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Atlantis by Mark Tufo, John O'Brien
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsJack, Mike and Trip were ripped from their loved ones and thrown into a dangerous world they know nothing about, relentlessly pursued by Night Runners, Zombies and a terrifying new creature known only as Whistlers. Like their own worlds, civilization has collapsed and danger lurks around every corner... -
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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...Categorized as:
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The Jennifer Morgue by Charles Stross
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsBob Howard, from The Laundry, secret UK agency against evil forces, narrates boarding yacht of Ellis Billington for Gravedust device that talks with dead. Ellis plans to raise Jennifer Morgue, monster from deep sea, rule world. U.S. Black Chamber sends lethal Ramona Random, in conflict with her bosses. Includes: Pimpf tale - Bob in virtual game; Afterword; Glossary...Categorized as:
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![SNAFU: An Anthology of Military Horror by Geoff Brown, Amanda J. Spedding]()
SNAFU: An Anthology of Military Horror by Geoff Brown, Amanda J. Spedding
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWar is hell . . . Soldiers fight to survive. They fight each other, and they fight the demons inside. Sometimes, they fight real monsters. This book collects stories of ancient myths, time travelers, horrors in the old west . . . and the soldiers who fight them...Categorized as:
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![World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks]()
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 80 ratingsThe Zombie War came unthinkably close to eradicating humanity. Max Brooks, driven by the urgency of preserving the acid-etched first-hand experiences of the survivors from those apocalyptic years, traveled across the United States of America and throughout the world, from decimated cities that once teemed with upwards of thirty million souls to the most remote and inhospitable areas of the planet...Categorized as:
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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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Feed by Mira Grant
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsThe year was 2014. We had cured cancer. We had beaten the common cold. But in doing so we created something new, something terrible that no one could stop. The infection spread, virus blocks taking over bodies and minds with one, unstoppable command: FEED...Categorized as:
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Westward Weird by Martin H. Greenberg, Kerrie L. Hughes
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom a Western circus where monsters and heroes collide to a Civil War robot that clanks into battle to a mining family that encounters parallel universes, "Westward Weird" features 13 original stories that open the Old West to new frontiers of science fiction and fantasy. “The Temptation of Eustace Prudence McAllen,” copyright © 2012 by Joseph E. Lake, Jr... -
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The Specimen by Pete Kahle
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom a crater lake on an island off the coast of Bronze Age Estonia…To a crippled Viking warrior’s conquest of England …To the bloody temple of an Aztec god of death and resurrection…Their presence has shaped our world. They are the Riders.One month ago, an urban explorer was drawn to an abandoned asylum in the mountains of northern Massachusetts...Categorized as:
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Flaming London by Joe R. Lansdale
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNed Lives!That's right. Ned the Seal of Zeppelins West survived the shark attack from his last adventure, and he's back in a new escapade starring Jules Verne, Mark Twain, H. G. Wells and his Martian invaders, as well as a number of surprise guests you may or may not recognize...Categorized as:
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Contagion by L.I. Albemont
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA novel of the living deadA remote mountain town is isolated by a snowstorm as an ancient evil, gone pandemic, turns the residents into the living dead. Almost overnight the town becomes a snowy tomb of the roaming, hungry infected. Stranded by the weather, hiding, a small group of survivors follows the progress of the disease as society around them and around the world begins to break down...Categorized as:
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By the Blood of Heroes by Joseph Nassise
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“Joe Nassise has raised the bar for the whole genre.” —Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author of The Dragon FactoryCombine the take-no-prisoners heroic grit of Quentin Tarantino’s Inglorious Basterds with the irreverent inventiveness of George A...Categorized as:
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The Planetary Omnibus by Warren Ellis, John Cassaday
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsPlanetary has been hailed as a timeless story that turned modern superhero conventions on their heads.Written by Warren Ellis (Transmetropolitan) and with stunning art by John Cassaday (Astonishing X-Men), this critically acclaimed, landmark series took a look at the inter-dimensional peace-keeping force known as Planetary...Categorized as:
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![Rise: A Newsflesh Collection by Mira Grant]()
Rise: A Newsflesh Collection by Mira Grant
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsCollected here for the first time is every piece of short fiction from New York Times Bestseller Mira Grant's acclaimed Newsflesh series, with two new never-before-published novellas and all eight short works available for the first time in print.We had cured cancer. We had beaten the common cold. But in doing so we created something new, something terrible that no one could stop... -
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![The Hunt by Mercedes Lackey, Steve Libbey]()
The Hunt by Mercedes Lackey, Steve Libbey
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsThe Hunt portrays the frenzied aftermath of the devastating Thule Society attacks. Famed fantasy and sci-fi author Mercedes Lackey and newcomer Steve Libbey have joined forces to create a superhero-themed braided novel podcast series called The Secret World Chronicle...Categorized as:
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DCeased (2019-) #6 by Tom Taylor
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHumanity is on the brink of extinction, and only a few remaining members of the Justice League stand between life and annihilation... -
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Ex-Communication by Peter Clines
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 19 ratings“All of us try to cheat death. I was just better prepared to do it than most folks.” In the years since the wave of living death swept the globe, St George and his fellow heroes haven’t just kept Los Angeles’ last humans alive—they’ve created a real community, a bustling town that’s spreading beyond its original walls and swelling with new refugees...Categorized as:
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Ex-Purgatory by Peter Clines
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsGeorge Bailey is an ordinary guy, working the nine to five as a handyman and trying to make the best of the little he’s got. But when he sleeps, he dreams of fire and flying, of zombies and superheroes.When the two realities start to merge, George begins to question if e’s gone mad. That, or something has gone terribly wrong...The latest instalment in the Ex Series...Categorized as:
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![Oblivion Song, Vol. 1 by Robert Kirkman, Lorenzo De Felici]()
Oblivion Song, Vol. 1 by Robert Kirkman, Lorenzo De Felici
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA decade ago 300,000 citizens of Philadelphia were suddenly lost in Oblivion. The government made every attempt to recover them but after many years they gave up. Nathan Cole… won’t. He makes daily trips, risking his life to try and rescue those lost, alone and afraid, living in the apocalyptic hellscape of Oblivion...Categorized as:
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![The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead by Max Brooks]()
The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead by Max Brooks
Rated: 3.76 of 5 stars · 43 ratingsThe Zombie Survival Guide is your key to survival against the hordes of undead who may be stalking you right now...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...Categorized as:
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