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Lost In Time : An Old Fashion Western by S.A. Ison
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSawyer Reed is heading home after rambling for seven years after the Civil War ended. His family's cattle ranch is waiting, and he is ready to get to work. On his way home from Mexico, Sawyer runs into a mysterious woman who will change his life and his future forever. Josephine Alverez is a chef at a posh restaurant in San Antonio, Texas in the year 2020...Categorized as:
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![Fourth Quadrant by W. Michael Gear]()
Fourth Quadrant by W. Michael Gear
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFROM WESTERN WORD-SLINGER AND ANTHROPOLOGIST W. MICHAEL GEAR, COMES THE SEQUEL TO THE BESTSELLING CONTEMPORARY APOCALYPTIC WESTERN, DISSOLUTION.Lauren Davis is closing on her twenty-first birthday when a cyberattack leads to the collapse of the American banking system...Categorized as:
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![Starclimber by Kenneth Oppel]()
Starclimber by Kenneth Oppel
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 21 ratings"Mr. Cruse, how high would you like to fly?" A smile soared across my face. "As high as I possibly can." Pilot-in-training Matt Cruse and Kate de Vries, expert on high-altitude life-forms, are invited aboard the Starclimber, a vessel that literally climbs its way into the cosmos. Before they even set foot aboard the ship, catastrophe strikes:Kate announces she is engaged—and not to Matt... -
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Yellowstone Awakening by Peggy L. Henderson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBook 7 in the Yellowstone Romance SeriesA man willing to risk everything, including his life and all he's worked for, to free the woman he loves from an impossible situation. Kyle Russell has worked with prominent men, led scouting expeditions through the Yellowstone country, and irritated more than a few Indian braves, but he will never duplicate his father's legendary accomplishments... -
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![Yellowstone Dawn by Peggy L. Henderson]()
Yellowstone Dawn by Peggy L. Henderson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBook 8 in the Yellowstone Romance SeriesDanica Jensen dreams of a man she knows she can never have. After one brief encounter five years ago, her heart is lost to him forever, and she won't give up hope of seeing him again. Raised by a bitter father, she's learned to be strong and resourceful on her own... -
![Dissolution by W. Michael Gear]()
Dissolution by W. Michael Gear
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFROM WESTERN WORD-SLINGER AND ANTHROPOLOGIST W. MICHAEL GEAR, COMES AN ENTIRELY NEW TYPE OF WESTERN - A CONTEMPORARY APOCALYPTIC WESTERN.For anthropology graduate student Sam Delgado, headed to the wilds of Wyoming, this is his last chance to save his graduate career... -
![Yellowstone Fallout by Bobby Akart]()
Yellowstone Fallout by Bobby Akart
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsYellowstone was not an ordinary volcano.It was a cannon of immense size, equal in destructive capability to all of mankind's nuclear weapons - combined.It was quite frankly, Earth's greatest killer...Categorized as:
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![Lines in the Sand by Bobby Akart, Peter Vincent Pry]()
Lines in the Sand by Bobby Akart, Peter Vincent Pry
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAs America suffered,Borders were defined andLines in the Sand were drawn.Cross them ... you suffer the consequences.The critically acclaimed Lone Star Series continues with LINES IN THE SAND... -
![Killing the Machine by Jamie Sedgwick]()
Killing the Machine by Jamie Sedgwick
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Iron Horse is a massive steam-powered locomotive manned by a crew of warriors, miscreants, and genetic anomalies. Socrates, the train’s commander, is an autonomous steam-powered gorilla with memories and knowledge reaching back more than a thousand years. Their mission is to locate a new source of starfall, the rare element that powers the ancient city of Sanctuary...Categorized as:
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![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... -
![The Calderan Problem by Joseph R. Lallo]()
The Calderan Problem by Joseph R. Lallo
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Calderan Problem is the fourth high-flying, swashbuckling adventure in the Free-Wrench series from Joseph R. Lallo, author of the Book of Deacon and Big Sigma series. Several months have passed since Nita’s last adventure in the fug, and though she has spent them back in her native Caldera, she has never been busier... -
![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... -
![Titanium Texicans by Alan Black]()
Titanium Texicans by Alan Black
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSixteen-Year-old Tasso Menzies just finished burying his grandfather next to his mother and grandmother on the family farm when he receives an order from his estranged uncle to come to Capital City. He doesn’t want to leave the only home he’s ever known. He doesn’t want to be apprenticed on a space freighter crewed by Texas cowboys of Mexican descent...Categorized as:
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![Crudrat by Gail Carriger]()
Crudrat by Gail Carriger
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMaura is doomed to starve. Her space station has no further use for her.New York Times bestselling author Gail Carriger brings you a fast-paced young adult scifi adventure featuring a capable heroine, her adorable pet, and the alien they accidentally rescue...Categorized as:
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![Final Days: Escape by Nathan Hystad, Jasper T. Scott]()
