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Fulcrum by Dirk Patton
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWith a Russian invasion force threatening, and a downed American pilot in the Sea of Cortez, John must set aside the most personal loss of his life and continue the battle to save what remains of America. Leading a lightning mission into Mexico, he encounters survivors who have formed militias and pose a threat to anyone who is not part of their group... -
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Legion by Dirk Patton
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the thrilling V Plague series finale, the continued survival of what remains of the human race hangs in the balance and John is forced to make an impossible decision... -
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Abaddon by Dirk Patton
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJohn is changing after becoming infected with the virus and faces an impossible decision. He must find a cure before everything he has fought for is lost, but a cure will mean sacrificing the opportunity to defeat the enemy... -
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Indestructible by Dirk Patton
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPlease note this is the full-length edition of Indestructible, not available for Kindle Unlimited. Looking to borrow with your KU subscription? Visit my author page at www.amazon.com/author/dirkpatton and look for Indestructible Parts 1 through 5. Each part is available for KU readers, and when read in order are exactly the same as the full version... -
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Recovery by Dirk Patton
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTinker Air Force Base has fallen to the infected. Rachel's plane to Seattle has been shot down over a mountain wilderness in Idaho. Is she alive? It is up to John, Katie and Dog to race against time, invading armies, blizzards, herds of infected and vicious wild predators to reach the crash site... -
![Merciless: V Plague Book 11 by Dirk Patton]()
Merciless: V Plague Book 11 by Dirk Patton
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJohn is in the hands of the Russian military as the conflict escalates. His only hope is to escape as those he loves are threatened by nuclear attacks. When a new Russian plot is revealed, the survivors must battle to save the last vestiges of humanity from final annihilation... -
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Fractured by Dirk Patton
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter the disastrous events at the end of Scourge, it is left to the Athena Project to set things right. But problems arise that change the course of events in a way that could not have been predicted...Categorized as:
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Primal by D.J. Molles
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThey're called Mr. No One and Mr. Nobody, and wherever they go, death follows. Lee Harden is out for blood. After a month, the cartel is looking over their shoulders and jumping at shadows, worried about the madmen in their backyard, who seem obsessed with little else but killing cartel members...Categorized as:
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![Days Of Perdition by Dirk Patton]()
Days Of Perdition by Dirk Patton
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsKatie kidnapped by Roach, John must not only save her but also deal with the betrayal of the new President. Days Of Perdition opens with the story of how Katie survived and reached Oklahoma City...Categorized as:
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![Scourge: V Plague Book 14 by Dirk Patton]()
Scourge: V Plague Book 14 by Dirk Patton
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTrying to adjust to his return to civilization, John learns of the horrors yet to come that were revealed in Exodus. With Igor and Irina on their way to Siberia, he must travel to Australia to complete what may be his final and most personal mission; assassinate the Russian president... -
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Reap of the Righteous by Christopher Artinian
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom the multi-award-winning author Christopher Artinian, comes the the third part of the post-apocalyptic zombie series people are calling, "Gripping", "fast paced and full of action", "very realistic", "captivating", "inventive", and "emotional". Safe Haven - Reap of the Righteous Civilisation has crumbled in a matter of months... -
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Defiant by D.J. Molles
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDon't ever let it break you.The United Eastern States is crumbling. The fragile house of cards that Lee Harden and Angela Houston have built has begun to fall. Lee is up against a ticking clock, as he is recalled from Texas and given the last thing in the world that he wants: A promotion...Categorized as:
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Endgame by Michael Stephen Fuchs
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTHIS IS IT.ALPHA TEAM GOES ONCE MORE INTO THE BREACH On what will be their final missions ever in the Zulu Alpha - and the fight of their lives - Homer & Ali, and Predator & Juice, launch out into the terminal post-Apocalypse, as London is overrun by the very last rush of death covering the entire planet... -
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Abyss by Shawn Chesser
