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Forsaken World: Redemption: Book 6 by Thomas A. Watson
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe moms have finally made it to the cabin, but what they find will impress and challenge them. While survival and safety are paramount at the cabin, trust and respect will be questioned.With more attention being brought to the coalition, Lance and Ian struggle to determine the most successful path in these everchanging times. Stinkers are no longer the main threat...Categorized as:
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Prepper's Collapse by A.J. Newman
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPrepper's Collapse - Book 2 in the Prepper’s Apocalypse series.Prepper Post-Apocalyptic Survival FictionEMP blasts started the apocalypse during Tom and his family's return flight home from vacation. Surviving the crash only caused them to confront the chaos of the apocalypse head-on... -
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Ride the Lightning by Justin Bell, Mike Kraus
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe lightning storms continue unabated as the survivors fight to stop them - while fighting the evil among themselves - in Storm's Fury Book 7.The skies above America darken as powerful, corrupt forces inadvertently unleash a disaster of biblical proportions.In a quiet southern town, a lonely soldier lives each day in a bottle, forever regretting sins and losses of the past... -
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Restitution by Bruno Miller
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Post-Apocalyptic EMP Survival seriesWill they ever see home again?Colorado seems farther away than ever for Ben and his crew. Especially when a road block lures them deeper into the Appalachian Mountains.Ambushed and captured, they fall prey to a gang of backwoods moonshiners turned post apocalyptic outlaws. After being led back to camp and locked up, the crew’s morale is at an all time low... -
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Endurance by Bruno Miller
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Post-Apocalyptic Survival SeriesWould you fight for the ones you love? The struggle for survival in Cloverdale continues as Vince Walker and a small group of survivors find that nothing comes easy in the post-apocalyptic ruins of what was once their town... -
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Winter's Refuge by Logan Keys, Mike Kraus
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWith the growing cold affecting more than just the weather, Brittany faces a deadly earthquake at the epicenter of disaster just after meeting Colton, a young soldier taking readings on some of the new apocalyptic phenomena... -
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সায়েন্স ফিকশান সমগ্র ১ by Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, Muhammed Zafar Iqbal
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsবাংলাদেশ ও বাংলা ভাষার কিংবদন্তী বৈজ্ঞানিক কল্পকাহিনী লেখক মুহম্মদ জাফর ইকবাল- এর প্রথম ৮ টি প্রকাশিত গ্রন্থের সমগ্র।*কপোট্রনিক সুখদুঃখ*মহাকাশে মহাত্রাস*ক্রুগো*টাইট্রন একটি গ্রহের নাম*বিজ্ঞানী সফদর আলীর মহা মহা আবিষ্কার*ওমিক্রনিক রূপান্তর*টুকুনজিল*যারা... -
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TEXAS FALL 2 by Boyd Craven III, L.A. Bayles
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt wasn’t supposed to get this bad, this quickly—While trying to recover from his wounds, Ethan sets out to help Emma and King get the ranch ready to the best of their abilities. Digging more into the stockpiles of supplies, Emma bootstraps a system to help their shorthanded operation, and give them a technological advantage in a country mostly in the dark... -
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TEXAS FALL by Boyd Craven III, L.A. Bayles
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPreparing for hard times was second nature to native Texans. For the Garcia siblings, it wasn't a matter of if, but when something would happen. Despite their careers taking them in separate directions across the state, nothing could stop the brother and sister duo from meeting back up when an EMP takes most of the country back to the stone age...Categorized as:
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MICHIGAN FALL by L.A. Bayles, Boyd Craven Jr.
