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Divergent Official Illustrated Movie Companion by Kate Egan
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 65 ratingsVeronica Roth's #1 New York Times bestselling novel Divergent is now a major motion picture starring Shailene Woodley, Theo James, and Kate Winslet!With never-before-seen photos; personal interviews with the directors, actors, and writers; and exclusive extras, this lush, oversize volume is a true behind-the-scenes look at the filming of Divergent... -
Edge of Survival by Kyla Stone
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe nation is crumbling. The world is unraveling. The EMP is only the beginning... Three months after an EMP attack destroys the U.S. power grid, starvation, disease, and the brutal cold have killed millions. With the end of winter finally in sight, the town of Fall Creek, Michigan balances on the precipice of collapse. They have suffered and sacrificed...Categorized as:
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Wool 5 - The Stranded by Hugh Howey
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsIn July of 2011, a short story named WOOL was quietly released into the vast wilds of the Kindle Store. I never marketed this novelette; I failed to mention it on my website. What happened next was remarkable: People started reading it, and reviewing it, and talking about it.There was never any intention to create a series...Categorized as:
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Realm of the Raiders by Christopher Artinian
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSAFE HAVEN: REALM OF THE RAIDERS A virus has swept across the planet turning people into flesh-craving zombies. The UK and Ireland were the last to fall, but now the virus has won. Cities are infested with the undead. To stay is to die. Having fled Leeds, Mike Fletcher and his family thought they had found a safe haven in the island village of Candleton...Categorized as:
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Exodus by Adrienne Lecter
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThey are here to find the cure—in a secret laboratory hidden underneath a metropolis overrun by zombies. What could possibly go wrong? Finding the French Resistance was only the first step in achieving their mission... -
Ice by Christopher Artinian
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the multi-award-winning author Christopher Artinian, comes the fourth book of the post-apocalyptic zombie series people are calling, "Gripping", "fast paced and full of action", "very realistic", "captivating", "inventive", and "emotional". They thought their biggest battle had been fought—but the war had not even begun... -
Love and Decay 3, Episode Five by Rachel Higginson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsZombies- as if that wasn’t enough to ruin any girl’s dream of a happily ever after. Things have been bad for Reagan and friends, but Raphael’s slaving camp might top them all. Unsure where Haley and Page were taken to, and faced with the evil that immediately surrounds her, Reagan is close to giving up. This life asks too much of her. This world demands too high a price... -
Love and Decay 3, Episode One by Rachel Higginson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsZombies- as if that wasn’t enough to ruin any girl’s dream of a happily ever after. It’s been six months since Reagan Willow fled the Colony and Matthias Allen’s tyrannical clutches. Six months since she broke Hendrix Parker’s heart. Six months since she watched Kane Allen sacrifice his life to save hers... -
Love and Decay 2, Episode Six by Rachel Higginson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsZombies- as if that wasn’t enough to ruin any girl’s dream of a happily ever after. Reagan and Page are still trapped with Kane in the cabin in the woods and they have no idea if help is coming or if anyone will be able to find them. Besides the utter boredom and eerie solitude, they have to deal with Kane’s crazy mom and the danger Kane poses to Reagan, in more than just the physical sense... -
Catharsis by Adrienne Lecter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBree’s list of priorities: Survive the next hour. Survive the next day. Survive the next week. Hold down solid food. Relearn how to walk. How to run. How to hold a gun. How to fight. Make Bucky Hamilton rue the day we met, and met again. And find out what the f*ck we are looking for in Europe... -
36 by Dirk Patton
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRobert Tracy is spirited away from his own execution. A top-secret government project makes him an offer he can't refuse: work for us or disappear permanently. With no choice, he embarks on a mission to undo a terrorist attack that has already occurred, by being sent back in time 36 hours. But all is not as it seems...Categorized as:
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Radicals by Frankie Rose
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRadicals is Book 2 in the Blood & Fire Series. A life of fire A life of blood A life of sacrifice When Kit ran from the Sanctuary, she left behind the ghosts of all those she killed. However, unlike the dead, the living she left behind aren’t so easily escaped. Her father and his men are searching for her, and they won’t stop until they find her...Categorized as:
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Survive by Courtney Konstantin
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFor Max Duncan, the word Sundown means one thing… RUN.Corpses infected with a mysterious, incurable virus are roaming free throughout the United States, feasting upon the living. The Duncan family compound in Montana is Max’s only hope for survival— but to get there, she has to flee from South Carolina and survive crossing several states with her daughter Jack in tow. Max has a choice to make...Categorized as:
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The Earth Dwellers by David Estes
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Earth Dwellers is the 4th book in BOTH The Dwellers Saga and The Country Saga. The author recommends that BOTH series are read in their entirety before reading this book (The Moon Dwellers, The Star Dwellers, The Sun Dwellers, Fire Country, Ice Country, Water Storm Country)... -
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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... -
The Girl Who Dared to Descend by Bella Forrest
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsReturn to the Tower and reunite with Liana Castell in the breath-stealing third book of The Girl Who Dared to Think series...Categorized as:
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The Girl Who Dared to Lead by Bella Forrest
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratings"Honorbound! Honorbound!""Congratulations, Champion Castell..."Return to the Tower in the EPIC fifth book of The Girl Who Dared series, where the Champion has been chosen... and Liana's courage will be put to the test like never before...Categorized as:
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Far from Home by Kate L. Mary
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHow far would you go to survive the apocalypse? As the only child in an upper-middle class family, Rowan has had it easy. Doted on by a mother who never wanted anything but a child to love, she's never wanted for anything. Kiaya’s life, however, has been anything but easy... -
The Orphans Vol III: Strangers by Mike Evans
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe zombie apocalypse is not forgiving, especially in the world of The Orphans. A group of teens against all odds continue to survive against the challenges presented to them in a world where the rules have changed and the Turned are trying to devour them. These are not your typical slow zombies these zombies are the fast, strong, and by far the smartest that you will encounter...Categorized as:
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The Horizon by Glynn James, Michael Stephen Fuchs
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsTHE OPERATORS FACE THEIR DEMONSMission complete, Alpha team enjoys their first chance to breathe and tend to their humanity. But the darkness leaves them alone with their demons - and those who have found love may yet learn that it is fatally incompatible with duty...THE CARRIER FACES UNIMAGINED THREATSThe JFK steams for Africa, despite rumours of lone Zulus still wandering below decks... -
Overfall by Marcus Richardson, Mike Kraus
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn unimaginable disaster. A country torn apart. A man who will stop at nothing to get home to his family.When a massive landslide in the Canary Islands sets off a mega-tsunami, the east coast of North America is square in its path. On a fishing trip off the coast of Maine, Reese Lavelle barely manages to make it to high ground when the wave hits...Categorized as:
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Division 5 by Krista Street
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWith freedom, comes choice. Dr. Meghan Forester’s dream has finally come true. A vaccine for the deadly Makanza virus is spreading throughout the world. Borders are open. The Kazzies are free.But just when happiness and hope are infiltrating society, Meghan’s world comes tumbling down. Davin’s first love reappears. The Kazzies are incessantly harassed. A young girl falls gravely ill... -
The Wanted by Lauren Nicolle Taylor
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat would you be willing to sacrifice to get what you Wanted? It's the question facing both Rosa and Joseph as they are pushed and pulled in unimaginable directions.It's the question Superior Grant answered with a resounding, -Anything and everything.-The only thing they want is to be back in each other's arms...Categorized as:
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Reaching Home: A Post-Apocalyptic Journey by Lars Larsen
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDARK HIGHWAY HOME—BOOK TWO. REACHING HOMEAN EMP & POST-APOCALYPTIC SURVIVAL STORYDays after the North American power grid was taken down by an electromagnetic pulse, a band of stranded people are making their perilous way from Las Vegas to the safety of their homes over two thousand miles away.With the power grid down, North America has gone dark. Society has collapsed... -
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New World by Kate L. Mary