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsABYSS: SURVIVING THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE Edited by Monique Happy Editorial Services 128,000 words Outbreak - Day 1 Presidents, premiers, entire governments disappeared instantly, like a fragile house of cards in a hurricane. Some hid deep underground or holed up in fortified strongholds, but most were swallowed up by the dead, never to be heard from again... -
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Rite of Passage by Thomas A. Watson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn this Forsaken World, human kind is on the brink of total extinction. The parents of Lance and Ian have made it to the mainland, and must begin the harsh overland journey to their children. Johnathan, Sandy, and the others are unprepared for the expedition ahead. They must gather supplies and fight for every mile toward the cabin... -
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Terminus by D.J. Molles
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe only way out is through.Greeley, Colorado lies before him. Griffin’s army presses at his back.Lee Harden is out of options, and out of time.Inside the city, Sam Ryder is trapped behind enemy lines, and Acting President Briggs still maintains his stranglehold on the country—and Lee’s destiny.Choices. We are made by choices. And they make us... -
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Precipice by Dirk Patton
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe Russian military has surged, invading the devastated United States in large numbers. Russian civilians are arriving, laying claim to the spoils of war. Events from John's past bring new dangers for the few remaining survivors as the Russians begin an all out effort to capture and send him to Moscow for trial and execution... -
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Ghosts by Shawn Chesser
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"Through a combination of tight, well-structured plots and fully realized characters, Chesser has emerged as one of the top indie writers in the business." Joe McKinney - Two-time Bram Stoker Award winner, and best-selling author of the Dead World series. Book 8 in the best-selling Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse series, picks up where Warpath, Book 7 ends... -
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The Undead Day Nine by R.R. Haywood
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Undead. The UK's #1 Horror Series by Washington Post bestselling author RR Haywood The Undead Day Nine A deadly infection spreads across Europe. The Undead Series: A terrifying account of one man desperately struggling to survive this harrowing event... -
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Mortal by Shawn Chesser
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMortal, Book Six in the Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse series, picks up immediately where Allegiance: Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse left off... -
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Warpath by Shawn Chesser
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"Through a combination of tight, well-structured plots and fully realized characters, Chesser has emerged as one of the top indie writers in the business." Joe McKinney - Two time Bram Stoker award winner and author of the Dead World Series. Warpath, Book 7 in the bestselling Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse series begins the day after Mortal, Book 6, ends... -
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Allegiance by Shawn Chesser
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAllegiance, Book 5 in the Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse series, picks up two days after “A Pound of Flesh: Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse” left off.Outbreak – Day 1. Like a fragile house of cards in a hurricane, Presidents, Premiers, entire governments and their ruling bodies disappeared instantly... -
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Transmission by Dirk Patton
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWith the virus mutating, new dangers appear that threaten a bloody end to the struggle for survival. The next wave of infection sweeps across the remaining population. Betrayal threatens the alliance with the GRU. Roach descends deeper into madness, hiding in plain sight as he plots to capture Katie...Categorized as:
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Deadbreak by Jorge Sánchez
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIt's been three long years since Deadbreak. That's what everyone's calling it – the day the dead rose. Every day since then Jeremiah Reid has had one goal: to make his way to his daughter. It's a new world out there and no one is safe. People are meaner, cities are in ruin, supplies are scarce. If he’s going to have a chance he’ll need his wits, a little bit of luck, and lots of ammo...Categorized as:
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Southlands by D.J. Molles
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAfter being sequestered to a bunker to recover from his wounds, Lee Harden is finally going topside with his fellow Project Hometown Coordinator, Terrence "Tex" Lehy. Lee wants to ally the UES with Texas, in order to combat the threat of a powerful oil cartel to the south. But Tex's methods raise serious questions, and Lee quickly discovers that Texas has its own set of problems...Categorized as:
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Rage on the Rails by David A. Simpson
