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Dawn's Light by Terri Blackstock
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn the face of a crisis that sweeps an entire high-tech planet back to the age before electricity, the Brannings face a choice...Categorized as:
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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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Night Light by Terri Blackstock
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWhat happens when the lights go out and don't come back on? At first, of course, the power shutdown seems like a minor inconvenience or even an occasion for merriment; but as this temporary crisis lengthens into months, it becomes apparent that this global blackout is a catastrophe of biblical proportions...Categorized as:
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Second Shift: Order by Hugh Howey
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsThe incredible second part of Shift, the follow up to bestseller Wool.Donald wasn't supposed to remember. In fact, he was punished for doing just that. But the information he should have forgotten may end up saving his future.Mission Jones is a young man who wants to change the world around him. The rules, the secrets, the lies... -
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Rules of Engagement by Jack Hunt
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRules kept them alive, but a single choice could destroy them. After discovering the identity of the mysterious Morning Star, and dividing Camp Olney, the Ford family prepare for an imminent attack from Jude Lawson. However, the real threat might not come from raiders but a powerful and ruthless group intent on making Whitefish home, and its residents captives...Categorized as:
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Third Shift: Pact by Hugh Howey
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe third and final chapter of the Shift saga. This is part 8 of the Silo Series, which began with Wool...Categorized as:
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First Shift: Legacy by Hugh Howey
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsIn 2007, the Center for Automation in Nanobiotech (CAN) outlined the hardware and software platform that would one day allow robots smaller than human cells to make medical diagnoses, conduct repairs, and even self-propagate. In the same year, the CBS network re-aired a program about the effects of propranolol on sufferers of extreme trauma... -
Finally Home by Thomas A. Watson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe country is broken. The borders have been breached. And only Nathan and his prepper compatriots have a chance to put it back together. After months of struggle in a devastated world, the love of his life by his side, he reaches his doomsday redoubt to lead the way...Categorized as:
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Rules of Darkness by Jack Hunt
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThey learned the rules, then broke them to survive. One month after a crippling attack on the power grid, the country is still in darkness. As a new wave of violence sweeps the nation, the Ford family are soon drawn into a battle for survival with an unknown menace. Tasked with stopping the threat to protect the small town of Whitefish, Montana, Corey soon discovers a traitor is among them...Categorized as:
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The Prequel by Patrick Higgins
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis is an alternate cover edition- ASIN B015L6BCEKIt was the weekend before Thanksgiving. More than 100,000 fans were jammed inside Michigan Stadium, on their feet, to witness a heated football rivalry that had spanned more than 100 years...Categorized as:
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Fire in Winter by James N. Cook
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratings“Before you embark on a journey of vengeance, dig two graves.” - Confucius. With the dark cloud of civil war gathering on the horizon, Gabriel Garrett struggles to protect his new home and the new life he has just begun. But as he soon learns, a man’s past has a way of catching up with him, and Gabriel has more than his share of dark secrets...Categorized as:
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Novas by Lou Vane
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNovas is the thrilling second instalment in the young adult apocalyptic survival series, Fortune Falls. Perfect for fans of The Hunger Games and Tomorrow, When the War Began.Struggling in the aftermath of the devastating attack on the Fortune Falls community, Jess fears history will repeat itself when a new group of survivors arrive... -
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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Anarchy Rising by Arthur T. Bradley
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAnarchy Rising is the 2nd book in Dr. Bradley's Survivalist series. It features eleven full-page illustrations. The 3rd book, Judgment Day, is due out in January of 2014After the worst pandemic in mankind's history, anarchy threatens to break apart the United States. The government is years away from providing even the most basic necessities...Categorized as:
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Rules of Survival by Jack Hunt
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHe hated the rules until the power grid failed. Tyler Ford is a tour guide, a brother, and the son of a prepper from Whitefish, Montana...Categorized as:
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The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood, Valerie Martin
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 94 ratings(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)A gripping vision of our society radically overturned by a theocratic revolution, Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid's Tale has become one of the most powerful and most widely read novels of our time.Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead, serving in the household of the enigmatic Commander and his bitter wife...Categorized as:
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The Man from Earth by Jerome Bixby, Richard Schenkman
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRichard Schenkman / 6m, 3f / Drama / Unit Set After history professor John Oldman unexpectedly resigns from the University, his startled colleagues impulsively invite themselves to his home, pressing him for an explanation... -
Free Four: Tobias Tells the Divergent Knife-Throwing Scene by Veronica Roth
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 43 ratings#1 New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth retells a pivotal Divergent scene (chapter 13) from Tobias's point of view. This thirteen-page scene reveals unknown facts and fascinating details about Four's character, his past, his own initiation, and his thoughts about new Dauntless initiate Tris Prior...Categorized as:
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Promise Me Once by Paige Weaver