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat would you do if there was an EMP attack today? How would you survive, not only against the oncoming winter but against those who are desperate or greedy and want what you have? What would happen when all of the checks and balances that support the law are gone?Because of her semi-rural location and a handful of good neighbors, Rose Winters and her family are better off than those in the...Categorized as:
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Days of Chaos by Jack Hunt
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsTwo weeks without power, would you still survive? After the lights went out across the nation, Elliot, Jesse, Maggie and Damon fought off the desperate as they made their way back to Lake Placid. Rayna barely survived an attack by home invaders and Gary struggled to maintain order in a town gripped by panic... -
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Sun & Smoke: An Endless Winter Novel by Theresa Shaver
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBook 1 Snow & AshBook 2 Rain & RuinBook 3 Sun & SmokeSkylar Ross and Rex Larson just settled into a new way of life when a simple mistake changes everything. General Bill Mallor, Skylar's Godfather, should have been a welcome sight when he and his men roll into town and save them...Categorized as:
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Final Refuge by Logan Keys, Mike Kraus
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs the killing cold continues its march across the world, the survivors are tasked with not only surviving the weather, but each other. Desperation grows as the temperature drops and the earth cracks apart, and only those who are willing to adapt will survive... -
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World Apart by Logan Keys, Mike Kraus
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs the killing cold continues its march across the world, the survivors are tasked with not only surviving the weather, but each other. Desperation grows as the temperature drops and the earth cracks apart, and only those who are willing to adapt will survive... -
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Warriors from the Ashes by William W. Johnstone
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsUnder the command of Ben Raines, the Southern United States have defeated all comers -- and carved out a stronghold in the Southwest desert. But now, two powerful forces are crashing in against the rebels from the North and the South, and Raines has no choice but to strike back with everything he's got... -
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Survival by Bruno Miller
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Post-Apocalyptic Survival SeriesWould you survive? Vince Walker and the remaining survivors from the town of Cloverdale, Indiana continue to come to terms with their new reality. Accepting the fact that the country has been thrust into nuclear war with an unknown enemy means they must forget their former lives and forge ahead... -
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Travelers by K.A. Riley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter their costly victory over President Krug and the Patriot Army, Kress and her Conspiracy travel to London, fight their way through the ruins of Paris, and plunge into the heart of Spain as they race to track down a mythical pair of twins who are rumored to have the unique ability to enter the world of dreams... -
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Crisis in the Ashes by William W. Johnstone
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBen Raines and his patriot army have defeated all comers, from mutant night people to the blackshirted forces of Jesus Mendoza Hoffman and the enemy axis in the Great War. But now the socialist dictators of the USA, smarting from their defeat at the hands of the Southern United States of America, have unleashed their fury against Raines... -
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Present Danger by Justin Bell, Mike Kraus
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe United States is in chaos. Fleeing his hometown, Joel accompanies Helen on a dangerous cross-country trip, hoping to reunite her with a mysterious prepper group her grandfather belonged to. Danger lurks around every corner in Chicago as Big T and his companions strengthen their base of operations - but all good things come with a cost in Storm's Fury Book 3... -
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Destined by Alexandra Moody
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSome destinies are written in the stars, others are forged from the fire.In the dark and stunning conclusion to The ARC Series, Elle finds herself deep in hiding. Battling with the talents she struggles to control, she fights for only one thing: revenge... -
![Flying Season for the Mis-Recorded by Ann Christy]()
Flying Season for the Mis-Recorded by Ann Christy
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEven in a good silo, life can be hell.Elizabeth the Other, born to the silo and living under the stain of her father's actions, has no one. She is alone, untouchable and unloved. Her only outlet is 25 Drums, the place where teen shadows mix, mingle and find a mate. She will find no life partner there, but she can dance. And tomorrow is her 20th birthday... -
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Searching for Shelter by Stephanie Mylchreest, Misty Zaugg
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNo food. No shelter. No way out but through.A calamitous pair of storms.Two women on the run from their past caught in the whirlwind.They'll either stand and fight - or be consumed in the aftermath.***Twin hurricanes obliterate the eastern coast of the United States, bringing with them a blight that devastated America's breadbasket... -
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Deception by Bruno Miller
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAre there any decent people left? Having reached his kids in Maryland, Ben is faced with the challenge of crossing the country once more and getting everyone safely home to Colorado. The struggle to survive is the only constant in their otherwise unpredictable lives... -
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Storm Cloud by Justin Bell, Mike Kraus
