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Reap What You Sow by S.M. Anderson
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe best-selling story of Jason, Pro, and Rachel continues where “End of Summer” left off. ‘The Suck’ - the virus that claimed 97% percent of humanity - is gone. The arrival of other survivors with a different take on the future may be as dangerous as the virus itself. In the middle, with their hands on the scales, is a group of former soldiers and civilians who survived the virus in Antarctica... -
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Hostile Fire by N.C. Reed
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPost-Apocalyptic Fiction by N.C. Reed Clayton Sanders left home the minute he had his high school diploma in hand. He waited that long only because the Army wouldn't accept him without one. Now, ten years later, he's home. Home with no warning, no advance notice, no anything after being gone ten years with almost no contact with his family... -
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Home Fires by N.C. Reed
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFire From the Sky: Book 5: Home Fires Publisher's note: The paperback version of this title is ASIN: 0692193936. Thank you. “No plan survives contact with the enemy.” An age old idiom that Clay Sanders knows very well. In this case however, it's surviving contact with the people who are supposed to be on his side... -
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Friendly Fire by N.C. Reed
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsYou can now pre-order Book 7! Amazon ASIN: B07RYFTVLY Post-Apocalyptic Fiction by N.C. Reed Clayton Sanders left home the minute he had his high school diploma in hand. He waited that long only because the Army wouldn't accept him without one. Now, ten years later, he's home. Home with no warning, no advance notice, no anything after being gone ten years with almost no contact with his family... -
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![Home Coming by A. American]()
Home Coming by A. American
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt’s been a long hard ride for Morgan and everyone. Just when things were starting to look up, the park was attacked, and they lost Bobbie. Danny’s physical wounds were nothing like the emotional loss of Bobbie. It was hard on Mel as well and the rest of the group also felt the loss. With the attacks on the community becoming a greater threat, they must be dealt with. These attacks must end... -
![Damned Nation by N.C. Reed]()
Damned Nation by N.C. Reed
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPost-Apocalyptic Fiction by N.C. ReedSo far, the Apocalypse has not gone according to plan. At least, not according to the plan Clay Sanders and his friends had laid out. Things are finally changing, though for better or worse remains to be seen... -
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Brimstone by N.C. Reed
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPost-Apocalyptic Fiction by N.C. ReedClay Sanders and company have not had the easiest time since the lights went out. Granted, much of their troubles are self-inflicted, but a lot of them were brought straight to their door by crooks and strongarm types in equal measure. Things are peaceful for a change around the Sanders’ Farms, however, and Clay barely knows what to do with himself... -
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Hell Fire by N.C. Reed
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPost-Apocalyptic Fiction by N.C. Reed Doom. Devastation. Death. Destruction. It seems that no matter what direction he looks, Clay Sanders can see little else... -
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Avenging Home by A. American
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsIn Enforcing Home Morgan and his group suffered some loss. They discovered their old foes weren’t gone as they’d thought. Not only were they not gone, they were now stronger than before. Morgan would have to deal with this threat, while at the same time trying to restore some sort of quality of life back to his community. But this isn’t going to be easy... -
![The Ranch: A Legacy of Violence by Sean Liscom]()
The Ranch: A Legacy of Violence by Sean Liscom
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 20 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... -
![The Sanders Saga by N.C. Reed]()
The Sanders Saga by N.C. Reed
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsPost-Apocalyptic Fiction by N.C. Reed Clayton Sanders left home the minute he had his high school diploma in hand. He waited that long only because the Army wouldn't accept him without one. Now, ten years later, he's home. Home with no warning, no advance notice, no anything after being gone ten years with almost no contact with his family... -
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Enforcing Home by A. American
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsMorgan has managed to get through a lot. Having made it back to his family and dealt with the issues of unscrupulous neighbors, he then had to deal with the presence of the federal government and their nefarious activities. But with the help of his close knit group he prevailed. Life is settling into a familiar routine. And with the help of the US Army they are starting to rebuild their community... -
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Conflicted Home by A. American
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsThe only possible thing that could make Morgan’s world even more difficult happened. The Japanese fleet off the coast of California was wiped out. An even that Morgan and friends and family only knew about because of the radio broadcasts from the Radio Free Redoubt. So far removed from them it barely warranted notice... -