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOnce with him was never enough.I am the girl you dislike. The girl you snub at parties. I am the one who flirts with men and knows no boundaries. I am the one you whisper about. The one who has no rules. I am the one who takes and uses without any regret or excuses.On the outside I am perfect...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... -
The Initiate by Veronica Roth
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThe Initiate provides readers with a glimpse into Tobias's Dauntless initiation experience, including an epic game of late-night Dare; his first tattoo; the beginning of his passion for training new initiates; and his nascent understanding of the danger of being Divergent... -
Beyond Solitude by Kit Rocha
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen a motorcycle accident leaves Derek Ford riding a desk at the O’Kane compound, the last thing he needs is a sexy new assistant upending his office and his life. But Mia isn’t scared of her domineering boss. The friction between them generates an undeniable heat—but Mia will not be kept, and Ford will do anything to protect what’s his... -
The Forgotten by K.A. Knight
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe rules of Paradise are simple: Everyone must work. Everyone must contribute. If you leave, you may never come back. Paradise is the new world, to question that is to question the law. They have been drilled into us since the world ended and those bunker doors shut... -
Last Light by Terri Blackstock
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn the face of a crisis that sweeps an entire high-tech planet back to the age before electricity, Deni Branning's career ambitions have vanished. She's not about to let her dream of marriage go as well.But keeping it alive will require extraordinary measures. Yesterday's world is gone. All Deni and her family have left is each other and their neighbors...Categorized as:
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Burn by J.J. Pike, Mike Kraus
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsManhattan is falling apart, and with it so are the people, including Alice and Bill. And, at their remote cabin, new developments require critical decisions to save the life of a loved one.... A new, intensely thrilling series, MELT has received unanimous praise from beta readers and early reviewers alike...Categorized as:
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Vengeance in the Ashes by William W. Johnstone
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"We're bringing law and order back in this nation."--Ben Raines Scourge Upon The Land While ending the rule of slavers, thugs, and the cannibalistic Night People on the Hawaiian Islands, Ben Raines and his rebel army learn of a new threat to America...Categorized as:
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Fury in the Ashes by William W. Johnstone
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"We're the last known barrier against total, worldwide anarchy. If we fall, the whole damn world falls with us."--Ben Raines Yes We Can To the few who survived the Great War, their reward was a cruel joke. The politicians had told them that all the major cities of the world had been destroyed, and it was only years later that Ben Raines and his legion of dedicated warriors learned the truth...Categorized as:
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Raging Storm by Vannetta Chapman
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the Darkness, Anarchy AwakensWhen a massive solar flare wiped out all modern technology across the globe, the small town of Abney, Texas, was thrown into chaos. Shelby Sparks and her teenage son, Carter, have found refuge, but Shelby knows she can't simply remain hidden forever...Categorized as:
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Falling Stars by Kyla Stone
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThey survived the Grand Voyager. They believed they were safe. They were wrong. After a violent ambush, the survivors find themselves thrust into a harsh, unrecognizable world. No communications. No shelter. No food. All they have is each other—a ragtag group of elites and misfits. Amelia faces her deadliest test yet. Guilt-ridden Willow must save her brother at any cost...Categorized as:
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Raze by J.J. Pike, Mike Kraus
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMELT continues to grow and devour, chomping its way through Manhattan - and beyond - as the survivors begin to realize what kind of world MELT is creating.... 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...Categorized as:
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Tooth & Nail by Jonathan Maberry
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat happened to Benny Imura and his friends after they reached Sanctuary—and discovered that it was far from the miracle they had thought it would be? Jonathan Maberry shares a glimpse into a formative moment in an exclusive e-short story that also features Joe Ledger (Patient Zero, Extinction Machine) and Iron Mike Sweeney (The Pine Deep Trilogy)...Categorized as:
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America Falls: On the Run by Scott Medbury
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNo Mazes. No factions. No games. AMERICA FALLS The only adult in the group has been shot. Can Isaac and Luke save Sonny? And if they can, how can they escape and get him and the rest of their group, to safety? They have transport and a destination, but the gang of killers is closing in fast - not to mention the occupying forces, armed to the teeth and hunting down America's survivors...Categorized as:
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Sink by J.J. Pike, Mike Kraus
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAs the MELT bacteria spirals out of control, Bill Everlee works feverishly to prepare for what his wife predicts will be a catastrophic emergency. Alice, meanwhile, sees the results of MELT first-hand, realizing that even her worst predictions were grossly understated as MELT continues to wreak havoc in an ever-widening area...Categorized as:
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Where the World Turns Wild by Nicola Penfold
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJuniper Greene lives in a walled city from which nature has been banished, following the outbreak of a deadly man-made disease many years earlier. While most people seem content to live in such a cage, she and her little brother Bear have always known about their resistance to the disease, and dream of escaping into the wild. To the one place humans have survived outside of cities...Categorized as:
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Bury by J.J. Pike, Mike Kraus
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe slow burn of the MELT bacteria begins to accelerate as Bill and Alice relive memories of their past lives while struggling for every next breath. At the cabin, new faces turn sinister - or so it seems - and survival skills are tested to their breaking point.... A new, intensely thrilling series, MELT has received unanimous praise from beta readers and early reviewers alike...Categorized as:
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Breakdown by Bruno Miller
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA Post-Apocalyptic Survival seriesDo you have what it takes to survive? Ben Davis was prepared for disaster. He just didn’t know it would come so soon. He and his teenage son, Joel, are miles deep in the backcountry of the San Juan Mountains when high-altitude nuclear electromagnetic detonations light up the pre-dawn sky...Categorized as:
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Decisions by Thomas A. Watson
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the wake of his wife’s death, Bruce took the bloodiest of revenges on the gangs who preyed upon the innocent, all while protecting the farm—now called Base Hope—against a seemingly endless horde of the infected. Returning from the very brink of sanity, Bruce makes the decision to rebuild America. He begins by planning the construction of the city of New Hope...Categorized as:
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Home by Theresa Shaver
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBook 3 in the best selling Stranded Series: due to some adult content this book is rated for 16+ Five went by Land. Five went by Sea. Nine made it Home. Alex and Emily's two groups are finally united after making their way home from Disneyland after the EMP destroyed all electronics. Their reunion begins in a hail of gunfire and only gets worse from there...Categorized as:
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Dead & Gone by Jonathan Maberry
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHow did Riot escape from the Night Church? How did she survive the Rot & Ruin—and the horrors of her own past? There’s only one way to find out....Jonathan Maberry explores the origins of a fascinating new character in an exclusive e-short story set in the land of the Rot & Ruin...Categorized as:
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Flight 3430 by Jacqueline Druga
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn a small Montana town, it takes four minutes for every man, woman and child to die.It isn’t a virus or biological attack, but rather the beginning of a geological event that triggers a chain reaction across the globe with devastating effects.A repeat of an extinction event that occurred millions of years earlier.There is no stopping it. The only way to survive is to stay ahead of it...Categorized as:
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We of the Forsaken World... by Kiran Bhat
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn a distant corner of the globe, a man journeys to the birthplace of his mother, a tourist town destroyed by an industrial spill. In a nameless remote tribe, the chief’s second son is born, creating a scramble for succession as their jungles are being destroyed by loggers... -
The Carpet Makers by Andreas Eschbach
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsSince the time of pre-history, carpetmakers tie intricate knots to form carpets for the court of the Emperor. These carpets are made from the hairs of wives and daughters; they are so detailed and fragile that each carpetmaker finishes only one single carpet in his entire lifetime.This art descends from father to son, since the beginning of time itself... -
Roland: Reluctant Paladin by N.C. Reed
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRoland Stang never intended to become the caretaker of thirty abandoned children. He was just looking for a place to get out of the rain. His plan was to lay low and allow the world to reset itself after a world wide economic collapse. But, things do change. An orphan himself from an early age, the former soldier can't simply walk away and leave the children he finds...Categorized as:
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The Son by Veronica Roth
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsComplete your Divergent library with the Four stories!Fans of the Divergent series by #1 New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth will be thrilled by "Four: The Son," the third of four stories, each between fifty and seventy-five pages long, set in the world of Divergent and told from Tobias's perspective.In "The Son," Tobias struggles to find a place in the hierarchy of the Dauntless... -
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The Last Infidels by A.R. Shaw
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsWhat the world dreads most, happened. Now that they've begun to thrive, the true reason for humanity’s demise becomes ever more apparent. In her dystopian and post-apocalyptic bestselling novel, The China Pandemic, A. R. Shaw created a realistic world after a much too plausible pandemic event. Now, the remaining survivors must conquer their enemy more sinister than anyone ever guessed...Categorized as:
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The Traitor by Veronica Roth
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsThe Traitor takes place two years after The Son and runs parallel with the early events in Divergent. In this robust story, readers follow Tobias as he uncovers the details of an Erudite plan that could threaten the faction system, and makes plans of his own to keep Abnegation safe. At the same time, Tobias is getting to know a new transfer initiate: Tris Prior... -
Light of Dawn by Vannetta Chapman
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBefore Dawn, What Dangers Lurk in the Darkness?For nine months, since a devastating solar flare caused a complete failure of the electrical grid, Shelby Sparks and her diabetic son, Carter, have been living at the ranch of Shelby's high school sweetheart, Max Berkman... -
Babysitter of the Apocalypse: We Don't Sacrifice Kids to Zombies by Courtney Konstantin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn a world overrun by the undead, with no experience in parenthood and an empty past that haunts her every step, Vicki is the last person you'd expect to be a caregiver. A borderline alcoholic struggling to keep her own demons at bay, she's suddenly thrust into the role of protector for two young children... -
Through the Ashes by Jacqueline Brown
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBefore the light, the truth could be slippery. You could work around it, dodge it, run away from it. But in Bria Ford’s new life, the truth is always knocking … about the past, the fate of friends and family, the realities of burgeoning love, and the changed world. For Bria there’s no escaping the truth—no matter how much she may want to... -
Into the Fire by Kyla Stone
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHow far will you go to save your family?Thirteen American cities devastated by nuclear bombs. Hundreds of thousands of people dead. And a nation descending into chaos.After fleeing the radioactive ruins of Miami, Dakota and Logan finally reach their destination--a cabin deep in the Everglades, surrounded by a million acres of sawgrass rivers, cypress forests, and gator-infested swampland...Categorized as:
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