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Edge of Valor by Kyla Stone
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe final battle for Fall Creek looms......and not everyone will make it out alive. With enemies closing in on every side, the survivors of Fall Creek find themselves facing impossible odds. Do they flee for their lives? Or do they defend their town and risk losing it all? Some things are worth fighting for, dying for. This may be their last stand...Categorized as:
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Edge of Anarchy by Kyla Stone
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsWhat lines will you cross to keep your loved ones safe?Three weeks after the nation's power grid goes down, chaos reigns. Food supplies have dried up. Fuel is running low. And the bleak, brutal winter is relentless.Fall Creek has forged a shaky peace, but the cost for safety proves higher than some are willing to pay. The town is a powder keg waiting to explode...Categorized as:
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Edge of Survival by Kyla Stone
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe nation is crumbling. The world is unraveling. The EMP is only the beginning... Three months after an EMP attack destroys the U.S. power grid, starvation, disease, and the brutal cold have killed millions. With the end of winter finally in sight, the town of Fall Creek, Michigan balances on the precipice of collapse. They have suffered and sacrificed...Categorized as:
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Rebellion by Devon C. Ford
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSet in the UK in the immediate aftermath of a mysterious illness which swept the country and left millions dead, the series follows the trials facing a reluctant hero, Dan, and the group he forms around him. They must battle the elements, find sufficient supplies and equipment to survive, and protect themselves against the most destructive force on the planet: other people... -
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Carnage by Michael Stephen Fuchs
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBetween love and savagery, only one can survive - and only one will prove stronger than death. ALPHA TEAM LOOKS THE DEVIL IN THE EYE After recovering Patient Zero, Alpha must escape Africa to end the ZA once and for all...Categorized as:
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Forsaken World: Redemption: Book 6 by Thomas A. Watson
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe moms have finally made it to the cabin, but what they find will impress and challenge them. While survival and safety are paramount at the cabin, trust and respect will be questioned.With more attention being brought to the coalition, Lance and Ian struggle to determine the most successful path in these everchanging times. Stinkers are no longer the main threat...Categorized as:
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Edge of Defiance by Kyla Stone
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsFreedom demands a price...Weeks after an EMP attack devastates the United States, the country is falling apart.Hannah, Liam, and the others have survived the brutal cold and violent adversaries,but the threat has never been greater. Enemies from within have taken control of the town--including what little remains of the food...Categorized as:
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Commune: Book Two by Joshua Gayou
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSurvival can be a lonely existence…or not. The reality of the situation always comes down to a simple decision: what kind of world do you want to build? The survivors have come to settle in the mountains of Wyoming, fighting day in and day out to establish a home for themselves in a near-empty world...Categorized as:
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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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Society by Devon C. Ford
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSet in the UK in the immediate aftermath of a mysterious illness which swept the country and left millions dead, the series follows the trials facing a reluctant hero, Dan, and the group he forms around him. They must battle the elements, find sufficient supplies and equipment to survive, and protect themselves against the most destructive force on the planet: other people... -
Viral Misery: Miracles by Thomas A. Watson, Tina Watson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBillions are dead and millions are still dying from the virus that emerged from the depths of nature. Arthur, now reunited with his wife Wendy, is trying to strengthen the safety of the ranch as the walls of society collapse. Keeping the thought of their son Joseph in their hearts, Arthur and Wendy keep moving forward... -
Revelations by Thomas A. Watson, Tina Watson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNature is quickly reclaiming what mankind is no longer able to maintain.Animal populations of all kinds are exploding. With the majority of adults having succumbed to the virus, children in the hundreds, if not the thousands, are banding together to take care of one another. Some have become as predatory as their animal counterparts... -
Masters of Mayhem by Franklin Horton
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsConor Maguire and his daughter Barb planned to weather the apocalypse by keeping to themselves, hidden from the world in their compound deep in the Appalachian Mountains. Their approach failed, allowing bad men to get too close and kidnap Barb...Categorized as:
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Isolation by M.P. McDonald
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCole Evans thought he'd found a safe haven for his family and a growing band of survivors of the most lethal virus the world has ever known. But he finds continued survival is far from guaranteed as they battle hostile encounters with other survivors, nature, and devastating accidents...Categorized as:
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Thunder Due East by Hugh Howey
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA family long scattered reunites as danger approaches Springston. Brother and sister rush to sound a warning, but that warning will come too late. Bombs will thunder like the pulse of a terrible god. The great dune will flow as the sea...Categorized as:
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Andorra by Devon C. Ford
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn a world where there are no rules, there is no greater hero than a seventeen-year-old girl. Life at the fortified town of Sanctuary is calm. The people, with their fearless leader at the helm, have created a haven where they can live out their lives in peace and safety. But it hasn’t always been this way. There were battles and losses along the way, and victory usually came at a price... -
Radicals by Frankie Rose
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRadicals is Book 2 in the Blood & Fire Series. A life of fire A life of blood A life of sacrifice When Kit ran from the Sanctuary, she left behind the ghosts of all those she killed. However, unlike the dead, the living she left behind aren’t so easily escaped. Her father and his men are searching for her, and they won’t stop until they find her...Categorized as:
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Invasion by M.P. McDonald
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPlunged into a free for all lifestyle with survival of the fittest the only law, it would be easy for Cole Evans and his family to remain in short-term survival mode, living in the moment. But, Cole refuses to lose his conscience—his humanity—and won't stop fighting for a better future... -
Extinction Inferno by Nicholas Sansbury Smith, Anthony J. Melchiorri
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe government said the Variants were dying off...That the beasts would be extinct in a matter of years...That the Allied States had returned to prosperity and freedom ...The government was dead wrong. Deep under the cities, the Variants weren't just hiding, they were breeding...Categorized as:
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Sanctuary by Devon C. Ford
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSet in the UK in the immediate aftermath of a mysterious illness which swept the country and left millions dead, the series follows the trials facing a reluctant hero, Dan, and the group he forms around him. They must battle the elements, find sufficient supplies and equipment to survive, and protect themselves against the most destructive force on the planet: other people... -
Humanity by Devon C. Ford
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSet in the UK in the immediate aftermath of a mysterious illness which swept the country and left millions dead, the series follows the trials facing a reluctant hero, Dan, and the group he forms around him. They must battle the elements, find sufficient supplies and equipment to survive, and protect themselves against the most destructive force on the planet: other people...Categorized as:
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Hope by Devon C. Ford
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSet in the UK in the immediate aftermath of a mysterious illness which swept the country and left millions dead, the series follows the trials facing a reluctant hero, Dan, and the group he forms around him. They must battle the elements, find sufficient supplies and equipment to survive, and protect themselves against the most destructive force on the planet: other people...Categorized as:
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The Ranch: A Legacy of Darkness (The Legacy Series Book 3) by Sean Liscom
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPost-Apocalyptic Fiction by Sean Liscom Jason Sterling had a simple life by all accounts. He had worked the same job his entire adult life, he had never married and he had no children. He was used to doing things on his own. His comfortable life was shaken to the core the day he learned of his fathers death... -
Fight for Power by Eric Walters
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAs this apocalyptic trilogy hurtles to a chilling conclusion, Adam is pushed to the edge of his endurance and sanity.Adam has killed again. It had to be done, part of him knows that, but murder changes a person. It can certainly change a teenager who's already grown up too quickly, too harshly, in the wake of the catastrophic global blackout five months ago...Categorized as:
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Convoy of Carnage by David A. Simpson
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsThe first book in a thrilling new series. The people that tried to kill the world were fiendishly clever. After decades of planning, the contagion was unleashed and overnight hundreds of millions died and came back as rampaging, undead monsters...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...Categorized as:
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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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Run by Craig Martelle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe end doesn’t come till you draw your last breath… After enduring the holocaust that destroyed Fairbanks, Chuck and his family did more than simply endure. They thrived. Together with other survivors, the Nagy’s are rebuilding their lives in the Alaskan wilderness, creating a better society... -
Harbor by Tom Abrahams
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNo man is an island, but Marcus Battle is a man lost at sea. In the final chapter of the Amazon best-selling The Traveler Series, reluctant hero Marcus Battle is tasked with helping his friends escape the reach of an oppressive government. His team is undermanned and outgunned in its efforts to reach the mythical refuge called "The Harbor... -
Ride the Lightning by Justin Bell, Mike Kraus
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe lightning storms continue unabated as the survivors fight to stop them - while fighting the evil among themselves - in Storm's Fury Book 7.The skies above America darken as powerful, corrupt forces inadvertently unleash a disaster of biblical proportions.In a quiet southern town, a lonely soldier lives each day in a bottle, forever regretting sins and losses of the past... -
Flee by J.J. Pike, Mike Kraus
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMELT has gone global, threatening humanity's very existence. While some choose to fight - others choose to save their own skin. A new, intensely thrilling series, MELT has received unanimous praise from beta readers and early reviewers alike. Written by JJ Pike and Mike Kraus, MELT examines a part of our world that we often take for granted... -
