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Quicksand House by Carlton Mellick III, Hugo Camacho
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom master of bizarro fiction Carlton Mellick III, author of the international cult hits "Satan Burger" and "Adolf in Wonderland," comes a dystopian nightmare of epic proportions. "You must never leave the nursery. If you leave, you will certainly die."Tick and Polly have never met their parents before... -
Paper Children by James Fahy
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy name is Phoebe Harkness. When I’m not trying to cure the disease that killed the world, I’m roped into an unwilling role as ambassador between the humans of New Oxford, and the Genetic Others, all those things that go bump and grind in the night. I don’t get paid enough.It’s been six months since the Duke of Sanctum, the infuriating vampire named Allesandro, upped and disappeared... -
We're Alive: A Story of Survival, the First Season by K.C. Wayland
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis exciting audio drama is based on an immensely popular podcast that has received hundreds of positive reviews and has had over four million downloads--and counting. For Army Reserve soldier Michael Cross, the world as he knows it ends in an instant. One minute he's in college, and the next rioters are roaming the highway around him, breaking into cars and literally tearing people apart... -
Dauntless by Shannon Mayer
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratings*RE-RELEASE: “The Nevermore Trilogy” Anniversary Edition. Now a full length novel. Brand new scenes, additional points of view and 35K extra words all breathe new life into the first series ever published by USA Today Bestselling Author Shannon Mayer.* "My name is Mara, and I want desperately to become a mother... -
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Madness Rising - A Kurtherian Gambit Series by Hayley Lawson, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere is the improbable, and then there is the impossible. Ryder had gone from the impossible to the highly improbable with Massimo and Leandro. But can she do better? While the vegetarian vampire, werewolf and bearded mountain man are willing to support her, Ryder needs an army to do better than throwing away the lives of herself and her new friends attacking Afana... -
The Savage Dawn by P.T. Hylton, Jonathan Benecke
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWill this be Alex’s final night? Danger from the vampires below. Turmoil in the city above. Nowhere is safe and every day is a battle. After being left for dead on the surface, Alex and the GMT are itching to take down the man who sabotaged their mission. Little do they know, an even more pressing threat is waiting just outside their door. -
Epilogue by Alexander Gordon Smith
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings...Categorized as:
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Into The Fire: Age Of Madness - A Kurtherian Gambit Series by Daniel Willcocks, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJustice has called, and there’s only one hero left to answer… Caitlin may have freed her town from evil, but the Governor who oppressed them all is still on the loose.Now, Caitlin and her merry band of Revolutionaries take to the Mad-infested woods to hunt the Governor down and deliver revenge before he can do any further damage...Categorized as:
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The Savage Night by P.T. Hylton, Jonathan Benecke
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNight is coming for Alex. Danger from the vampires below. Turmoil in the city above. Nowhere is safe and every day is a battle. As Alex struggles to become the leader her team needs, she must contend with new allies and old enemies to have any chance of saving the city she loves. Nothing the Ground Mission Team has faced so far can prepare them for what's next...Categorized as:
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Madness Unleashed - A Kurtherian Gambit Series by Hayley Lawson, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRyder has been held against her will for twenty years … Now it’s time for some payback! Two hundred years ago the earth was destroyed by the World’s Worst Day Ever. Keeping his head down for the last few centuries, a mutated vampire has taken advantage of the new post-apocalyptic normal... -
Still of Night by Jonathan Maberry
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe dead rose. We fell. But not everyone thinks the war for survival is over. Heroes rise in times of crisis, and STILL OF NIGHT tells their stories… DAHLIA -a bullied high school girl with a love for edged weapons goes from victim to powerful leader as the zombie apocalypse sweeps through her world... -
Zom-B Goddess by Darren Shan
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDouble-crossed again, B is confused, enraged and broken. But the battle isn’t over. The end is nigh, but there are plenty of horrors to come. And who will survive? The Zombies? The humans? Or worse…?‘Zachary…’ Dr Oystein murmurs. ‘No,’ Owl Man replies. ‘There has been enough bloodshed. I know there must be more before this is through, but let’s not kill those we can afford to spare...Categorized as:
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The Living by Isaac Marion
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBefore he was a flesh-eating corpse, R was something worse. He remembers it all now, a life of greed and apathy more destructive than any virus, and he sees only one path to redemption: he must fight the forces he helped create... -
