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Islands of Rage & Hope by John Ringo
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsBOOK 3 IN THE BLACK TIDE RISING SERIES FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING AUTHOR. Sequel to To Sail a Darkling Sea and Under a Graveyard Sky. A hardened group of survivors fights back against a zombie plague that has brought down civilization... -
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Strands of Sorrow by John Ringo
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsA hardened group of survivors fights back against a zombie plague that has brought down civilization.With the world consumed by a devastating plague that drives humans violently insane, what was once a band of desperate survivors bobbing on a dark Atlantic ocean has now become Wolf Squadron, the only hope for the salvation of the human race. Banding together with what remains of the U.S...Categorized as:
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UnWholly by Neal Shusterman
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 50 ratingsAlternate cover for this ISBN can be found hereIt’s finally here. The long-awaited sequel to the bestselling Unwind, which Publishers Weekly called a “gripping, brilliantly imagined futuristic thriller.”Thanks to Connor, Lev, and Risa—and their high-profile revolt at Happy Jack Harvest Camp—people can no longer turn a blind eye to unwinding... -
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Wool by Hugh Howey
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 74 ratingsIn a ruined and toxic future, a community exists in a giant silo underground, hundreds of stories deep. There, men and women live in a society full of regulations they believe are meant to protect them. Sheriff Holston, who has unwaveringly upheld the silo’s rules for years, unexpectedly breaks the greatest taboo of all: He asks to go outside... -
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UnSouled by Neal Shusterman
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsTeens fight for their humanity in this thrilling third book in the New York Times bestselling Unwind Dystology series by Neal Shusterman.Connor and Lev are on the run after the destruction of the Graveyard, the last safe haven for AWOL unwinds...Categorized as:
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To Sail a Darkling Sea by John Ringo
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsBOOK II IN THE BLACK TIDE RISING SERIES FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING AUTHOR. Sequel to Under a Graveyard Sky. A family of survivors fights back against a zombie plague that has brought down civilization... -
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The Gone-Away World by Nick Harkaway
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsThe Jorgmund Pipe is the backbone of the world, and it's on fire. Gonzo Lubitsch, professional hero and troubleshooter, is hired to put it out, but there's more to the fire, and the Pipe itself, than meets the eye. The job will take Gonzo and his best friend, our narrator, back to their own beginnings...Categorized as:
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Siege by Rhiannon Frater
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsSiege is the conclusion to Rhiannon Frater’s As the World Dies trilogy, which should appeal to fans of The Walking Dead. Both The First Days and Fighting to Survive won the Dead Letter Award from Mail Order Zombie. The First Days was named one of the Best Zombie Books of the Decade by the Harrisburg Book Examiner. The zombie illness has shattered civilization... -
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The Infinite Day by Chris Walley
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“Vero, you remember you once said there were people who would follow me to the gates of hell?” “A figure of speech.” “We’d better find them. That’s where we’re going.”After the defeat of the evil Dominion forces at Farholme, Commander Merral D’Avanos prepares a task force to rescue thirty hostages captured by the fleeing Margrave Lezaroth... -
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Born by Tara Brown, A.E. Watson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 21 ratings"It's us and them, Em. There are no regular people anymore."Ten years ago when the world ended she ran for her life.Five weeks ago the world she'd hidden from came knocking on the door of her secluded cabin.Ten days ago she found salvation hiding amongst the dead.Yesterday she went back for the living.Today she wonders if she will live to see tomorrow...Categorized as:
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Dies the Fire by S.M. Stirling
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe Change occurred when an electrical storm centered over the island of Nantucket produced a blinding white flash that rendered all electronic devices and fuels inoperable. What follows is the most terrible global catastrophe in the history of the human race-and a Dark Age more universal and complete than could possibly be imagined... -
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Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 70 ratingsR is a young man with an existential crisis--he is a zombie. He shuffles through an America destroyed by war, social collapse, and the mindless hunger of his undead comrades, but he craves something more than blood and brains. He can speak just a few grunted syllables, but his inner life is deep, full of wonder and longing. He has no memories, noidentity, and no pulse, but he has dreams... -
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Metro 2033 by Dmitry Glukhovsky
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsThe year is 2033. The world has been reduced to rubble. Humanity is nearly extinct. The half-destroyed cities have become uninhabitable through radiation. Beyond their boundaries, they say, lie endless burned-out deserts and the remains of splintered forests. Survivors still remember the past greatness of humankind...Categorized as:
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Night of the Living Trekkies by Kevin David Anderson, Sam Stall
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsJim Pike, the disillusioned manager of a hotel that is hosting a Star Trek convention, finds himself leading a ragtag crew of survivors as a strange virus turns the convention-goers into zombies..Categorized as:
