Books like 'Venom, Volume 1: Shiver'
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Convergence by Mark Tufo, John O'Brien
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHaving survived Atlantis, the town of Indian Hill beckons. As Mike and Trip make their way toward Indian Hill and are in search of some much needed answers, Jack is fast on their heels. It is a dangerous journey fraught with all manner of creatures. Zombies, Night Runners and the Alien Whistlers do their best to prevent the trio from ever going home again... -
Extinction by Iain Rob Wright
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsContinue the epic story of mankind’s struggle against extinction in Book 3 of the bestselling “Hell on Earth” Series: EXTINCTION. VAMPS: After dealing with his rival, Pusher, and escaping the clutches of treacherous Prime Minister, John Windsor, Vamps and his last remaining friend, Mass, set out with the mysterious Aymun. A man who came from the gate that imploded on Oxford Street... -
Defiance by Iain Rob Wright
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsHumanity's last chance could be a new beginning. It's been months since the demons arrived and slaughtered the world. The earth belongs to the damned and barely anything of civilisation remains, but some still fight. Mankind's last survivors remain defiant. Nestled deep in the middle of the UK's largest forest, a small group of adults fight to remain hidden in the apocalypse... -
Xenofall by Kyle West
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWith the final battle looming, the fate of the humanity will be decided. Alex Keener, Elekim, will face down Askala, the Radaskim Xenomind.But as Askala unleashes her final fury, the road to Ragnarok can only be paved with grit...and lives.In this explosive conclusion to The Wasteland Chronicles, Alex will rise to the mantle of Elekim.. -
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Return to the Center of the Earth by Greig Beck
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMike Monroe and Jane Baxter barely survived their terrifying journey to the center of the Earth... -
Legion by Iain Rob Wright
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA world ending thrill ride of epic proportions. With so many characters and so many twists, it's like the horror equivalent of Game of Thrones.Humanity bleeds, its jugular torn and bleeding.The world needs heroes...But all it has is darkness.People need to stand and fight...Before it's too late... -
Whistlers by Mark Tufo, John O'Brien
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhat happens when two worlds collide? Jack Walker and Michael Talbot come from two worlds; the same, yet different. They both find themselves transported into an alien one, where things aren’t as they seem. While it appears similar to the ones they come from, there are some terrifying differences... -
Aliens: Phalanx by Scott Sigler
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt's Medieval carnage meets Alien as a pre-industrial society fights against extinction brought about by a massive infestation of Xenomorphs.Ataegina was an isolated world of medieval castles, varied cultures, and conquests, vibrant until the demons rose and spread relentless destruction... -
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... -
Sludgment Day by John Kloepfer, Steve Wolfhard
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe maul of America!It’s been two days since a zombie virus turned Zack Clarke’s parents, neighbors, and most of the country into brain-munching fiends... -
For Which We Stand: Ian's Road, Volume 1 by Joseph Hansen
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEl Paso wasn’t the Promised Land that Ian and his crew had hoped for but it wasn’t a total bust either. The concept of a safe haven in today’s world was a fool’s errand at best. This was the consensus of their tiny band and to keep moving, their only salvation... -
Darkness by Kyle West
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Vegas Exodus is at a standstill...Besieged by the Xenoswarm in the town Pyrite, they must shelter in either Bunker 108 or Bunker 84 if they are to survive the winter.But in Bunker 84 lurks a darkness that could end the Exodus. And it may also be that the denizens of Bunker 84, known as "The Community," are not as isolated from the events of the Wasteland as it first appears... -
Extinction by Kyle West
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTime is running out for humanity to defeat the encroaching forces of the Radaskim...As settlements fall and the Great Blight spreads, it falls on the New Angels to unite disparate factions before it is too late. But the dark Xenomind, Askala, has her own plans to end humanity before that can ever happen.Only the greatest sacrifice can stop her from achieving her aims.. -
Revelation by Kyle West
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAlex and friends return to a Wasteland in turmoil. The Raiders are scattered, the Exiles hunted, and the feuding Vegas gangs plot one another's destruction. Makara, head of the New Angels, has the difficult task of convincing disparate groups to work together before Emperor Augustus and his legions arrive... -
