiday, where they plan on spending the sunny weekend drinking, grilling, and relaxing...Categorized as:
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