Final Days: Escape by Nathan Hystad, Jasper T. Scott
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAndrew and Kendra have learned what's on the other side of the ridge, but it leaves them with more questions than answers. Their colony has turned into a dictatorship under the thumb of its delusional self-appointed leader, the Reverend, making their lives a living nightmare...Categorized as:
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![The Storm by Nicholas Sansbury Smith]()
The Storm by Nicholas Sansbury Smith
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsA deadly storm of violence sweeps across the United States in the thrilling third installment of the bestselling Trackers saga.One month after the North Korean attack, the United States continues to fall into anarchy. In Estes Park, Colorado, Police Chief Marcus Colton and tracker Sam ‘Raven’ Spears work tirelessly to defend their hometown...Categorized as:
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![Blood, Sweat & Tears by G. Michael Hopf]()
Blood, Sweat & Tears by G. Michael Hopf
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS is Book 5 in the exciting postapocalyptic series, THE NEW WORLD. War! All Gordon Van Zandt wanted was to find a safe place for his family to settle down after civilization came to an abrupt end following the detonation of a super-EMP over North America... -
![D-Day in the Ashes by William W. Johnstone]()
D-Day in the Ashes by William W. Johnstone
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBen Raines and his patriot army are driving the United States government into full-fledged retreat, as the Southern States win over one strategically after another. From the states in the American Northwest to the Canadian provinces, all want to be a part of a society based on law, justice, and old-fashioned values enforced by the barrel of a gun. As a result, the U.N... -
![Courage in the Ashes by William W. Johnstone]()
Courage in the Ashes by William W. Johnstone
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"I have nothing but contempt for the lawless."--Ben RainesThe Last FrontierBen Raines--rebel leader and America's greatest survival expert--has a dream: to free the nation from the deadly grip of outlaw gangs and armies of terrorists overrunning its once great cities. The dream is about to become real... -
![Spacer by J.A. Sutherland]()
Spacer by J.A. Sutherland
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJon Bartlett's path is clear before him: finish his last year of schooling, then off on the family's ships to learn the intricacies of interstellar trade. But a message of tragedy at home comes for him, and his expected life is flung far out of reach and he's cast into a role he never wanted. A portion of Spacer was previously published as the short story Wronged, by J.A...Categorized as:
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![The Missing Persons League by Frank Bonham]()
The Missing Persons League by Frank Bonham
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBrian's sister and mother vanished without a trace over a year ago. It was not uncommon. People were disappearing everywhere. To Brian, life had become a frightening madness. He knows that in another two years the planet will be unable to support life.Now suddenly, his father is gone. Fighting the panic that haunts everyone, Brian resolves to find his family before it is too late...Categorized as:
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![Chaos in the Ashes by William W. Johnstone]()
Chaos in the Ashes by William W. Johnstone
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the aftermath of the apocalypse, America has been reborn as the Tri-States. Now, a new breed of anarchists and malcontents have banded together to destroy everything Ben Raines and his new army have risked their lives--and the future of a new America--to build. As devastating civil war rages across the land, it's up to Raines to put America back into business, before the red dawn of Armageddon... -
![Destiny in the Ashes by William W. Johnstone]()
Destiny in the Ashes by William W. Johnstone
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBen Raines and his army won a war on two fronts, bringing law, peace, and prosperity to the Southern United States of America. But SUSA's northern neighbor and erstwhile enemy, the United States, is in chaos... -
![Alone in the Ashes by William W. Johnstone]()
Alone in the Ashes by William W. Johnstone
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBen Raines is fighting to rebuild a nation from the bitter chaos and smoldering ashes of nuclear war and anarchy. But in this hellish new order, there are devils leading armed gangs of marauders, who bring destruction wherever they go. When Raines is cut off from his SUSA Rebel forces, he becomes their prey... -
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![Slaughter in the Ashes by William W. Johnstone]()
Slaughter in the Ashes by William W. Johnstone
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter the apocalypse, Rebel leader Ben Raines helped create the Tri-States. But violent criminal gangs still roam the land. When a secret sect of cannibals threatens the nation's freedom, Raines and his SUSA army are determined to clear out the scum that have made life cruel for hard-working, law-abiding citizens... -
![Death in the Ashes by William W. Johnstone]()
Death in the Ashes by William W. Johnstone
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe war against the Night People continues as Ben Raines and his rebel army destroy the favorite living places of the cannibalistic mutants, forcing them into the open. But as they push through the rubble that once was Dallas, Ben is nearly killed by a death squad led by warlord Matt Callahan. Like Ben, Malt was a writer before the Great War; unlike Ben, Malt has turned to outlawing... -
![Danger In The Ashes by William W. Johnstone]()