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The Season of Passage by Christopher Pike
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsDr. Lauren Wagner was a celebrity. She was involved with the most exciting adventure mankind had ever undertaken. The whole world admired and respected her.But Lauren knew fear.Inside voices entreating her to love them.Outside — the mystery of the missing group that had gone before her. The dead group... -
Project Legion by Jeremy Robinson
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTHE SIGNAL WAS RECEIVEDTen years after a deep space transmission was broadcast from a futuristic citadel hidden in the Arctic ice, Jon Hudson finds himself in a position beyond comprehension...Categorized as:
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Alien by Alan Dean Foster
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsBased on the screenplay by Dan O'Bannon. The crew of the spaceship Nostromo wake from cryogenic sleep to distress signals from an unknown planet. One is attacked when they investigate a derelict alien craft. Safely on their way back to Sol, none foresee the real horror about to begin...Categorized as:
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The Divide by Erica Stevens
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsIn less than a day everything they've ever known has vanished and the world is in chaos. Uncertain where to turn and who to trust in this strange new world, they must band together in an attempt to survive. However, they slowly begin to realize it’s not only the crumbling earth, and treacherous people around them that are a threat, but also something unseen and even more lethal... -
The Skinner by Neal Asher
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsNeal Asher, whom Tor introduced to the American audience with Gridlinked, takes us deeper into his unique universe with an even more remarkable second novel, The Skinner... -
The Stand by Iain Rob Wright
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsWhat do you do when your rescuers can’t rescue you…The fungus cannot be stopped. Not even by an army.Ryan and Aaron finally reach ‘safety,’ but soon learn that there is far more at stake than just their own lives. Other people are in peril; people who will surely die without rescue. It’s time for Ryan to decide what kind of big brother he wants to be... -
Experimento [Rojo peligro] by Lizebeth Honny
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCuando despiertas en un laboratorio subterráneo abandonado, atrapada en un salón de experimentos rodeado por monstruos que quieren devorarte y en compañía de una incubadora de agua donde hay un hombre en mal estado, te das cuenta que todo está terriblemente mal... -
The Void by Greig Beck
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsSomething has traveled for a billion years to find us - and now it has. In space, Commander Mitch Granger and his crew are nearing the end of their scientific mission - along with their covert satellite photography for the military. As they prepare for reentry, an unknown object emerges from the void; the name given to deep, dark space. The object proves impossible to evade... -
Aliens by Alan Dean Foster
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsHaving survived one encounter with an alien, Ripley is persuaded to return to the planet where her crew found the alien ship. A colony has been established there, but suddenly all contact with the settlers has been lost. Accompanied by marines, Ripley is going to find out why...Categorized as:
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A Time To Die by Mark Wandrey
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThey came from the night sky, lighting the heavens like the promise of salvation. But they didn’t bring deliverance…they brought something far, far worse. Something that turns people into mindless, cannibalistic monsters. And it’s spreading. A reporter follows her story of unspeakable horror south of the border and finds it’s worse than she imagined... -
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Ice Rift Salvage by Ben Hammott
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAction adventure sci-fi horror set in Antarctica. The spaceship entombed in the huge iceberg calved from the Pine Island Glacier drifts towards the warmer air and ocean temperatures of the South Atlantic. The race is on to claim the alien technology before the ice melts and releases its hold on the trapped alien vessel... -
Ravaged World Saga (5 Horror Novels) by Iain Rob Wright
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAll THREE books in the bestselling RAVAGED WORLD SAGA by Iain Rob Wright, plus 2389 and The Peeling Omnibus (5 books total). Unique and terrifying."Iain Rob Wright scares the hell out of me." - J.A.Konrath, author of Origins and Afraid. A virus the likes of which mankind has never seen has gotten loose and found its way aboard a luxury cruise liner... -
Savage (Ravaged World Trilogy, #3) by Iain Rob Wright