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBook 3 of 3 The finale of the Zombie Road tale. It's been a month since the outbreak and the survivors of the zombie apocalypse have started a new life in a walled city. There are still a few enemies that need to be dealt with, the kind that can think and plan, and they can be more devastating than a horde of the undead... -
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Bloodbath on the Blacktop by David A. Simpson
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBook 2 in a thrilling new series. The people that tried to kill the world almost succeeded. They were fiendishly clever but they didn’t take into account the vets, the truckers and the two-fisted fighters who didn’t know how to give up. Gunny and his band of survivors continue their journey along the Zombie Road, saving as many as they can along the way...Categorized as:
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Valhalla by Mark Tufo, John O'Brien
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn this explosive fourth installment of the popular A Shrouded World Series, Jack is seemingly back from the dead. Mike and Trip are in a desperate bid to help their friend before he falls victim to whatever is plaguing the inhabitants of Valhalla... -
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District by Shawn Chesser
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDistrict: Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse "A gut-wrenching, hard hitting series that will leave you breathless." John O'Brien - Best-selling author of the New World series "Shawn Chesser is a master of the zombie genre... -
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Torment by Courtney Konstantin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings**Please be aware that while there are no scenes of rape, there are scenes of attempted or perceived rape. Trigger warning for scenes of torture and physical abuse** It’s been months since the zombie outbreak took over America, and Alex Duncan is slipping... -
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The Siege by Michael Stephen Fuchs
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTHE BATTLE FOR THE GAP In the north, the collapsed section of the Wall is defended only by the decimated remains of 2 PARA. Even reinforced by Jameson and the exhausted Royal Marines of One Troop, it's a doomed delaying action at best - and the last choke point in the entire ZA faces an incoming tide of dead stretching to the ends of the Earth... THE RACE FOR THE CURE Finally united, Dr...Categorized as:
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The Undead Day Eight by R.R. Haywood
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA deadly infection spreads across Europe.The Undead Series: A terrifying account of one man desperately struggling to survive this harrowing event.Day Eight and the struggle continues into week two of The Undead Series... -
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Frayed by Shawn Chesser
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrayed, Book 9 in the bestselling Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse series, picks up three weeks after Ghosts, Book 8, left off. Outbreak - Day1 Like a fragile house of cards in a hurricane, Presidents, Premiers, entire governments and their ruling bodies disappeared instantly... -
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The Undead Day Five by R.R. Haywood
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMy name is Howie. I was named after my father Howard, but it became too confusing to have two Howards, so I became Howie. I am 27 years old and I work as a night’s manager in a supermarket.I will tell you what happened.On Friday the world fell apart. A zombie infestation has ravaged Europe... -
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Harden by D.J. Molles
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsIt’s been three years since Lee Harden emerged from his bunker into a world gone mad. Governments have fallen. And new ones have taken their place. In the United Eastern States, Lee and his team of battle-hardened operatives walk a tightrope of survival, keeping their fledgling society safe from the creatures beyond their gates--and from the enemies within...Categorized as:
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The Undead Day Four by R.R. Haywood
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy name is Howie. I was named after my father Howard, but it became too confusing to have two Howards, so I became Howie. I am 27 years old and I work as a night’s manager in a supermarket.I will tell you what happened.On Friday the world fell apart. A zombie infestation has ravaged Europe... -
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Aliens: Phalanx by Scott Sigler
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt's Medieval carnage meets Alien as a pre-industrial society fights against extinction brought about by a massive infestation of Xenomorphs.Ataegina was an isolated world of medieval castles, varied cultures, and conquests, vibrant until the demons rose and spread relentless destruction... -
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This Shattered Land by James N. Cook
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEric Riordan doesn't look for trouble, but trouble has a way of finding him.Two years have passed since the Outbreak. After joining forces with his friend Gabriel he has managed to stay alive by fleeing to the peaks of the Appalachian mountains. With supplies running low, and enemies gathering, the two survivors are forced to begin their journey west to Colorado... -