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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... -
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![Undercover by David Nees]()
Undercover by David Nees
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNot only is Hillsboro threatened but Jason’s family as well. Now it’s personal. In the fourth book of the action-packed “After the Fall” series Jason faces a deadly threat, to his family and to Hillsboro. He must deal with the enemy without any support or help in his high-risk mission. This suspenseful follow-up to “Rescue”, finds Jason Richards off on another dangerous adventure...Categorized as:
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![Home Invasion by A. American]()
Home Invasion by A. American
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsMorgan and his extended family could see the light at the end of the tunnel, dim though it may be. There was the promise of power once again. The plant was being repaired and it looked as though it may actually run. While it meant lots of hard sweaty work, the reward was worth the investment. The farm was growing strong and community involvement was good... -
![The Slab by Karen Traviss]()
The Slab by Karen Traviss
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMARCUS FENIX. WAR HERO. LOYAL SON. TRAITOR. Ten years after Emergence Day, as the Locust Horde advances on humanity’s last defended area—Ephyra—in a bloody war that has seen billions die, Marcus Fenix does the unthinkable: he defies orders and abandons his post during a critical battle in a bid to rescue his father, weapons scientist Adam Fenix... -
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Coalition's End by Karen Traviss
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsUnderstand what a world had to do to survive. When the Locust Horde burst from the ground fifteen years ago to slaughter the human population of Sera, mankind began a desperate war against extinction... -
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Rogue Cell by D.J. Molles
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings...THE BLOOD OF PATRIOTS AND TYRANTS. The country has become a warzone, and with a Coalition troop surge imminent, the resistance is on the ropes. Walter is in the city of Durham, fighting to survive. He has no idea that his wife, Carolyn, is only miles away, desperately trying to find him. She has information on a special target--a last ditch mission that could turn the tide for the resistance... -
![Standing Alone by Christopher G. Nuttall]()
Standing Alone by Christopher G. Nuttall
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFive years ago, the human race became independent as the Alphan Empire conceded it could no longer sustain its grip on Earth and withdrew, casting an unprepared humanity adrift on an interstellar sea of troubles. Since then, humanity has struggled mightily to secure its position in a galaxy full of hungry predators, many of whom see Earth as nothing more than a prize to be won... -
![War Zone: Homefront by Thomas A. Watson, William Allen]()
War Zone: Homefront by Thomas A. Watson, William Allen
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIdaho! The compound! They had finally made it! After several months of harrowing, fraught with danger around every corner, never knowing what was going to come at them, they could finally rest and relax. Or could they? Some things are just not meant to be in a post-apocalyptic world, and Nathan and his newly adopted family realize there is no rest and relaxation anymore... -
![Ashes by N.C. Reed]()
Ashes by N.C. Reed
Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIts Thanksgiving on the Sanders Farm.Clayton Sanders and his collection of friends, family and even a few strangers have managed to keep themselves moderately safe in a vicious new world, brought about by the most massive Coronal Mass Ejection ever seen or recorded. Anything electrical and not protected from the surge of power has been completely fried... -
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Commandant by Jonathan P. Brazee
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis is the conclusion to Ryck Lysander’s saga as a United Federation Marine.Major General Lysander has spent 38 years of his life dedicated to the Corps and sworn to perform the duties assigned to him by the Federation. In the process, he has become the most decorated Marine in its history... -
![Stand Against The Storm by Peter Grant]()
Stand Against The Storm by Peter Grant
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen duty and honor collide... An emergency recall to his ship short-circuits Senior Lieutenant Steve Maxwell’s plan to get rid of a long-standing personal burden. Instead, he finds himself dumped into a war zone on a peacekeeping mission hundreds of light years away. He doesn’t have enough people, equipment or information... -
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![River of Night by John Ringo, Mike Massa]()
River of Night by John Ringo, Mike Massa
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA NEW NOVEL IN JOHN RINGO'S BESTSELLING BLACK TIDE RISING SERIES. Sequel to The Valley of Shadows. Tom Smith used to be somebody. Now he's just another refugee, fleeing the smoking ruins of civilization. Well, maybe not just another refugee. Late of the Bank of the Americas where he used to be the global managing director for Security, Tom and his fellow survivors watched New York City burn... -