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![Embassytown by China Miéville]()
Embassytown by China Miéville
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsIn the far future, humans have colonized a distant planet, home to the enigmatic Ariekei, sentient beings famed for a language unique in the universe, one that only a few altered human ambassadors can speak.Avice Benner Cho, a human colonist, has returned to Embassytown after years of deep-space adventure... -
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Rush by Eve Silver
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsSo what's the game now? This, or the life I used to know? Miki Jones's carefully controlled life spins into chaos after she's run down in the street, left broken and bloody... -
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The Invasion by K.A. Applegate, Katherine Applegate
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSometimes weird things happen to people. Ask Jake. He may tell you about the night he and his friends saw the strange light in the sky. He may even tell you about what happened when they realized the "light" was only a plane -- from another planet. Here's where Jake's story gets a little weird. It's where they're told that the human race is under attack -- and given the chance to fight back... -
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Strain by Amelia C. Gormley
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn a world with little hope and no rules, the only thing they have to lose is themselves.Rhys Cooper is a dead man. He's spent years hiding from the virus that wiped out most of the human race, but an act of futile heroism has him counting down his remaining days... -
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The Fold by Peter Clines
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsSTEP INTO THE FOLD. IT’S PERFECTLY SAFE. The folks in Mike Erikson's small New England town would say he's just your average, everyday guy. And that's exactly how Mike likes it. Sure, the life he's chosen isn’t much of a challenge to someone with his unique gifts, but he’s content with his quiet and peaceful existence...Categorized as:
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City of Savages by Lee Kelly
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt has been nearly two decades since the breakout of the Third World War, and Manhattan is now a prisoner-of-war camp ruled by island native Rolladin, who controls the city’s survivors with an iron fist. For Skyler Miller, Manhattan is a cage that keeps her from the world beyond the city’s borders. But for Sky’s younger sister, Phee, the Central Park POW camp is the only home she’d ever want...Categorized as:
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The Farm by Emily McKay
Rated: 3.68 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsLife was different in the Before: before vampires began devouring humans in a swarm across America; before the surviving young people were rounded up and quarantined. These days, we know what those quarantines are—holding pens where human blood is turned into more food for the undead monsters, known as Ticks... -
![After: Nineteen Stories of Apocalypse and Dystopia by Ellen Datlow, Genevieve Valentine]()
After: Nineteen Stories of Apocalypse and Dystopia by Ellen Datlow, Genevieve Valentine
Rated: 3.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIf the melt-down, flood, plague, the third World War, new Ice Age, Rapture, alien invasion, clamp-down, meteor, or something else entirely hit today, what would tomorrow look like? Some of the biggest names in YA and adult literature answer that very question in this short story anthology, each story exploring the lives of teen protagonists raised in catastrophe's wake--whether set in the days...Categorized as:
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![Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor]()
Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsWhen a massive object crashes into the ocean off the coast of Lagos, Nigeria’s most populous and legendary city, three people wandering along Bar Beach (Adaora, the marine biologist- Anthony, the rapper famous throughout Africa- Agu, the troubled soldier) find themselves running a race against time to save the country they love and the world itself… from itself... -
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The Walking Dead, Compendium 3 by Robert Kirkman
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsJust in time for the new season of The Walking Dead on AMC, the fan- favorite, New York Times bestselling series returns with its third massive paperback collection! With over 1,000 pages, this volume contains the next chapter of ROBERT KIRKMAN's Eisner Award-winning continuing story of survival horror... -
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![Watchmen by Alan Moore, John Higgins]()
Watchmen by Alan Moore, John Higgins
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 81 ratingsThis Hugo Award-winning graphic novel chronicles the fall from grace of a group of super-heroes plagued by all-too-human failings. Along the way, the concept of the super-hero is dissected as the heroes are stalked by an unknown assassin... -
![Spill Zone by Scott Westerfeld, Hilary Sycamore]()
Spill Zone by Scott Westerfeld, Hilary Sycamore
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsNobody's ever really explained the Spill. Was it an angelic visitation? A nanotech accident? A porthole opening from another world? Whatever it was, no one's allowed in the Spill Zone these days except government scientists and hazmat teams. But a few intrepid explorers know how to sneak through the patrols and steer clear of the dangers inside the Zone...Categorized as:
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![Emperor Mollusk versus The Sinister Brain by A. Lee Martinez]()
Emperor Mollusk versus The Sinister Brain by A. Lee Martinez
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsEmperor Mollusk.Intergalactic Menace. Destroyer of Worlds. Conqueror of Other Worlds. Mad Genius. Ex-Warlord of Earth.Not bad for a guy without a spine.But what's a villain to do after he's done . . . everything...
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