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Plan for the Worst by Jodi Taylor
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe eleventh book in the bestselling Chronicles of St Mary's series. If you love Jasper Fforde, Ben Aaronovitch or Doctor Who, you won't be able to resist Jodi Taylor.You know what they say. Hope for the best. But plan for the worst.Catch up with the tea-soaked disaster magnets in their latest madcap adventure as they hurtle their way around History...Categorized as:
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Crisis by Kurt Schlichter
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsKelly Turnbull, the hero of PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC, INDIAN COUNTRY, WILDFIRE, and COLLAPSE, is back this fifth novel that tells the story of how America split apart into red and blue...Categorized as:
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Executed by R.R. Haywood
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThe team of heroes extracted from their timelines to stop the impending apocalypse didn’t think they needed a leader.But they’ve got one anyway.With their mission in tatters, Miri has been called in to steady the ship. And to focus them on their assignment: preventing the end of the world.The problem is, the world doesn’t know it’s in danger...Categorized as:
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The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsA classic science fiction novel by one of the greatest writers of the genre, set in a future world where one man's dreams control the fate of humanity. In a future world racked by violence and environmental catastrophes, George Orr wakes up one day to discover that his dreams have the ability to alter reality. He seeks help from Dr...Categorized as:
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The Day the Dead Came to Show and Tell by Mira Grant
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsOutside the classroom walls the Rising was spreading, but inside was a carefully protected sanctuary against the growing threat.Or so the teachers and students thought.On what will be the last day in the teaching career of Elaine Oldenburg, she must fight to survive and protect her students when the zombie outbreak shatters the safety of her school...Categorized as:
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Parable of the Sower / Parable of the Talents / Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
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Free Beast Mate by Milana Jacks
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIf I mate her, my enemy wins. If I don’t mate her, I lose my mind. Emma Community X holds Amoris, the Beast Father’s son, captive, yet it is we who are prisoners. Until he chooses a mate, we get no fresh supplies from Above. Hundreds of breeders have been offered, all rejected. My own imperfections keep me out of the prospect pool. But my people are starving...Categorized as:
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Maelstrom by Andrew Hastie
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA dangerous prophecyAn altered timelineAnd a world of malevolent creatures The second book in Andrew Hastie’s imaginative and original Infinity Engines series, Maelstrom is an action-packed, dystopian time travel adventure. Caitlin has disappeared and someone has changed history. Lost in an alternate reality, Josh must discover who has disrupted the timeline and try to fix the continuum...Categorized as:
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City Escape by Theresa Shaver
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFive went by Land and Five went by Sea...the rest stayed in the City...this is their story. Mrs. Moore knew that leaving the city was the best chance that she and her students had to survive the EMP pulse but when half of her charges refused to leave she knows she has to stay and try and protect them... -
Please Do Not Taunt the Octopus by Mira Grant
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAs Dr. Abbey knows, there are difficulties in running an underground virology lab in a post-Rising America.And unwanted guests must be dealt with... -
The White House: A Novella by JaQuavis Coleman
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe young heroine Draya lives paycheck to paycheck, laboring as a maid in a luxurious white house. One day, in the course of performing her duties, she is presented with an irresistible opportunity for a quick--and risky--payday. What unfolds in the white house changes the course of her life... -
The Lathe Of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsWith a new introduction by Kelly Link, the Locus Award–winning science fiction novel by legendary author Ursula K. Le Guin, set in a world where one man’s dreams rewrite the future. During a time racked by war and environmental catastrophe, George Orr discovers his dreams alter reality. George is compelled to receive treatment from Dr...Categorized as:
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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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Rising Tides by Susan Kiernan-Lewis
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe tides are definitely rising in the 5th installment of the Irish End Game Series. Rising Tides is the story of two desperate journeys to find lost loved ones culminating in a shocking discovery—one with the power to destroy all of Europe...Categorized as:
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Unawakened by R.J. Blain, Trillian Anderson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsUpon discovering the unawakened are a primary source of sustenance for dae without a bonded human, Alexa must come to terms with her status as Rob’s lover and provider. To complicate matters, Kenneth and his dae are convinced she belongs only to them. Unless she can rise up from her station and become a player in the games the dae play, she will remain a pawn and a victim...Categorized as:
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Death’s Door by April White
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA master of the macabre and an ageless crusader cross paths in the shadows of time. “Ye who read are still among the living; but I who write shall have long since gone my way into the region of shadows.” ~ Edgar Allan PoeThe first time Alexandra “Ren” Reynolds meets Edgar Allan Poe is the night he walks into her underground bar — over 170 years after his mysterious death...Categorized as:
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The Devil You Know by R.A. Hakok
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Juvies have fled Eden for Mount Weather, but Gabriel knows they’re not safe there. As soon as winter ends and the storms clear Kane will send Peck for them. Gabriel has a plan, though. They have Marv’s map, with all the other bunkers that once were part of the Federal Relocation Arc marked on it. And Gabriel knows the outside; he’s spent years scavenging it, after all... -
Standing at the Edge by William Alan Webb, J. Gunnar Grey
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsNick Angriff’s ultimate enemy finally takes the stage and the 7th Cavalry will never be the same. Operation Overtime has come through its first winter in post-Collapse America in better shape than expected. Food is plentiful, the city of Prescott is healing, and there’s even a battalion of new recruits for the Marines...Categorized as:
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VASHON ISLAND FALL by M.J. Witt, L.A. Bayles
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFaced with survival after the world goes dark, could you and your family handle the challenges as society and rule of law crumble around you? Living on an island in the Puget Sound between Seattle and Tacoma has many benefits, but it also carries its own unique challenges...Categorized as:
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As the Last I May Know by S.L. Huang
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAn alternate history short story looking at decisions and consequences, and what it takes to pull the trigger.Winner of the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Short Story...Categorized as:
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Stranded: Sea by Theresa Shaver
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA hard earned class trip turns into a nightmare. Far from home when the lights go out, they not only have to try to get home, they need to survive the trip. STRANDED far from home - Join a courageous group of teens as they make their way in a post apocalyptic adventure story of survival after an EMP has virtually shut down modern technology across North America...Categorized as:
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The Free People's Village by Sim Kern
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsIn an alternate 2020 timeline, Al Gore won the 2000 election and declared a War on Climate Change rather than a War on Terror. For twenty years, Democrats have controlled all three branches of government, enacting carbon-cutting schemes that never made it to a vote in our world. Green infrastructure projects have transformed U.S... -
Here There Be Monsters by Meljean Brook
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTwo years ago, blacksmith Ivy, desperate to flee London, purchased her overseas passage by agreeing to spend the voyage in the bed of the pirate captain, Mad Machen...Categorized as:
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San Diego 2014: The Last Stand of the California Browncoats by Mira Grant
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIt was the summer of 2014, and the true horrors of the Rising were only just beginning to reveal themselves. Fans from all over the world gathered in San Diego, California for the annual comic book and media convention, planning to forget about the troubling rumors of new diseases and walking dead by immersing themselves in a familiar environment... -
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The Very First Damned Thing by Jodi Taylor
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsEver wondered how it all began?It’s two years since the final victory at the Battersea Barricades. The fighting might be finished, but for Dr Bairstow, just now setting up St Mary's, the struggle is only beginning...Categorized as:
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Edge of Insanity by S.E. Smith
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsScorching hot and sexy stories set in science fiction and paranormal worlds that come alive in your hands. Internationally acclaimed for her writing, S.E. Smith's stories are unapologetic happily-ever-afters. They are also full of alpha heroes, heroines with a brain, action, adventure, and humor...Categorized as:
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Primordial Earth: Book 4 by Baileigh Higgins