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Ashes by Jennifer Wilson
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLegend meets The Giver in the harrowing second installment of The New World Series by Jennifer Wilson.After Phoenix, a 17-year-old orphan rogue, sacrifices herself for her loved ones, her world again takes an unexpected turn. She may have forgotten her past, but it hasn't forgotten her. A war is coming and her role in it will be pivotal.That is... if she survives... -
![The Last Squadron by Dan Jayson]()
The Last Squadron by Dan Jayson
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJust fifteen years from now, the world is polarised along ethnic and religious lines. Regional low-intenstiry wars have now been raging for thirty-five years. In the midst of the conflict, ninety-seven members of the Allied forces 9th Mountain Squadron enroute from the Northern Front for a long awaited period of rest and relaxation, are shot down over the Nordic wilderness... -
![The Shadow Quintet by Orson Scott Card]()
The Shadow Quintet by Orson Scott Card
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThis set contains Orson Scott Card's Ender's Shadow, Shadow of the Hegemon, Shadow Puppets, Shadow of the Giant, and Shadows in Flight.At the publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied... -
![CALIFORNIA FALL by Rick Tippins, L.A. Bayles]()
CALIFORNIA FALL by Rick Tippins, L.A. Bayles
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat would you do if you and your family were stranded more than two thousand miles from home and America was attacked? A simple family vacation to the West Coast goes seriously wrong when Cameron Griffin and his family find themselves in the middle of a strike against the United States of America... -
![The Damned by Nicholas Sansbury Smith]()
The Damned by Nicholas Sansbury Smith
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThe deadly hunt ends in the fourth and final installment of the bestselling Trackers saga...The mountain town of Estes Park, Colorado is scrambling to recover from the betrayal of two of their police officers, and prepare for threats outside their borders... -
![Star Force: Lost Destiny by Aer-ki Jyr]()
Star Force: Lost Destiny by Aer-ki Jyr
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Humans are the hunted...Two siblings are abandoned on an alien world as children when their father is killed, then taken in by one of his business associates and sheltered on their remote farm. Kept isolated from everyone else on the cruel, primitive world, their adoptive Calavari parents ensure that Esna and Teren obey their father's dying wish.. -
![Terror in the Ashes by William W. Johnstone]()
Terror in the Ashes by William W. Johnstone
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"I usually give the enemy one chance to surrender. After that, I don't take prisoners." --Ben RainesD-DAY 2.0Having reclaimed American soil from the savage armies of terrorists, lawless street gangs, and mutant Night People, Ben Raines and his Rebel army have a new mission: to free the British Isles from a tyranny of evil oppression... -
![Esther's Story: Recon Marine by Jonathan P. Brazee]()
Esther's Story: Recon Marine by Jonathan P. Brazee
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEsther Lysander, the driven, professional Marine ever conscious of the heavy weight of her father’s legacy, is selected to become an officer. She has high goals for her career—very high goals—and she believes the best method to achieve success is to be a complete hard-ass, keeping emotions at bay... -
![Rebellion by Doc Spears, Jason Anspach]()
Rebellion by Doc Spears, Jason Anspach
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere’s only one distraction from the stress of combat for a legionnaire—the next mission.For Sergeant Kel Turner and Kill Team Three, the wait is never long. Whether it’s on a core world snatching a delusional genius who knows too much, or on the edge forging allies among a complex alien culture, Dark Ops are the foot soldiers of the House of Reason’s galactic game for dominance... -
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![Sniper by Jonathan P. Brazee]()
Sniper by Jonathan P. Brazee
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter a successful initial tour as a Marine rifleman, Lance Corporal Gracie Medicine Crow volunteers to become a scout-sniper, one of the deadliest—and most dangerous—military specialties in the United Federation Marine Corps. Gracie comes from the Apsáalooke Nation, a people with a long history of military tradition... -
![The Irish Brigade: A Fallen Empire Novel by J.F. Holmes]()
The Irish Brigade: A Fallen Empire Novel by J.F. Holmes
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat’s a soldier to do when the war is over? When he’s only known conflict his whole life? Since time immemorial the solution has been to find another war, this time for pay. Whoever has the credits and wins the high bid gets the experienced fighter. Sometimes, though, the money isn't enough to cover the price... -
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Topia by Brandon Hale
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBook Three in the Day Soldiers Trilogy.After more than a decade of fighting, the end has finally arrived. The war is almost over.Topia has been born.A few courageous Day Soldiers have chosen to make a final stand against a world of vampires. They know it’s a battle they’ll probably lose, but they made a promise to protect the day and it’s a promise they intend to keep... -
![Vengeance in the Ashes by William W. Johnstone]()
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... -
![Warriors from the Ashes by William W. Johnstone]()