Zom-B Family by Darren Shan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAfter being betrayed and captured by the most heinous survivors of the human race, B Smith lands back in the clutches of a fiend B had hoped to never see again, someone who is intent on making B suffer in the most tortuous ways. Discovering the fate of loved ones from B's past adds to the agony and calls into question just how much B is willing to sacrifice in the name of justice...Categorized as:
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System Reborn Vol 2 by Kaz Hunter
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsSystem Reborn: A LitRPG AdventureTen years ago, deep within a rift, a choice was madeSloan chose an ending.He was killed because of it.By heroes who craved power.So called heroes betrayed the world.Now he’s back.Reborn. Reincarnated in a world where his once companions rule.But they won't forever.He's regaining his strength, building up power, one rift at a time...Categorized as:
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Darkness Breaks by Jessica Sorensen
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsKayla made her choice and now she has to live with it. She stays with the Day Takers, hiding in the city, staking vampires. But fighting vampires as a human is difficult.Sylas constantly pressures Kayla to choose the life of a Day Taker. But until Kayla knows what Monarch is planning, she can’t make her choice. Plus there’s Aiden. No matter how hard she tries, she can’t stop thinking about him...Categorized as:
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World War Z: The Lost Files: A Companion to the Abridged Edition by Max Brooks
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFans of Max Brooks’ original abridged recording of World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War will be thrilled to add this companion piece to their audio library. Offering listeners five hours of previously unrecorded content, World War Z: The Lost Files features 21 Hollywood A-list actors and sci-fi fan favorites performing stories not included in the original abridged edition... -
Latchkey by Nicole Kornher-Stace
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIsabel, once known as Wasp, has become leader of the fearsome upstarts, the teen girl acolytes who are adjusting to a new way of life after the overthrow of the sadistic Catchkeep-priest...Categorized as:
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Cuddly Holocaust by Carlton Mellick III, Chiara Gamberetta
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe war between humans and toys has come to an end. The toys won. Teddy bears, dollies, and little green soldiers-they've all had enough of you. They're sick of being treated like playthings for spoiled little brats. They have no rights, no property, no hope for a future of any kind. You've left them with no other option-in order to be free, they must exterminate the human race... -
The Beautiful Dead by Daryl Banner
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe’s dead. In fact, the whole world’s dead. Every single person, apparently. Unburied and reimagined into a beautiful living-dead woman called Winter, she is doomed to spend the rest of eternity in a quaint, peaceful city with no hunger, no sickness and no bills to pay. Her Second Life is perfect in every way possible... -
Deadland: Untold Stories of Alice in Deadland by Mainak Dhar
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe latest thriller in the bestselling Alice in Deadland series. In the Amazon.com bestselling Alice in Deadland series, we meet a fifteen-year-old girl called Alice living in a post-apocalyptic wasteland ravaged by undead Biters. Alice follows a bunny-eared Biter down a hole, triggering an adventure that forever changes her life and that of everyone in the Deadland...Categorized as:
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Collapse by Mark Lukens
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt started with rumors of a plague that turned people into flesh-eating predators. The governments of the world and the media tried to suppress it, but little by little the truth got out. The economy had been in a free-fall, banks closed, protests turned into riots, people began hoarding and panicking. And then on a Friday morning, the collapse came... -
Class of 1989: A Post Viral Apocalyptic Story by Jack Hunt
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGraduating was tough, the 30-year reunion will be deadly. A group of estranged friends, now in their forties, reunite in Gerlach, Nevada for their 30-year high school reunion at the time of the annual Burning Man Festival. They soon find themselves at the heart of a viral apocalypse and are forced to rely on the very people they were at odds with to survive...Categorized as:
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Hunting The Snark by Mainak Dhar
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA thrilling new adventure in the bestselling Alice in Deadland series.It has now been close to two years since Alice followed a bunny eared Biter down a hole, triggering off events that changed her life and that of everyone in the Deadland.The Central Committee has been overthrown in Shanghai and the people of the Mainland freed from its tyranny...Categorized as:
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She Who Knows by Nnedi Okorafor
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPart science fiction, part fantasy, and entirely infused with West African culture and spirituality, this novella offers an intimate glimpse into the life of a teenager whose coming of age will herald a new age for her world...Categorized as:
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Depart, Depart! by Sim Kern
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen an unprecedented hurricane devastates the city of Houston, Noah Mishner finds shelter in the Dallas Mavericks’ basketball arena. Though he finds community among other queer refugees, Noah fears his trans and Jewish identities put him at risk with certain "capital-T" Texans. His fears take form when he starts seeing visions of his great- grandfather Abe, who fled Nazi Germany as a boy...Categorized as:
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Numenera Corebook by Monte Cook
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNumenara is a science fantasy roleplaying game set in the far distant future. Humanity lives amid the remnants of eight great civilizations that have risen and fallen on Earth. These are the people of the Ninth World... -
The Last She by H.J. Nelson
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAra . . . I made a mistake, we all did . . . go back to the beginning . . . it’s not too late.As the only female to survive the devastating virus, Ara hasn’t seen another human in months―not since her father disappeared. The plague has swept away humanity, and Ara’s world is desolate, haunted by the ghosts of her former life. Her mother. Her sister...Categorized as:
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The Knight and the Butcherbird by Alix E. Harrow
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Alix E. Harrow weaves a dystopian fairy tale that follows the town storyteller as she struggles to protect a local demon from the knight hired to kill it.In this gritty, haunting tale about doing whatever it takes for love, a small-town storyteller resolves to keep the local monster—and her own secrets—safe from a legendary knight... -
Darksiders: The Abomination Vault by Ari Marmell, Bob Walter
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRide with the Horsemen of the Apocalypse as they seek to unearth a plot that could plunge all of Creation into chaos! Ages before the events of Darksiders and Darksiders II, two of the feared Horsemen—Death and War—are tasked with stopping a group of renegades from locating the Abomination Vault: a hoard containing weapons of ultimate power and malice, capable of bringing an end to the uneasy...Categorized as:
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Zom-B Circus by Darren Shan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis horrifying exclusive eNovella is a thrilling companion to bestselling author Darren Shan's Zom-B series!Cat Ward believes that the world punishes the weak. As a high school teacher, she has witnessed the way people exploit every vulnerability, which is why she steels herself against her class of indifferent, disruptive students-none more despicable than B Smith... -
Nothing but the Rain by Naomi Salman
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA sleepy little town discovers its memories have become part of the water cycle in Naomi Salman's debut novella, Nothing but the Rain .The rain in Aloisville is never-ending, and no one can remember when it started. There’s not much they can remember. With every drop that hits their skin, a bit of memory is washed away. Stay too long in the wet, and you’ll lose everything you used to be... -
Ward by Wildbow
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis work is a sequel, the events following that of the web serial Worm. It is not meant to be read in isolation, and would-be readers should check out the prior work first.Synopsis:The unwritten rules that govern the fights and outright wars between ‘capes’ have been amended: everyone gets their second chance...Categorized as:
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Stone Virus: A Viral Disaster by Jacqueline Druga
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen the outbreak comes to a head, Laney is away from home. Chasing her dream of being the winner of a baking reality show, she is sequestered like a juror. No phone, no internet, no knowledge of what is happening.When the show evacuates all of the contestants, somehow Laney is left behind... -
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Rebirth by Keary Taylor
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOne week ago I thought I knew exactly how I was going to spend the rest of my life: looking at the gray walls of a prison cell. Figuring out how to survive the apocalypse wasn’t something I’d planned for. Yet here I was, getting a second chance at the end of the world.Rebirth is the 10,000 word prequel to the novel Eden...Categorized as:
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Unpossible and Other Stories by Daryl Gregory, Nancy Kress
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe short stories in this first collection by Daryl Gregory run the gamut from science fiction to contemporary fantasy, with a few stories that defy easy classification. His characters may be neuroscientists, superhero sidekicks, middle-aged heroes of children's stories, or fanatics spreading a virus-borne religion, but they are all convincingly human... -
Drsný spasitel by Miroslav Žamboch
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsStoletí válek mezi lidmi a bytostmi z Druhé strany reality změnilo svět. Možná je to jen zvláštní muž bez paměti, možná démon, netvor s okem nadaným vlastní zlověstnou inteligencí, který hledá odpověď na otázku, kdo vlastně je...Categorized as:
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Dead South by Zach Bohannon