Danger In The Ashes by William W. Johnstone
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"We--the Rebels--are the only group of people in this land who are trying to restore the nation to greatness. There is no room for troublemakers. No room for those who want something for nothing... -
![Fighting Iron by Jake Bible]()
Fighting Iron by Jake Bible
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Bloody Conflict is long over. The lands are now controlled by despots, crooked cattle barons, energy hoarders, and anyone with enough might to keep the local folks under control.For Clay MacAulay, none of that matters as he roams the land in a war machine from a time gone by. He wants nothing to do with small desert towns or brutal dictators. He only has his sights set on a new life... -
![The Razor's Edge by G. Michael Hopf]()
The Razor's Edge by G. Michael Hopf
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGordon Van Zandt is a man accustomed to adversity and hardship, but now he is left with dwindling options. With his fledgling republic teetering on the verge of collapse, he must find a way to seize an unlikely victory from what appears to be certain defeat... -
![Those Who Remain by G. Michael Hopf]()
Those Who Remain by G. Michael Hopf
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsUSA Today Bestselling Author, G. Michael Hopf brings you the final chapter in the Van Zandt saga!The war between the Republic of Cascadia and the rogue nation Western Canada is raging. With support from President Cruz in the United States, Gordon Van Zandt has assembled a formidable army to march north and engage the forces of Western Canada, who have occupied much of the panhandle of Idaho...Categorized as:
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![Blood in the Ashes by William W. Johnstone]()
Blood in the Ashes by William W. Johnstone
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter nuclear apocalypse brought civilization to its knees, one man rose up to lead a once-great nation out of the ashes. When everything fell apart, it was Ben Raines, heroic soldier and survival expert, who became the leader that freedom-loving, law-abiding people everywhere could rally around... -
![The Change by S.M. Stirling]()
The Change by S.M. Stirling
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsALL-NEW STORIES OF THE EMBERVERSEby S.M. Stirling, Harry Turtledove, Walter Jon Williams, John Birmingham, John Barnes, Jane Lindskold, and more...S. M...Categorized as:
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![Firefly - Carnival by Una McCormack]()
Firefly - Carnival by Una McCormack
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA heist by the Serenity crew goes badly wrong in a captivating original Firefly tie-in novel from the award-winning series by Titan Books City of sinNeapolis: a desert city on planet Bethel where all manner of entertainment can be found: high-stakes gambling, luxurious hotels, exclusive clubs and any form of diversion imaginable may be had for a price... -
![Steamforged by Eric R. Asher]()
Steamforged by Eric R. Asher
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThere are old wounds in the forgotten places of the world, and some are soaked in blood.Jacob and his allies flee into the Deadlands after the fall of Ancora. Charles, the enigmatic smith, hopes to find answers in the desert city of Bollwerk that could prevent a war.Their enemies are many, and here Jacob will learn the cost of life in the Deadlands...Categorized as:
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![Wolves by D.J. Molles]()
Wolves by D.J. Molles
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThey took everything--killed his wife, enslaved his daughter, destroyed his life. Now he's a man with nothing left to lose ... and that's what makes him so dangerous.Ten years after the collapse, Huxley had built a good life again. He had a loving wife, a farm with fields of golden barley, and a daughter with a strange and wonderful gift. Then the slavers came...Categorized as:
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![Free-Wrench by Joseph R. Lallo]()
Free-Wrench by Joseph R. Lallo
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe islands of Caldera are a shining jewel in a rather bleak world. A terrible calamity in the past had blanketed much of the world with a toxic "fug." Those who survived were forced to take to the mountains and the skies in wondrous airships. Life has since been a struggle, with only the most ruthless and crafty able to survive...Categorized as:
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![Sea of Rust by C. Robert Cargill]()
Sea of Rust by C. Robert Cargill
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsHumankind is extinct, liquidated in a global uprising by the very machines made to serve them. Now the world is controlled by OWIs—One World Intelligences—that have assimilated the minds of millions of robots.But not all robots are willing to cede their individuality, and Brittle is one of the holdouts... -
![Skykeep by Joseph R. Lallo]()
Skykeep by Joseph R. Lallo
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt has taken some adjustment, but Nita Graus has made quite a home for herself among the crew of the Wind Breaker. Under her skillful care it has become one of the only airships to stay aloft without the continuous repair and oversight of the vile and manipulative fug folk...Categorized as:
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![Night Flights by Philip Reeve]()
Night Flights by Philip Reeve
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsReturn to the world of Mortal Engines in this new book of short stories about the rebellious young aviatrix, Anna Fang, illustrated by Ian McQue. A key character in the Mortal Engines book and upcoming film produced by Peter Jackson (December 2018), this is your chance to learn more of Anna's thrilling past. Night Flights includes Traction City, Philip Reeve's 2011 World Book Day Book...Categorized as:
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![Devils Unto Dust by Emma Berquist]()
Devils Unto Dust by Emma Berquist
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLife out here is hard. So you have to be harder.Willie has always survived. No matter what life in Glory, Texas, has thrown at her. The sickness that swept through the state and turned most living creatures into terrifying shakes. Her own mother succumbing to the disease. Her father disappearing into saloons and gambling and liquor. Willie survives... -
![The Long Road: A Postapocalyptic Novel by G. Michael Hopf]()
The Long Road: A Postapocalyptic Novel by G. Michael Hopf
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe End was just the beginning of the new world… Only six weeks have passed since a super-EMP attack devastated the United States, but already, life has changed dramatically. Most of America has become a wasteland filled with starving bands of people, mobs and gangs. Millions are dead and millions more are suffering, with no end in sight...Categorized as:
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![My Own Kind of Freedom: A Firefly Novel by Steven Brust]()
My Own Kind of Freedom: A Firefly Novel by Steven Brust
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsSteven Brust jumps into the universe and characters of Joss Whedon's Firefly series. My Own Kind of Freedom: A Firefly Novel is a novel written by established fantasy novelist Steven Brust "on spec". It was originally proposed as an official Firefly novel to be licensed by Universal Pictures, but it was rejected... -
![Under Darkness by Jasper T. Scott, Ben Jaeger-Thomas]()
Under Darkness by Jasper T. Scott, Ben Jaeger-Thomas
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom the USA Today best-selling author of Dark Space... a series of unrelated stand-alone sci-fi novels; no sequels and no cliffhangers The sun vanished and darkness fell in the middle of the day, and then the meteors began to fall.... Bill Steele is in the trenches, trying to survive in the competitive world of luxury vacation resorts on the island of Kauai...Categorized as:
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![Coilhunter by Dean F. Wilson]()
Coilhunter by Dean F. Wilson
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsWelcome to the Wild North, a desolate wasteland where criminals go to hide—if they can outlast the drought and the dangers of the desert. Or the dangers of something else. Meet Nox, the Coilhunter. A mechanic and toymaker by trade, a bounty hunter by circumstance. He isn't in it for the money. He's in it for justice, and there's a lot of justice that needs to be paid...Categorized as:
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![Out of the Ashes by William W. Johnstone]()
Out of the Ashes by William W. Johnstone
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsCome And Take It The worst-case scenario has come to pass: a nuclear strike has crippled America. Gangs, looters, and vandals have seized the streets. The decent few can only pray for a leader to protect them. Luckily, one of the survivors is Ben Raines. Rebel mercenary, retired soldier, and tireless patriot, Raines is searching for his missing family in the aftermath of this devastating war... -
![Ambush in the Ashes by William W. Johnstone]()
Ambush in the Ashes by William W. Johnstone
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the ashes of the apocalypse, Ben Raines and his Rebels face a new obstacle: the anarchists and barbarians who seek to destroy what's left of the Red, White and Blue. Now, Raines's battalions are positioned to advance on Southern Africa in pursuit of Bruno Bottger and his neo-Nazi armies... -
![The Hero Within by Bec McMaster]()
The Hero Within by Bec McMaster
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCan this villain become her hero? As the only healer in a war-stained town, Eden McClain is devastated when the Salt Plague sweeps through the wastelands she calls home. Suddenly she's racing against time to save her people–and her niece–before it's too late. When she hears whispers of a cure, she knows she can't cross the dangerous Wastelands by herself to get it. She needs a guide...Categorized as:
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![Apocalypse Coming- (Revised Edition) A Novel of Tribulation and Survival (The Tears of Ephraim: Book One) by William Dunaway]()
Apocalypse Coming- (Revised Edition) A Novel of Tribulation and Survival (The Tears of Ephraim: Book One) by William Dunaway
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear."After a political protest is hijacked by anarchists, mob mentality takes over and violent riots start breaking out in many of our major cities...Categorized as:
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![With Tide and Tempest by Kate Avery Ellison]()
With Tide and Tempest by Kate Avery Ellison
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn alternate cover for this ASIN can be found here.Free or not, life beneath the sea in the republic of Itlantis is less idyllic than Aemi might have imagined when she'd been just a surfacer slave. She's been accused of spying for the enemy thanks to her connections with the traitorous Nautilus family, not to mention her own tangled and mysterious family history...Categorized as:
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![A Touch of Death by Rebecca Crunden]()
A Touch of Death by Rebecca Crunden
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA thousand years in the future, the last of humanity live inside the walls of the totalitarian Kingdom of Cutta. The rich live in Anais, the capital city of Cutta, sheltered from the famine and disease which ravage the rest of the Kingdom. Yet riches and power only go so far, and even Anaitians can be executed...
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