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Home by Frank Tayell
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn an undead world, zombies aren’t the greatest threat. The outbreak began in February. Nations went to war. Governments collapsed. Billions died in the chaos and anarchy that followed. Billions more were infected. They died. They came back. It is now October, and out of the tens of millions who lived in southern England, only ninety people remain... -
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Prepared by Courtney Konstantin
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsShe thought she was prepared for the end of the world… until it actually came.Alex Duncan is a mother, a sister— and the daughter of a doomsday prepper...Categorized as:
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![Dog Dayz by Mark Tufo]()
Dog Dayz by Mark Tufo
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Talbot clan has settled in to life at Etna Station. Mike has earned the rank of Lieutenant, but there’s no time to rest. Colonel Bennington has ordered Mike and his squad of misfits on a secretive mission to New York City where they are tasked to complete a complicated rescue that rapidly becomes nearly impossible to accomplish... -
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Exodus in Black by Joshua Guess
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFive years have passed since the collapse of civilization. The dead still walk the land, but humanity has proved itself strong and resilient. Large settlements have begun to trade, manufacture, and rebuild what was lost. Kell McDonald and his friends continue to work in isolation. On the verge of a breakthrough in their research for a cure, secrecy has never been more vital... -
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Cruising the 'Poc by R.S. Merritt
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.Steve continues on the journey to check on his parents and keep his adopted family safe as they slog through the Florida heat towards the much hyped Tennessee cabin. There's more dangers in this 'new normal' than just the Zombies! He documents the journey in his Zournal... -
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Alamo by Craig DiLouie, Stephen Knight
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDuring the long retreat out of Philadelphia, First Battalion arrives at High Point Special Facility, the Alamo of the U.S. government. Lt. Colonel Lee secures the fort built around the facility but learns of an outbreak in the underground bunker, where the U.S. government is hiding. The President has been infected...Categorized as:
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![Escape by Owen Baillie]()
Escape by Owen Baillie
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe third instalment in the best-selling post-apocalyptic zombie series set in Australia. Battered, heart-broken and with infected amongst them, the main group begins the long journey south to Melbourne in pursuit of serum supplies and passage towards a safer life beyond... -
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The Lure of Infinity by Stan C. Smith
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSome worlds are better left alone.Infinity Fowler has been fighting all her life. As a child, she had to fight for survival. Then she fought professionally. But when humans obtained the technology to bridge to alternate versions of Earth, she saw a chance for a new life. She signed up to become a bridger—an elite fighter and survival expert who protects tourists bridging to alternate worlds... -
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The Gathering Darkness by J.T. Sawyer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFort Lewis: the last bastion of civilization left in the western U.S. The Undead: nearly seven billion hungry flesh-eaters roaming the world. Carlie Simmons and her elite team: unstoppable and perhaps humanity’s final hope. With research for the antidote underway, Carlie and her team at Fort Lewis face a new threat from an emerging force in southeastern Washington...Categorized as:
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Dead Instinct by T.W. Piperbrook
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCan be read as a standalone or companion to the Contamination series...! Don't trust what you eat. Don't trust what you drink. The infection is spreading... In a world plagued with violence and infection, Ken and Roberta Smith want nothing more than to find their son. Having been on the road for four days, they must now cross the remaining three hundred miles of desert wasteland to get to him... -
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Desolation by Bryan James
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe world is lost.The undead blanket the land. The living struggle to survive. Amidst the wreckage and decay, Mike and his friends fight to continue their quest, risking everything to find Kate's daughter... -
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Days 54 to 61 by Amy Cross
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHaving been rescued from the forest, Elizabeth is shocked to find herself living with a small group of survivors. But when she's plunged into an unlikely reunion, she begins to realize that the task of saving humanity might require difficult decisions. Meanwhile, Thomas discovers the truth about another group of survivors...
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