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Alone at the End of the World by M.P. McDonald
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhile a deadly virus races through the world’s population, survivors struggle to find others who are still alive because nobody wants to be Alone at the End of the World. Thirteen-year-old Ethan should be practicing his skateboard moves, not watching his family members die, one by one. He knows he could become a victim of the evil infection at any minute...Categorized as:
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Sunrise by Mike Mullin
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsThe Yellowstone supervolcano nearly wiped out the human race. Now, almost a year after the eruption, the survivors seem determined to finish the job. Communities wage war on each other, gangs of cannibals roam the countryside, and what little government survived the eruption has collapsed completely. The ham radio has gone silent... -
![Revelation by Karen McQuestion]()
Revelation by Karen McQuestion
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRuss, Nadia, Jameson, and Mallory are about to embark on their riskiest mission yet as they attempt to infiltrate the ruthless Associates in Revelation, the thrilling final installment of the Edgewood series! The Edgewood teens decide to go undercover, joining the Associates in order to find their weaknesses and overthrow them from within...Categorized as:
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![Into the Still Blue by Veronica Rossi]()
Into the Still Blue by Veronica Rossi
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThe race to the Still Blue has reached a stalemate. Aria and Perry are determined to find this last safe haven from the Aether storms before Sable and Hess do—and they are just as determined to stay together...Categorized as:
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![Salt & Stone by Victoria Scott]()
Salt & Stone by Victoria Scott
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsHow far would you go to survive?In FIRE & FLOOD, Tella Holloway faced a dangerous trek through the jungle and a terrifying march across the desert, all to remain a Contender in the Brimstone Bleed for a chance at obtaining the Cure for her brother... -
![No Safe Haven by Kyla Stone]()
No Safe Haven by Kyla Stone
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA stand-alone story in The Last Sanctuary worldRun to save your life—or stay and fight for what's yours... Isolated at her family's wildlife refuge in northern Georgia, Raven longs to escape. Instead, she spends her days shoveling manure for bears and wolves—until her father contracts the deadly Hydra virus... -
![Written in Fire by Marcus Sakey]()
Written in Fire by Marcus Sakey
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsThe explosive conclusion to the bestselling Brilliance TrilogyFor thirty years humanity struggled to cope with the brilliants, the one percent of people born with remarkable gifts. For thirty years we tried to avoid a devastating civil war.We failed.The White House is a smoking ruin. Madison Square Garden is an internment camp...Categorized as:
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![Frozen Dawn by Logan Keys, Mike Kraus]()
Frozen Dawn by Logan Keys, Mike Kraus
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom New York to New Zealand, the clock is ticking for the survivors while a massive earthquake tears the ground asunder for hundreds of miles across the United States. No one is safe from the storm as the Killing Cold continues its march across the globe... -
![Endless Night by Logan Keys, Mike Kraus]()
Endless Night by Logan Keys, Mike Kraus
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs the Killing Cold continues to advance across the globe, our heroes must make desperate choices in the attempts to both survive and discover how to shut down the satellite network before it's too late. The Long Fall is a thrilling post-apocalyptic episodic series that follows the survivors of a global catastrophe that threatens the survival of the entire world... -
![Frontier Incursion by Leonie Rogers]()
Frontier Incursion by Leonie Rogers
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor Shanna, joining the Scout Corps had been a dream come true. The Scouts were charged with expanding their knowledge of Frontier, a hostile planet their ancestors had crashlanded on 300 years before... -
![A Name Among The Stars by Mark Henwick]()
A Name Among The Stars by Mark Henwick
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Heiress? They've already stolen the estates. I'm heir to nothing." When disgraced aristocrat Zara Aguirre barely escapes with her life from her home world, she hopes that she's found safety on the planet Kernow. She wants nothing more than to be left in peace, hidden away in a remote town on the wild and untamed western coast... -
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ASIN: B08MDG7DZK by S.A. Ison
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMica and Malisa Flores learn that their missing mother, Ivy, isn’t missing at all. Her sudden disappearance three years before has left the sisters devastated. They are given a mysterious journal written by their long-lost mother. Their mother was pushed back 17,000 years into the past, into the Paleolithic era... -
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Cyber by Terry Schott
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis is an alternate cover edition for B01ABIZEXI The Game is Life - Book 7Deceived by a trusted colleague, Loredana Cyber, heir to the world’s largest entertainment company, walks away from big business and vows never to return... -
![Grip by David Estes]()
Grip by David Estes