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe dead can't bury the truth...Three years after an incurable virus spread and turned a majority of the population into mindless and cannibalistic creatures, the world is a barren place. Society is broken, and most who remain have banded together in small camps and communities.Jon South is not like most other survivors... -
The Alpha Plague 6 by Michael Robertson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Vicky saw the corruption in Hugh’s leadership of Home, she stood up to it and overthrew him. She now finds herself helping run the place, taking on responsibilities she’d rather not have. But if she keeps the community safe, she’ll also keep Flynn safe. All Vicky wants is to make sure Flynn’s okay. All she’s done for the past ten years is make sure Flynn’s okay... -
Mason's War: A Purge of Babylon Story by Sam Sisavath
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEVERYONE HAS A STORY. EVEN THE BAD GUYS. Mason has always been good at surviving—adaptable, opportunistic, and, when necessary, ruthless. He’s thrived when so many have fallen, but no one stays on top forever. After a string of failures, Mason finds himself in a small Texas town under someone else’s command. Fine. He’s had to fight his way up the ladder before, and he can do it again... -
Shadow Flare by D.N. Erikson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMagical cults are better left alone. Especially when they've got friends in high places. When twenty-three bodies are discovered on the edge of the Fallout Zone, the FBI calls in Ruby Callaway and Colton Roark to investigate. From the powerful dark magic branded into the bodies, Ruby quickly determines those responsible: the Crusaders of Paradisum... -
Pray (The Revelation Chronicles) by John Prescott
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe year is 2016, and America is no more. The United States, Canada, and Mexico now comprise a single, unified front to the world: the North American Union. Implanted ID chips are soon to become mandatory for every citizen of the NAU, and Trez Sleighton, a disgruntled ex-Army officer, takes to the mountains of Colorado to come to terms with the changing world—and his own hand in the whole mess... -
Towers Fall by Karina Sumner-Smith
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWar. Fire. Destruction. Xhea believed that the Lower City had weathered the worst of its troubles—that their only remaining fight would be the struggle to rebuild before winter. She was wrong.Now her home is under attack from an unexpected source. The Central Spire, the City’s greatest power, is intent on destroying the heart of the magical entity that resides beneath the Lower City’s streets...Categorized as:
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The War On Horror: Tales From A Post-Zombie Society by Nathan Allen
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThree years have passed since the rising of the undead, and life has more or less returned to normal.Zombie encounters are now few and far between. The undead are more of a nuisance than a menace; they are less likely to sink their teeth into unsuspecting civilians than they are to be attacked by vigilantes and rabid lynch mobs...Categorized as:
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The Book of the Crowman by Joseph D'Lacey
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe world has been condemned. Only Gordon Black and The Crowman can redeem it.The search for the shadowy figure known only as the Crowman continues, as the Green Men prepare to rise up against the forces of the Ward.It is the Bright Day, a time long generations hence, when a peace has descended across the world.It is the Black Dawn, a time of environmental apocalypse, the earth wracked and dying... -
Rise of the Undead by Shane Carrow
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNew Year's Day: midsummer in Australia. In Perth, twin brothers Aaron and Matt have graduated high school and are enjoying their last few months of summer holidays before adulthood - while on the other side of the country, something has fallen from the sky, heralding the dawn of a new age...Categorized as:
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V-Wars: New Stories of the Vampire Wars by Jonathan Maberry, Kevin J. Anderson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe war is tearing our world apart. Instead of big armies with tanks in the field, the Vampire War is fought in the streets, neighbor against neighbor, family against family. Anyone can turn at any time. The blood hunger can suddenly appear in the middle of a kiss. The person who sleeps next to you every night could wake up in the dead of night...hungry. So hungry.. -
Marlens historie by Sigbjørn Mostue
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Road Kill by Kristen Middleton
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe road back home proves to be far more dangerous and terrifying then ever. Join Cassie and Company as they face evils that are beyond anything they could have ever imagined and enemies that are virtually... unstoppable...Categorized as:
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Blind Rage by Nick Clausen
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA mysterious crack in the sky. People turning into savage killers. A world disrupted by death and destruction.A select few find themselves immune to this deadly phenomenon. Now they must fight to survive in a collapsing society.Tommy, a maladjusted teenager still reeling from the loss of his father. With no support from his basket case mother, Tommy is facing the situation on his own...
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