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSOMETIMES BEING ALONE IS BETTER…The world has crumbled and the dead walk the earth, but all is not lost, yet. A group of survivors seek salvation at an abandoned pier where the dead can’t get them.But the dead are not the only threat.The people on the pier are not the only group of survivors. There are others out there: bigger, nastier groups... -
Reclamation by Devon C. Ford, Nathan Hystad
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTHE MISSION FAILED BUT HOPE IS NOT LOST. . . The Reclaimer's attack on the Gateway didn't go as planned, but a dying man's words sparked a revolution. Alec receives a message from the Barony, a group in the UK, letting them know they have allies around the world. Dex is still on the other side of the Occupation, but he knows he'll have to make a move soon... -
Earthcore by Scott Sigler
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsDeep below a desolate Utah mountain lies the largest platinum deposit ever discovered. A billion-dollar find, it waits for any company that can drill a world's record, three-mile-deep mine shaft. EarthCore is the company with the technology, the resources and the guts to go after the mother lode... -
The Hill by Iain Rob Wright
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAn ancient land breeds a new threat…The Scottish Highlands; a sparse, mountainous region some say was carved by the gods themselves. Few places are as untouched as this harsh, prehistoric landscape. It is no place for man... -
Forsaken by Michael McBride
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIT HAS SURVIVED At a research station in Antarctica, scientists discovered a strange and ancient organism. They thought they could study it, classify it, control it. They couldn't.IT HAS THRIVED Six months ago, a secret paramilitary team called Unit 51 was sent to the station. They thought the creature was dead, the nightmare was over. It wasn't... -
Lights Out by James Patterson, Chris Grabenstein
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJames Patterson's high-octane sci-fi adventure series comes to a white-knuckle conclusion in the final battle that Daniel X has been waiting for his entire life. In this sixth and last installment of the Daniel X series, the alien-hunting hero is finally ready to take on the biggest threat in the galaxy: The Prayer--the same beast that brutally murdered his parents long ago...Categorized as:
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Rogan the Gray by Cara Wylde
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen the orcs invaded the human dimension, no one could stop them. War raged for years, and now the monstrous beasts have agreed to peace on two conditions: one, the human scientists must rebuild the machine that brought them into this world; and two, they must be provided with fertile brides to bear them orc babies.Tara Caraway has been sentenced to death for a crime she didn’t commit... -
Salvation by Devon C. Ford, Nathan Hystad
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTHE PEACE DOESN'T LAST LONG. . . With the newly received schematics of the Gateway from Detroit, Tom and Alec head to the west coast to recruit more manpower, but find that not everyone is willing to rise agains the Overseers. On Tom's orders, Cole travels to Chicago to uncover a hidden enclave of Roamers. Meanwhile, Lina must convince pockets of Freeborn to join the Reclaimer's cause... -
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An Anatomy of Beasts by Olivia A. Cole
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the forty years since the Vagantur landed on Faloiv, the planet has existed in a tenuous peace between the humans who live in the enclosed community of N’Terra and the Faloii, the indigenous population. But after uncovering the shadowy secrets of the Council’s newly elected leader and helping a kidnapped Faloii man escape, sixteen-year-old Octavia knows that conflict is looming... -
Within the Woods by Tony Urban, Thomas Rode
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDon't go in the woods... For 12-year-old Garrett and his four best friends, the idyllic summer of 1989 crashes to a halt when Garrett's older brother vanishes. Something is very wrong in Sallow Creek, Pennsylvania. Something is turning their neighbors, their relatives, into unstoppable monstrosities... Monsters that are coming for the them... -
Tribute to the Alpha by Cara Wylde
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe war between humans and shapeshifters must end. There has been too much bloodshed, and it’s time for the factions to sign a peace treaty. But there is one man, one wolf warrior, who does not want peace. Not even when humans would be forced to provide shifters with brides to bear them heirs. Ruarc Bloodmoon is not interested in a willing human bride. All he wants is power... -
Infection by J.T. Sawyer
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn epic struggle for survival between humans and a twisted mutation of undead begins in Emergence—the first book in a pulse-pounding post-apocalyptic series by author JT Sawyer. When a CIA bioweapons ship goes dark, operative Will Reisner and his team are sent to the South China Sea to investigate... -