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn a tumultuous world of population control, one illegal child has slipped through the cracks. Now, as a teenager, Benson Kelly has escaped certain death at the hands of the Department of Population Control, only to find himself the symbol of a rebellion, something he never intended...Categorized as:
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![Remember Yesterday by Pintip Dunn]()
Remember Yesterday by Pintip Dunn
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFollow-up to the New York Times bestselling novel, Forget Tomorrow!Would you change the past to protect your future?Sixteen-year-old Jessa Stone is the most valuable citizen in Eden City. Her psychic abilities could lead to significant scientific discoveries, if only she’d let TechRA study her... -
![Above the Sky by Jenny Lynne]()
Above the Sky by Jenny Lynne
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEighteen-year-old Seven and her best friend, Ten, live where all is peaceful ... except for the violent war raging above the sky. Humanoid robots and self-operated drones tend to everyone's needs, leaving people free to spend their time stimulating their minds and enjoying life's pleasures. But there are strict rules and few choices... -
![Allison's Secret by D. Stalter]()
Allison's Secret by D. Stalter
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAllison has a secret. Like any farm wife, she is prepared for bad storms, bad times, and bad luck. But, even her husband is unaware that she is more prepared than the average farm wife. (But don't ever call Allison a prepper!) Riley and Will are motorcycle buddies on a mission to rescue Riley's nephew who's been kidnapped by his father... -
![Elephant Secret by Eric Walters]()
Elephant Secret by Eric Walters
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWe Bought a Zoo meets Jurassic Park in a gripping story set in an elephant sanctuary, featuring the perennial appeal of human-animal friendships.Samantha (Sam) lives at the elephant sanctuary her dad runs and views the elephants there as much a part of her family as her single dad is...Categorized as:
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![The Great Escape: Wolf Girl 2 by Anh Do, Jeremy Ley]()
The Great Escape: Wolf Girl 2 by Anh Do, Jeremy Ley
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI held onto the bars of the truck and howled to my dogs as they fell further and further behind. Sunrise, Brutus, Zip, Nosey and Tiny all ran as hard as they could, but there was no way they could keep up...After four years alone in the wild, Gwen is overjoyed to see another person. But when she is thrown into the back of a van and stolen away to a prison camp, things don't look good... -
![The Matrix: The Shooting Script by Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski]()
The Matrix: The Shooting Script by Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIncludes detailed scene notes by Paul Oosterhouse, assistant to the Wachowskis throughout the making of the movie...Categorized as:
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Unbound by A.R. Shaw
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom the bestselling author of Graham's Resolution and Surrender the Sun series, A. R. Shaw brings you Dawn of Deception.In a post-apocalyptic world, Sloane Delaney struggles to keep her daughters safe. With all her neighbors gone and her abusive second husband dead, Sloane and her daughters, Mae and Wren, maintain a dangerous charade to keep looters at bay from their neighborhood... -
![Shattered by Teri Terry]()
Shattered by Teri Terry
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsThe riveting finale ofthe Slated trilogy—a thought-provoking psychological thriller set in a disturbingly plausible future where the government and its enemies compete to control the minds of the young Kyla is in danger from both the government Lorders who erased her memory and the terrorists who tried to use her. So now she’s on the run... -
![The Desert of Glass by Michael C. Grumley]()
The Desert of Glass by Michael C. Grumley
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsOne of mankind's greatest secrets... has been hiding in plain sight for three thousand years.Half a century ago, an aberration was spotted by one of our earliest satellites, and summarily dismissed as a hardware malfunction. But it was no aberration. And no malfunction. It was an accidental glimpse of something extraordinary, and very old...Categorized as:
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![Irradiate by Sarah Addison-Fox]()
Irradiate by Sarah Addison-Fox
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsFace what you fear the most....Discovering colour after a lifetime of grey has opened Mallory's eyes to the beauty of Irrelevance.But when she learns who Cristan is and what's he capable of, she'll be forced to question everything she feels for him...When Cristan found rebel Irrelevants in the wastelands, he finally had the proof he needed to take down the government who think they own him... -
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Day One by Summer Lane
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCOMING MARCH 20TH, 2015. THE CONTINUATION OF THE BESTSELLING STORY.The apocalypse took everything from Elle: her family, her world and now...her friends. After escaping the ravaged streets of Los Angeles, Elle finds herself stranded alone in California when her friends are kidnapped by a new and dangerous enemy...Categorized as:
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![Return to the Sky by Jenny Lynne]()
Return to the Sky by Jenny Lynne
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBook #2 in the gripping new suspense series filled with twists and turns!From the author of the suspense thriller ABOVE THE SKY comes a heart-pounding sequel that climaxes with a shocking revelation you'll never see coming. RETURN TO THE SKY picks up just minutes after the conclusion of ABOVE THE SKY as eighteen-year-old Seven attempts to save those she loves in a dangerous world full of secrets... -