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis is their world, and we are the prey.Outnumbered and outgunned, Rogue and the Exiles are on the run from the ruthless General Sikes. Finding refuge in the abandoned Shanghai tunnels, the survivors are running out of time and options. Trapped in the past, the fight for their future has just begun...Categorized as:
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Primordial Earth: Book 3 by Baileigh Higgins
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis is their world, and we are the prey.Captured, beaten, and on the brink of death, Rogue and the surviving members of the resistance barely manage to escape the dungeons of Prime City with their lives. As they set out into the unknown they must prepare for the fight of their lives.A storm is coming..Categorized as:
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Found by Imogen Keeper
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsKILLING A PERSON changes you. Killing your little brother destroys you. I should know. His name was Carl. When he was a kid, he always ate the blue M&Ms first and then the green. He dreamed of going to go to the moon. I didn't hesitate. I didn’t even blink...Categorized as:
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Sanctuary's Aggression: A Post-Apocalyptic Survival Series by Maira Dawn
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe rules have changed...And that is just what she needs... Skye Jackson is a children’s therapist, a loving daughter, and well-off. Determined to save a young boy from his abusive father, Skye's plans come to a halt when a deadly rabies plague sweeps the globe. Infected, death, and destruction--nothing is the same...Categorized as:
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Les Portes d'Occident by Pierre Bordage
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEn l'an 2212, le monde est divisé en deux par le REM : une immense barrière électromagnétique. D'un côté, on trouve les pays occidentaux, à l'origine de la séparation et de l'autre, le reste du monde.À l'Est, les croisades successives, religieuses ou idéologiques, contre la science ont fait retomber ces pays dans un quasi Moyen Âge. Confort et nourriture sont des denrées rares... -
Primordial Earth #1 by Baileigh Higgins
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis is their world, and we are the prey.After an unexplained event shifted entire cities millions of years into the past, life has become a daily struggle for survival. Rogue, tenacious and fierce, has never known anything except a harsh life on the streets of Prime City until she finds herself on the wrong side of the law... and the wall. Nothing could’ve prepared her for the outside..Categorized as:
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Dawn of Dae by Trillian Anderson, R.J. Blain
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis is a republishing of an older work, and it has undergone substantial editing and rewriting, including the addition of new scenes. The morning Alexa Daegberht’s macaroni and cheese develops sentience, the world changes. She thought escaping poverty and moving up in the world would be the challenge of her life, but the new arrivals, who call themselves the dae, waste no time proving her wrong... -
Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052–2072 by M.E. O'Brien, Eman Abdelhadi
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBy the middle of the twenty-first century, war, famine, economic collapse, and climate catastrophe had toppled the world's governments. In the 2050s, the insurrections reached the nerve center of global capitalism—New York City... -
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The Hopkins Manuscript: A Novel by R.C. Sherriff
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFor fans of the popular and award-winning Netflix movie Don’t Look Up, a prescient, rediscovered speculative novel about how a small English village prepares for the end of the world. Edgar Hopkins is a retired math teacher in his mid-fifties with a strong sense of self-importance, whose greatest pride in life is winning poultry breeding contests... -
Noblesse Oblige by Maiwenn Alix
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratings"Très chers téléspectateurs, bienvenue dans cette nouvelle saison de Noblesse Oblige !"La révolution de 1789 n'ayant pas abouti, la France est dirigée par le Roi Louis XXI. La monarchie autoritaire s'assure néanmoins le soutien du peuple en mettant en scène son faste et sa cour dans des émissions de téléréalité. " Noblesse oblige " est la plus regardée d'entre elles...Categorized as:
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Time's Divide by Rysa Walker
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe Cyrists are swiftly moving into position to begin the Culling, and Kate’s options are dwindling. With each jump to the past or the future, Kate may trigger a new timeline shift. Worse, the loyalties of those around her—including the allegiances of Kiernan and the Fifth Column, the shadowy group working with Kate—are increasingly unclear...Categorized as:
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A Door Into Time by Shawn Inmon
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsNot all guys obsess over tiny details. But Army Rangers do.The basement wall just didn't look right.Alex has been trying to cope. Life after his deployment had been rough. His ex-wife thought he needed to stop disappointing their daughter. She was right.He would try harder.With six hours before his little girl's fourth birthday party, he saw the anomaly. One wall was too short...Categorized as:
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Primordial Earth: Book 2 by Baileigh Higgins