Quit Your Waning by Etta Pierce
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJihae is hungry for home. As the colony's first Halloween Festival approaches, Jihae becomes nostalgic for ghosts, ghouls, and goblins. Unlike in the West, South Korea's spookiest season is the dead of summer, once the humid air goes still and the shadows hang heavy in the trees and alleyways.. -
Black Friday by Ike Hamill
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRobby survived. At least he has survived so far. The first living person he's seen since the end of the world might be the last. He's on his own and fighting for his life.Farther north, Judy is facing a different set of problems. The loneliness might drive her crazy before she figures out how to cope with the ramifications of Black Friday... -
Unidentified by Michael McBride, Joe Hempel
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFour teenagers awaken in a scorched cornfield with no memory of how they got there. All they know is that there were five of them when they found the carcass of the mutilated cow.Forty years later, Eric Devlin sends a cryptic email to the other three survivors: I remember everything... -
Threads of Fate: An Interracial Monster Romance by Lexi Esme
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA woman hunted. A monster broken. A desire that may just consume them both.RHIANNEWith my car dead, and no way home, an inconvenient night quickly takes a turn for the worse.I'm pursued deep into the woods, my heart pounding with unbridled fear, and I'm certain this is it. I'm going to die out here, in the cold and dark. Just when I think all hope is lost I'm saved by the most unexpected rescuer...Categorized as:
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Armageddon by James Patterson, Chris Grabenstein
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsIn the fifth installment of James Patterson's action-packed Daniel X series, Daniel must now face an alien whose origins appear nearer to the depths of Hell than the outer reaches of the galaxy. Number Two is an unstoppable criminal that's slowly been amassing an underground army of disgusting, disgruntled, and dangerous aliens to help him enslave Earth's population... -
The Thing by Alan Dean Foster
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt fell from the sky and lay buried in ice for 100,000 years.Soon it will be free...TWELVE MENTrapped in the Antarctic.ELEVENDiscover the intruder.TENBattle the alien force.NINEAgonise for the answer.EIGHTDesperate to be spared.SEVENConsumed one by one.SIX...FIVE...FOUR...THREE...They will all die.Unless something, anything stops.. -
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The Gates by Iain Rob Wright
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsAn apocalyptic horror novelThe Gates is the 1st book in the epic Hell on Earth series, a terrifying thrill ride of epic proportions. You cannot escape death when death is everywhere.FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS A TERRIBLE ENEMY HAS BEEN WAITING...NOW THE GATES ARE OPEN...AND HUMANITY'S EXTINCTION IS ABOUT TO BEGIN...All across the globe strange gates have appeared at random. Anyone who touches one dies... -
The Military Form by Christopher Rowley
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEons ago, a war was fought to the death between the parasitic and ferocious Vang and a gifted but doomed race. As a last resort, these gentle beings were forced to use the Starhammer to smash the Vang spacefleets and homeworld, leaving only a handful of survivors. For a billion years a silvery shape drifted through space... -
Last Chance by Gregg Hurwitz
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Rain brothers fight for the survival of humanity in Last Chance, the thrilling sequel to New York Times bestselling author Gregg Hurwitz's YA debut, The Rains... -
The Maxists by Kirk Allmond
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is the second book in the "What Zombies Fear" series. Victor Tookes and his family are still struggling to survive after a parasite that turns people into zombies wipes out civilization. After reaching the relative safety of the family home in Virginia, the danger only intensifies... -
The Monster War by Alan Gratz
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Monster War is the third book in the action-packed, steampunk League of Seven series by acclaimed author Alan Gratz.Having discovered the monstrous secret of his origins, Archie Dent is no longer certain that he is worthy to be a member of the League of Seven. But with new enemies to face, he realizes that he may not have the luxury of questioning his destiny...Categorized as:
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Eight by W.W. Mortensen
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTERROR HAS A NEW SPECIES Deep in the Amazon, the solution to the global energy crisis has been found; a mysterious source of power set to end our dependency on oil...
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