![Beyond the Sky by J.W. Lynne, Jenny Lynne]()
Beyond the Sky by J.W. Lynne, Jenny Lynne
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBook #4 in the gripping new suspense series filled with twists and turns!From the author of the suspense thrillers ABOVE THE SKY, RETURN TO THE SKY, and PART OF THE SKY comes the highly anticipated finale to the series... -
![Why You Were Taken by J.T. Lawrence]()
Why You Were Taken by J.T. Lawrence
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsImagine discovering your murdered parents were really your abductors. Then you find out you're on the hit list, too. In tomorrow's world, a troubled woman approaches Kirsten with a warning and a wafer key and is later found dead...Categorized as:
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![Tsunami Storm by D.F. Capps, David F. Capps]()
Tsunami Storm by D.F. Capps, David F. Capps
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings*Bronze medal winner in the 2017 Reader's Favorite Book Awards for fiction - thriller - general. *The US has launched secret weapons of mass destruction on other countries. And awaits what might be cataclysmic retaliation…China is devastated by an 8.0M earthquake that leaves 70,000 people dead with hundreds of thousands injured and untold property destroyed...Categorized as:
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![The Shadow Constant by A.J. Scudiere]()
The Shadow Constant by A.J. Scudiere
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSomeone is keeping watch over the machine. Should it ever have been built? The lure of the find behind the loose hearthstone at Hazleton House was too great. The schematic excited Evan, Reenie and Ivy for different reasons but it is Kayla who actually begins building it. Her ability to focus to the exclusion of all else is just one of the effects of her Asperger's. The scribbled initials E.W...Categorized as:
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![Resurgence by Kerry Wilkinson]()
Resurgence by Kerry Wilkinson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Can I ask you one thing...why does it have to be you?"My throat is dry but I manage to say the words clearly enough: "If I don't do it, who else will?"An entire country has been lied to.Silver Blackthorn was supposed to be one of the privileged few, chosen to serve and help rebuild a shattered nation.Instead, she is a rebel.Tales of her defiance have spread across the land...Categorized as:
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Exile Hunter by Preston Fleming
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Pure energy in print form, whether the characters are being pursued or simply talking; Fleming has proven himself a craftsman.” KIRKUS REVIEWS“As with all of Preston Fleming's previous books, EXILE HUNTER weaves together the harsh realities of personal betrayal, physical torment, emotional pain, and a spiritual quest with astute intelligence.” BOOKPLEASURES...Categorized as:
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![Through Uncharted Space by Anna Hackett]()
Through Uncharted Space by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA deep-space convoy master who demands everyone follow his rules...and the stowaway scam artist who’s never met a rule she wouldn’t break. Dare Phoenix runs his convoy with absolute control. In uncharted space, lives depend on it. When one plain, dowdy woman comes aboard, his gut tells him that something is off about her...Categorized as:
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![In the Devil's Nebula by Anna Hackett]()
In the Devil's Nebula by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsASIN: B00LTWLWSW updated version found hereHe lost it all. His career, his woman, his sanity. Two years ago, on a deadly mission to the lawless Devil’s Nebula, Commander Zayn Phoenix’s life imploded. Now the former Strike Wing pilot fills his days with dangerous adventures alongside his treasure hunter brothers. But his nights are another story: haunted by nightmares of one unforgivable act... -
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![Slip by David Estes]()
Slip by David Estes
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSomeone must die before another can be born...As sea levels rise and livable landmasses shrink, the Reorganized United States of America has instituted population control measures to ensure there are sufficient resources and food to sustain the growing population. Birth authorization must be paid for and obtained prior to having a child...Categorized as:
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![Rescue on the Oregon Trail by Kate Messner]()
Rescue on the Oregon Trail by Kate Messner
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMeet Ranger! He's a time-traveling golden retriever who has a nose for trouble . . . and always saves the day!Ranger has been trained as a search-and-rescue dog, but can't officially pass the test because he's always getting distracted by squirrels during exercises... -
![Spark by Rachael Craw]()
Spark by Rachael Craw
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEvie doesn’t have a choice.One day she’s an ordinary seventeen year old, grieving for her mother. The next, she’s a Shield, the result of a decades-old experiment gone wrong, bound by DNA to defend her best friend from an unknown killer.The threat could come at home, at school, anywhere. All Evie knows is that it will be a fight to the death.And then there’s Jamie. irresistible. off-limits... -
![Shatter City by Scott Westerfeld]()
Shatter City by Scott Westerfeld
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsCities at war. Identities stolen or hidden away. A love built on lies. In the second book of the New York Times bestselling Impostors, nothing is certain and anything can be taken away.When the world sees Frey, they think they see her twin sister, Rafi. Frey was raised to be Rafi's double, and now she's taken on the role . . . without anyone else knowing...Categorized as:
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![Flip by David Estes]()
Flip by David Estes
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsIn a scared and broken world where someone must die before another can be born, one family has been torn apart by fate and a ruthless government, only to find themselves suddenly thrust back together with one chance to save their struggling nation...Categorized as:
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![The Last Dog on Earth by Daniel Ehrenhaft]()
The Last Dog on Earth by Daniel Ehrenhaft
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsLogan Moore 14 hates everyone. Dad Dr Craig Westerly, who left. Step-dad Bob, who wants control. Kids like too-good Devon. Except Jack. A mangy pup who only likes Logan.A new disease turns dogs vicious in days, spreads to humans. Logan runs with Jack when nobody believes she is immune. Meanwhile, Portland U. begs reclusive Craig back for old prion disease work... -
![The Zero Hour by Ryan Schow]()
The Zero Hour by Ryan Schow
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsYou met her at the end of The Last War, but who is the archer? How did she come to save the McNamara’s from certain death/enslavement? Meet Indigo in her insane rise from obscure teen to the enigmatic archer in a new thriller, titled The Zero Hour: Indigo.The Zero Hour: Indigo is action packed post-apocalyptic survival fiction at its finest... -
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Survival by K.A. Riley
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn the year 2043, with the nation destroyed by war, seventeen-year-old Kress and her Conspiracy of friends embark on a dangerous cross-country mission to locate and recruit other Emergents, the name given to teenagers who have begun to exhibit strange evolutionary abilities...Categorized as:
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![Slated by Teri Terry]()
Slated by Teri Terry
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 44 ratingsA riveting psychological thrillerKYLA HAS BEEN SLATED - her memory erased, her personality wiped blank. This is the government's way of dealing with teen terrorists: give them a fresh start as a new person. They teach Kyla how to walk and talk again, give her a new identity and a new family, and tell her to be grateful for this second chance... -
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Survive the Chaos by Grace Hamilton
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhen the lights go out, anarchy reigns supreme. After Austin Merryman’s wife died, he and his fourteen-year-old daughter left home to travel the country in an old RV. But the comfort and renewal they sought soon descends into chaos—even before the EMP hits...Categorized as:
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Prized by Caragh M. O'Brien
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsStriking out into the wasteland with nothing but her baby sister, a handful of supplies, and a rumor to guide her, sixteen-year-old midwife Gaia Stone survives, only to be captured by the people of Sylum, a dystopian society where women rule the men who drastically outnumber them, and a kiss is a crime...Categorized as:
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![Fire & Flood by Victoria Scott]()
Fire & Flood by Victoria Scott
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsWhat would you do to save someone you love?Time is slipping away. . . .Tella Holloway is losing it. Her brother is sick, and when a dozen doctors can't determine what's wrong, her parents decide to move to the middle of nowhere for the fresh air. She's lost her friends, her parents are driving her crazy, her brother is dying--and she's helpless to change anything... -
![The Amazon Code by Nick Thacker]()
The Amazon Code by Nick Thacker
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsDeep within the Amazon rainforest, a secret lurks. A secret that could change the world....A secret worth killing for.When her company discovers a remarkable hidden message in the dreaming brains of her subjects, Dr. Amanda Meron unknowingly invites disaster unto her company. The clues seem to be pointing her to one of the remote places on the planet:The Amazon Rainforest...Categorized as:
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![It's Only Stanley by Jon Agee]()
It's Only Stanley by Jon Agee
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFans of Jon Klassen and Oliver Jeffers will love this mischievously funny read-aloud from award-winning author/illustrator Jon AgeeMysterious noises keep waking up the Wimbledon family. "That's very odd," says Mr. Wimbledon each time, but when he returns from checking on the sounds, he's always reassuring: "It's only Stanley; he's fixing the oil tank... -
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The Fear Trials by Lindsay Cummings
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMeadow Woodson has been trained to survive. This is a prequel to The Murder Complex, by Lindsay Cummings, and it is set in a blood-soaked world where the murder rate is higher than the birth rate. For fans of Moira Young's Dust Lands series, La Femme Nikita, and the movie Hanna.Meadow Woodson's father calls it The Fear Trials, and it is a rite of passage in their family... -
![The Culling by Ramona Finn]()
The Culling by Ramona Finn
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat happens to a girl trained as a executioner, who finds out her life is a lie?In a solar system where The Authority decides who lives and who dies, only one of their own executioners can stop them.Glade Io is a trained killer...
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