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsInjustice comes in many forms, as Big T and Shawna are discovering, while Helen's childhood innocence is shattered beyond repair. Survival is the only way of the world after the beginning of the storms, though one person still clings to the hope that they can somehow stop them in Storm's Fury Book 5.Tired of the usual post-apocalyptic tale? Welcome to your new addiction... -
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![Against All Odds by Justin Bell, Mike Kraus]()
Against All Odds by Justin Bell, Mike Kraus
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe world is consumed. As the government response turns violent and the survivors lives are upturned, hope is dwindling fast in Storm's Fury Book 6.The skies above America darken as powerful, corrupt forces inadvertently unleash a disaster of biblical proportions.In a quiet southern town, a lonely soldier lives each day in a bottle, forever regretting sins and losses of the past... -
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Minus America by E.E. Isherwood
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat would the world be like without America? The attack only takes a few minutes to sweep from coast to coast. When it ends, nearly everyone on mainland USA is gone.Every policeman. Every housewife. Every trucker. Everyone.A continent free for the taking…Ted MacInnis is a backup pilot on Air Force Two, over the Atlantic, when it happens... -
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Dark Till Dawn by Ann Christy
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSilo 49 has endured. In Going Dark they freed themselves from the control of Silo 1. In Deep Dark they discovered their forgotten past. In the final installment of the Silo 49 Trilogy, all they have worked for, over generations of time, comes to fruition. Lillian and Leo, cousins and best friends, enter the lists for the 89th Race in Silo 49... -
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Black Hills Fall by Robyn VanDerSys, L.A. Bayles
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMike and Angie Davis were just regular people who enjoyed the outdoors in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Their little community, hidden away in the pines, was the perfect place to raise a family—until everything, everywhere, went dark.The nearby town of Spearfish had always been quiet and peaceful... -
![No Ordinary Day by Harley Tate]()
No Ordinary Day by Harley Tate
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIf the power grid collapses, will you be prepared?Emma bides her time as a temporary lab tech, counting the days until she stands up before Congress to testify against her former employer. When the power goes out during a ride down the elevator for lunch, a handsome stranger offers to help... -
![After the Fall: Jason's Tale by David Nees]()
After the Fall: Jason's Tale by David Nees
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsNewly Revised May, 2016In a world without power, Jason must fight for survival as he heads to the wilds of the Appalachian Mountains.An electromagnetic pulse attack on the United States shuts down all power, communications and transportation. With no food deliveries, no vehicles working, society begins to unravel.Starvation and death begin to reign and panic leads to violence... -
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America Falls Collection 2: Books 7-10 by Scott Medbury
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe epic America Falls series continues in this second mega collection books 7-11 LONE WOLFWhat would it take to turn an all-American teenager into a stone-cold killer?America has fallen to a catastrophic stealth attack and a ground invasion of the continental United States has begun. Sacramento teenager, Jack Monaghan, has just buried his parents and needs to work out what to do... -
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Dark Days of the Surge by Ryan Schow
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTHIS IS THE NEW AMERICA. The lights are out, the grid is fried and war between two monstrous armies is breaking out all along the coastal states. Logan, Skylar and Harper thought they were prepared. They thought time was on their side... -
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The Prepared Prepper by William Stone
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen an EMP wipes out the power grid, Stephanie’s world shatters, and survival is no longer a choice. It’s a necessity. A skilled welder who built her life on hard work, she spent years running from her prepper upbringing, determined to give her twin daughters a normal life. But as chaos erupts and danger closes in, the skills she rejected may be the only thing keeping them alive... -
![Fire and Ashes: A Post-Apocalyptic Survival Thriller by Harley Tate]()
Fire and Ashes: A Post-Apocalyptic Survival Thriller by Harley Tate
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAn asteroid on a collision course with Earth. A government coverup. A family caught in the middle.Welcome to Falling Skies. Do you have what it takes to survive?Former Marine Caleb Machert is managing overworked line crews when reports of an impending world-wide disaster hit the news. His men panic, but he’s not buying it... -
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Ascend by K.A. Riley
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Uprising is gaining ground. But supplies are scarce, and the Aristocracy is more powerful than anyone ever imagined.Ash's fight may be unwinnable...but the affection of a certain young man may just give her the strength she needs to persevere... -
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Double Check by Malcolm Rose
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEverton Kohter is a young man on death row -- in nineteen days the Authorities will have him executed by lethal injection. But Luke Harding and his airborne robotic sidekick, Malc, have been tipped off that Everton didn't commit the murder, despite the overwhelming evidence... -
![Families First: A Post-Apocalyptic Next World Series by Lance K. Ewing]()
Families First: A Post-Apocalyptic Next World Series by Lance K. Ewing
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen a devastating Electromagnetic Pulse is detonated over the USA, it leads to a total loss of power and a complete and catastrophic breakdown of everyday society. As the country descends into chaos and anarchy, one man makes an epic decision in order to save his loved ones and find a place of safety...Categorized as:
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![Over sløret by Nicole Boyle Rødtnes]()
Over sløret by Nicole Boyle Rødtnes
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Mit løb tærer på ilten, og smagen af jern i munden bliver stærkere og stærkere. Den lægger sig som en hinde på min tunge. Hvis jeg ikke får fat i mere ilt snart, dør jeg …"I en dyster fremtid koster hvert åndedrag penge. Kun de rige har råd til kvalitetsilt, som den der fandtes før katastrofen. De fattige må nøjes med dårligere ilt, der langsomt gør dem syge... -
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UKD1 by Chris Harris
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“What would happen if…?”Many people ask themselves the question, but how many do something about it?Tom lives in Birmingham, England with his family. After asking himself the question and researching what could happen, he decided it wouldn’t do any harm to be a little bit prepared and store some food and equipment.Just in case... -
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Static by James Hunt
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe thin thread holding the civilized world together has been severed. Millions of citizens have been thrust into the unknown, breeding fear into the minds and souls of those seeking to survive. Wren Burton, an architect from Chicago, has been engulfed by the chaotic aftermath of an EMP blast. Her family is injured. The enemy is unknown. And help is nowhere to be found... -
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The Prologue to the Postnuclear Dystopia by Dmitry Glukhovsky
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe prologue to the fresh legend of European post-apocalyptic sci-fi, METRO 2033. This book inspired a score of video games, including the upcoming METRO: LAST LIGHT, gave birth to a series of novels written by followers across the world and will soon be turned into a Hollywood movie!Meet the legend for free. Welcome to the last refuge of the mankind after the end of the world... -
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Going Gone by Susan Kiernan-Lewis
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsn Going Gone, Book 2 of the dystopian series, The Irish End Game, tragedy strikes the three Americans where they live in Ireland. Sarah Woodson is brutally taken —across the Irish Sea to the pastoral beauty of England’s Cotswold’s—and the horrors of a post-apocalyptic sex slave trade... -
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As the Ash Fell by A.J. Powers
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLife in the frozen wastelands of Texas is anything but easy, but for Clay Whitaker there is always more at stake than mere survival. It’s been seven years since the ash billowed into the atmosphere, triggering some of the harshest winters in recorded history. Populations are thinning. Food is scarce. Despair overwhelming... -
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Final Chaos by Ryan Westfield
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen society falls, how will you protect those you love?They knew the solar flair was coming, but no one knew the effect it would have. The EMP kills the lights and all electronics. Now it’s only a matter of time before chaos erupts.Jim owns a small electronics repair store in Rochester, NY. Unlike his friend, he quickly realizes the reality of the situation... -
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Extincta by Victor Dixen
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsL’ESPÈCE HUMAINE DISPARAÎTRA DANS 255 HEURES.Les pires prédictions climatiques se sont réalisées, le Grand Effondrement a eu lieu et presque toutes les espèces animales se sont éteintes. Les Derniers Humains se sont réfugiés dans les Dernières Terres : un archipel rocailleux surgi des glaces, où ils survivent dans des cités-royaumes éparses... -
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Crumbling World by Grace Hamilton
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFamily comes first—and he’ll do whatever it takes to protect his from the looming storm. Even before becoming a husband and father, safety had been Shane McDonald’s priority for most of his forty-five years. As a nuclear engineer, it’s his responsibility to keep the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant functioning at optimum levels to avoid what protesters fear most—a meltdown... -
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Sacrifice by K.A. Riley
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCaptured by the group of rogue Emergents known as “Hypnagogics,” Kress and her Conspiracy search desperately for a way out of their confinement in a stadium-sized prison-lab called the Mill. There, they find themselves subjected to a bombardment of psychological manipulations, physical challenges, and cruel techno-genetic experiments... -
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Synthesis by K.A. Riley
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEncouraged by happy reunions, shocked by terrifying discoveries, and with the lives of millions and the fate of the nation hanging in the balance, Kress and her Conspiracy—along with their new legions of allies, the Survivalists and the Unkindness—prepare for their final, all-or-nothing war against Krug and the assembled might of his Patriot Army... -
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Endure the Dark by T.L. Payne
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWithout warning, the lights go out. Cars grind to a halt, and phones stop working. Amidst the chaos, Sixteen-year-old Serenity Jones is forced to flee for her life. The perilous journey out of the city becomes even more difficult when she discovers the route to safety is blocked... -
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Big Sky Fallen: A Post-Apocalyptic Survival Adventure by Kevin Craver
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn an instant, it was all gone.The survivors called it the Unraveling—a merciless one-two punch of economic collapse and deadly plague that brought the United States, and the world, to its knees.For history teacher and Army veteran Eric Jaeger, the collapse of the nation he once swore to defend is only the beginning...
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