Warriors from the Ashes by William W. Johnstone
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsUnder the command of Ben Raines, the Southern United States have defeated all comers -- and carved out a stronghold in the Southwest desert. But now, two powerful forces are crashing in against the rebels from the North and the South, and Raines has no choice but to strike back with everything he's got... -
![The Halls of Montezuma by Christopher G. Nuttall]()
The Halls of Montezuma by Christopher G. Nuttall
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn all-new story of The Empire’s Corps!Earth has fallen. The Core Worlds have collapsed into chaos. War is breaking out everywhere as planetary governments declare independence, entire sectors slip out of contact and warlords battle for power. The remnants of the once-great Empire are tearing themselves apart... -
![Battle in the Ashes by William W. Johnstone]()
Battle in the Ashes by William W. Johnstone
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLed by descendants of Hitler's Third Reich, 200,000 heavily armed and highly trained fascist soldiers are determined to spread their doctrine of evil across the free world. As the doomsday forces turn Texas into a battleground, legendary soldier and survivalist Ben Raines and his Rebel Army must prevent America from erupting in a bloodbath of atrocity... -
![Valor's Child by Kal Spriggs]()
Valor's Child by Kal Spriggs
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSuccess is not final, failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts.Jiden's parents barely scrape out a living on the dry, dusty world of Century. Jiden wants more for herself and she is ready to step into a bright future, one which may lead her far from the frontier world of her birth... -
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The Black Mamba by C.R. Daems
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe quiet, unflappable Rivka is truly a black mamba in a mouse's skin as kings, queens, and raiders are about to discover. Because of Rivka's successes, the Jax Contract Committee continues to accept more of the lucrative, non-standard projects, and General Issak continues to shamelessly call on Rivka to solve his impossible problems... -
![Trident Fury by Richard Turner]()
Trident Fury by Richard Turner
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCaptain Michael Sheridan and Master Sergeant Alan Cole are back. This time the stakes couldn't be higher. When word of a brutal Kurgan prison planet reaches Earth, the men and women of the Sixth Fleet are sent into action. From a smuggler's hideout, to a prehistoric planet to a deadly fight with the dreaded Kurgan Imperial Guard, the struggle to survive continues... -
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![Bestiarii by James Tarr]()
Bestiarii by James Tarr
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Mexican civil war had been grinding on for so long that the U.S. resorted to using private contractors—mercenaries—to prop up the failing Mexican Army. One of the many things the Mexican Army failed to protect was Pangaea, the famed animal park in remote northeast Mexico, a symbol of rampant capitalism. All the creatures inside were killed at the time. At least, that’s what was reported... -
![Crisis in the Ashes by William W. Johnstone]()
Crisis in the Ashes by William W. Johnstone
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBen Raines and his patriot army have defeated all comers, from mutant night people to the blackshirted forces of Jesus Mendoza Hoffman and the enemy axis in the Great War. But now the socialist dictators of the USA, smarting from their defeat at the hands of the Southern United States of America, have unleashed their fury against Raines... -
![Major by Jonathan P. Brazee]()
Major by Jonathan P. Brazee
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Marine major is one of the orphan ranks, too senior to command a line company, but too junior to command a battalion. Newly promoted to major, Ryck reports for duty as the assistant naval attaché to the Confederation of Free States, the same government whose troops he’d recently fought in the Telchines... -
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Captain by Jonathan P. Brazee
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAs a captain, Ryck Lysander is given one of the most sought-after billets in the Marines: an infantry company commander. His new battalion commanding officer, however, is not impressed with Ryck's past accomplishments, and Ryck finds himself struggling to fulfill the CO's expectations. Used to his "hero" status within the Corps, his new position of having to prove himself grates on him... -
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Lieutenant Colonel by Jonathan P. Brazee
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAs a lieutenant colonel, Ryck is given command of the Second Battalion, Third Marines, the Fuzos. Along with one other battalion, 2/3 is designated as a new assault battalion, with its own armor, artillery, and air assets. With the Marine Corps anxious to certify the resurfaced concept of integrated operations units, the battalion is thrown right into the fire... -
![Dark Operator by Doc Spears, Jason Anspach]()
Dark Operator by Doc Spears, Jason Anspach
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLegion Dark Ops has always been a unit shrouded in secrecy. Tasked with performing covert missions, its kill teams are filled with the best warriors from within the ranks of the Legion.Kel Turner is one of the youngest legionnaires ever to be selected to its ranks...
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