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis is their world, and we are the prey.An outlaw in a savage world, Rogue barely survives her first encounter with the prehistoric creatures outside the walls of Prime City. After a mysterious stranger saves her life, she's reunited with her long lost mother. Hoping for a fresh start, she joins the Exiles, a group of survivors who live off the land. But not all welcome her with open arms...Categorized as:
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Snow & Ash by Theresa Shaver
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsBomb after bomb dropped across the globe sending the world tumbling into a seemingly never ending nuclear winter. Skylar Ross is ten that day when she’s ripped from dance classes and sleepovers to being an orphan in a prepper’s paradise of a mountain bunker. Her determination to protect her baby brother keeps her locked away with nothing but responsibility and loneliness...Categorized as:
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Time's Echo by Rysa Walker
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA Kindle exclusive novella, set in the world of Rysa Walker's Timebound. Kiernan Dunne abandoned his family ties to help Kate fight the Cyrists, and he's never regretted that for one moment. But he doesn't understand why Kate can't remember that night in 1893 Chicago, when she turned back to face the killer chasing them through the smoky corridors of the World's Fair Hotel...Categorized as:
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Skykeep by Joseph R. Lallo
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt has taken some adjustment, but Nita Graus has made quite a home for herself among the crew of the Wind Breaker. Under her skillful care it has become one of the only airships to stay aloft without the continuous repair and oversight of the vile and manipulative fug folk... -
Time's Mirror by Rysa Walker
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe only things on Prudence Pierce's mind are seducing her violin instructor and, with the help of her sister Deborah, avoiding the wrath of their mother for stepping out of the house dressed like Madonna...Categorized as:
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UnHappenings by Edward Aubry
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen Nigel Walden is fourteen, the unhappenings begin. His first girlfriend disappears the day after their first kiss with no indication she ever existed. This retroactive change is the first of many only he seems to notice.Several years later, when Nigel is visited by two people from his future, he hopes they can explain why the past keeps rewriting itself around him...Categorized as:
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That is All by John Hodgman
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJohn Hodgman-bestselling author, The Daily Show's "Resident Expert", minor television celebrity, and deranged millionaire-brings us the third and final installment in his trilogy of Complete World Knowledge...Categorized as:
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Moths by Jane Hennigan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhere were you at the beginning?Or at the end?And where are we all now?Forty years ago, the world changed. Toxic threads left behind by mutated moths infected men and boys around the globe. Some were killed quietly in their sleep, others became crazed killers, wildly dangerous and beyond help. All seemed hopeless.But humanity adapted, healed and moved on... -
Europe at Midnight by Dave Hutchinson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn a fractured Europe, new nations are springing up everywhere, some literally overnight.For an intelligence officer like Jim it's a nightmare. Every week or so a friendly power spawns a new and unknown national entity which may or may not be friendly to England's interests. It's hard to keep on top of it all. But things are about to get worse for Jim...Categorized as:
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This is the Way the World Ends: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Keith Taylor
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThis is an alternate cover edition of ASINB074JXHFYK.February, 2031: The global population now stands at an estimated 400 million, and every survivor bears the scars of humanity's struggle to defeat an enemy few believed could exist. Some nations have emerged stronger than ever. Others still struggle to survive. Some no longer exist at all...Categorized as:
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Cold Copper by Devon Monk
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn steam age America, men, monsters, machines, and magic battle to claim the same scrap of earth and sky. In this madness, one man struggles to keep his humanity, his honor, and his hell-bent mission intact... Bounty hunter and lycanthrope Cedar Hunt vowed to track down all seven pieces of the Holder—a strange device capable of deadly destruction...Categorized as:
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Lion's Blood by Steven Barnes
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn the year 1863, a primitive village is raided, the men killed, and the women and children captured. The survivors find themselves chained in the dark, filthy hold of a ship crossing the ocean to the New World, where they are sold into slavery. The powerful master of a vast Southern plantation purchases the 11-year-old Irish lad Aidan O'Dere...
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