Hero by Tom Abrahams
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs far as the east is from the west... Marcus Battle is tired of the world. And he's certain the world is tired of him. But when an old friend needs his help, he steps back into the violence and corruption he's fought for so long to avoid... -
The Resolution by Steven C. Bird
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Resolution is the fourth installment in The New Homefront Series where patriotic Americans struggle to survive while fighting the evil and tyranny that pervades their new world... -
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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... -
Winter's Refuge by Logan Keys, Mike Kraus
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWith the growing cold affecting more than just the weather, Brittany faces a deadly earthquake at the epicenter of disaster just after meeting Colton, a young soldier taking readings on some of the new apocalyptic phenomena... -
Storm of Ghosts by James N. Cook
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFor years, exiles from North Korea, China, and Russia have terrorized the Western Seaboard of post-Outbreak America. And for years, the remnants of U.S. military forces have struggled to defeat them. No more. After U.S...Categorized as:
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The Undead Day Six 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...Categorized as:
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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...Categorized as:
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Virus Hunters 1 by Bobby Akart
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe world is grappling with an issue of enormous scale and human impact.In the arms race with deadly pathogens, there can be no final peace.The only question is whether we fight well or poorly.Defeat means massive disruptions to our daily lives, huge losses economically, and death... -
Return to Danvar by Hugh Howey
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn eldest daughter is a father's curse. Vic knows this. She knows she was never supposed to be the one. But her father taught her to breathe beneath the sand, taught her how to dive deep and find the treasures of the buried past. He taught her brother as well. When she hears of Danvar's discovery, it feels as though fate has slipped her by. If the rumors are to believed, that is...Categorized as:
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Strain by Jack Hunt
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt's the end of the line. In the third and final novel of the bestselling Agora Virus series, Frank and the survivors are about to face one final, deadly test. Will anyone survive? Months after tackling a local threat, the strain of the collapse is weighing heavily on everyone. As Kate embarks on a treacherous journey back to the island from Atlanta, Frank, struggles to hold the group together...Categorized as:
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When the Peace Is Gone by P.A. Glaspy
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRuss and Anne Mathews made their escape from their home, along with family, friends, and new friends they made along the way. Now, they must build a new life for themselves at the Warren farm, without the luxury of electricity and very few traces of the 21st century... -
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...Categorized as:
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Armageddon by Bobby Akart
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsNobody was prepared, including the world's governments. Yet the threat was always real and the devastation was predictable.The damage was incalcuable. Millions died at the points of impact. Nuclear Winter spread across the globe. A rapidly cooling climate shocked humanity and all living things ... to their death.This is more than the story of nuclear conflict...Categorized as:
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TEXAS FALL 2 by Boyd Craven III, L.A. Bayles
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt wasn’t supposed to get this bad, this quickly—While trying to recover from his wounds, Ethan sets out to help Emma and King get the ranch ready to the best of their abilities. Digging more into the stockpiles of supplies, Emma bootstraps a system to help their shorthanded operation, and give them a technological advantage in a country mostly in the dark... -
TEXAS FALL by Boyd Craven III, L.A. Bayles
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPreparing for hard times was second nature to native Texans. For the Garcia siblings, it wasn't a matter of if, but when something would happen. Despite their careers taking them in separate directions across the state, nothing could stop the brother and sister duo from meeting back up when an EMP takes most of the country back to the stone age...Categorized as:
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MICHIGAN FALL by L.A. Bayles, Boyd Craven Jr.
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat would you do if there was an EMP attack today? How would you survive, not only against the oncoming winter but against those who are desperate or greedy and want what you have? What would happen when all of the checks and balances that support the law are gone?Because of her semi-rural location and a handful of good neighbors, Rose Winters and her family are better off than those in the...Categorized as:
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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...Categorized as:
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Relapse by Edward W. Robertson
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsNew to the series? Get the first three books for just $0.99: amazon.com/dp/B00E9YL3HM/____Anson's army has driven Raina from the mainland, but the war is far from over. From the safety of Catalina Island, she launches a guerrilla campaign, meaning to weaken him cut by cut.She finds herself matched at every step by his grimly determined lieutenant, Lowell...Categorized as:
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