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsNew World, book five in the Broken World series, continues following a group of survivors after a super-virus has decimated the human race and the dead have come back to claim it as their own...After weeks on the road and devastating losses, the survivors have finally found safety. But as winter falls on Colorado, it brings with it both new challenges, and new hope...Categorized as:
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This Would Be Paradise: Book 2 by N.D. Iverson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCommunity connotes safety and togetherness--or does it? Bailey and Chloe head back on the road, where they come across strange markings belonging to a group intent on bloodshed and abduction. With this heinous enemy lurking in the shadows, they seek help in new and old friends along the way. When they arrive at Hargrove, nothing is what it seems inside the makeshift, post-apocalyptic community... -
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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Blood Moon by Gwendolyn Harper
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen the apocalypse hit and Caitlin Meadows found herself surviving on the run with Jack Booker, she never expected they'd last a week without tearing each other's heads off, let alone that they'd fall for one another. But now she can't imagine a life without him, and she's willing to do whatever it takes to keep her lover alive in a zombie infested world... -
Trail of Misery by N.A. Broadley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA deadly virus has left Beth alone and afraid.She must leave her home with almost no supplies when she is attacked by a neighbor. Now forced to set out on the Appalachian Trail with only her backpack, two guns and a turkey carving knife...Categorized as:
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Flame Road by Toby Neal, Emily Kimelman
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe can’t remember her past. He’s been running from his for too long. As Scorch flu ravages the nation, Cash Luciano escapes to the forest and hikes toward his family’s survival compound. His past haunts him even in the quiet of nature. Dedicating his life to helping others hasn’t eased the guilt. Will he ever be free?She awakens in the woods with no memories...Categorized as:
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California by Jamie Lee Grey
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis is an alternate cover edition of ASIN B07R9WJ81Q Flames will destroy. Planes will fall from the sky. Bombs will detonate. And that’s just the first day. Katie and Zach Nelson are looking forward to celebrating their anniversary with a relaxing camping trip on the California coast. But terrorists have other plans for the weekend. Like torching the place... -
Uprising by Heather Sunseri
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA thin line separates life from death, freedom from oppression. One misstep. One wrong choice.When Cricket Black is purposely exposed to Bad Sam, she must choose: fight New Caelum’s stranglehold on its citizens’ freedom or succumb to the hopelessness of the lethal virus...Categorized as:
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Solar Fury by E.A. Chance
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNavigating life is no picnic for young widowed surgeon, Riley Poole, so when a global solar flare strikes - destroying the power grid and stranding her in Washington, D.C. with her teenage daughter - it will take near superhuman courage to find safe harbor in a world gone mad...Categorized as:
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Winter Igniting by Rebecca Zanetti
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHis only goal was survival until he met her...With nothing to lose, former cop Damon Winter agrees to an undercover op, infiltrating a cult in the dangerous post-Scorpius world. After one look at his new partner, he knows she belongs far away from not only the cult, but from him. She's sweet and kind and has no business being in peril, but she's determined to help...Categorized as:
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Deadland's Harvest by Rachel Aukes
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe seven deadly sins with a shambling twist.The critically acclaimed DEADLAND SAGA:Book 1: 100 Days in DeadlandBook 2: Deadland’s Harvest Book 3: Deadland RisingIt has been one hundred days since the zombies claimed the world. Cash, along with forty-two survivors, have found safety in the secluded and well-guarded Fox National Park...Categorized as:
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Broken Lands by Jonathan Maberry
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Jonathan Maberry returns to the world of Rot & Ruin with this first novel in a brand-new series that’s more thrilling and filled with exceptionally terrifying adventures.Ever since her mother’s death, Gabriella “Gutsy” Gomez has spent her days flying under the radar...Categorized as:
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Talented by Alexandra Moody
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSeventeen-year-old Elle Winters gave up everything for one shot at saving her closest friend. But though she may have escaped the ARC and found her way to the surface, Elle is no closer to finding Sebastian and stranded in a world where she doesn’t belong...Categorized as:
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Worlds Collide by S.M. McEachern
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCenturies old secrets and forbidden love collide in the action-packed sequel to Sunset Rising. S.M. McEachern knows how to keep the story going. Worlds Collide is a gripping tale that glues you to your seat!" Amazon Reviewer "Worlds Collide blew me away! I honestly have not been able to experience a book the way I have with this one in a very long time...Categorized as:
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New World Order: Sunset Rising Book Three by S.M. McEachern
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Biodome has been liberated, the slaves have been freed, and a new democratic government has been formed. Yet tensions between the Pit and the Dome have never been higher. With the disappearance of Senator Jack Kenner, the old regime makes a political move to reestablish their government...Categorized as:
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Standing at the Edge by William Alan Webb, J. Gunnar Grey
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsNick Angriff’s ultimate enemy finally takes the stage and the 7th Cavalry will never be the same. Operation Overtime has come through its first winter in post-Collapse America in better shape than expected. Food is plentiful, the city of Prescott is healing, and there’s even a battalion of new recruits for the Marines...Categorized as:
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The Eve by Keary Taylor
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsA plan was laid out as the Evolution crushed mankind, a plan that was right under Eden’s nose all along. And Eve is the key to everything. New Eden—mankind—they have a small chance at fixing their dismembered planet. But it will be a reckless sprint against time and the coming Bane to retrieve the final piece to the plot. New Eden’s worst fears have become reality...Categorized as:
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The Human by Keary Taylor
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe city of New Eden is cleared, but it won’t stay that way forever. The Bane continue to advance in horrific ways that will wipe humanity from the face of the Earth. A storm is coming, one none of them could have dared imagine. When a group of outsiders come to the city, everyone is on edge. They have too many questions and not enough answers about where they are from or what they want...Categorized as:
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Silent World by Kate L. Mary
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsBook Seven in the Broken World Series... When Jim ran out of that farmhouse in Forgotten World, not only did he leave the promise of safety behind, but he was sure he was about to meet a horrible end. Amira has lived most of her life surrounded by silence, and this new world has dangers lurking around every corner that could mean the end for her... -
Water & Storm Country by David Estes
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsHuck Jones, the son of the admiral of the Soaker fleet, has a legacy to live up to. Haunted by the distorted memories of his mother's untimely death, he must face his demons and the man who raised him as he strives to take the courageous step forward into manhood...Categorized as:
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New World by Grace Hamilton
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThey’ll protect what’s theirs—or die trying. The McDonald clan have learned their lessons the hard way these last months. Shane and Jodi finally realize they must keep their reunited family close and protect their own above all others to survive in this new post-apocalyptic reality... -
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... -
Highway to Heartache by David A. Simpson, Eric A. Shelman
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"I would do great and terrible things for you." she said.Time is running out for the star crossed lovers, the teenagers thrown together by fate who were supposed to be trying to kill each other.The undead infection is spreading in Scarlet, slowly worming its way through her body.As they race across the wastelands to the last outpost with medical facilities, their fathers go to war...Categorized as:
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All We Have by Sean Patrick Little
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTwist and Ren have settled on the shores of a beautiful lake in Texas, but survival takes work. There are crops to plant and harvest, and animals to feed. There is the daily grind of life after a viral apocalypse where things they used to take for granted, like food, water, and safety, are no longer a given, especially with predators prowling at the perimeter of the farm... -
Long Empty Roads by Sean Patrick Little
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter a hard, cold winter, Twist is no longer willing to struggle to live in Wisconsin. The time has come for him to move south. There he will begin to rebuild life after the viral apocalypse. The world he knew is changing, however. Nature is slowly reclaiming the land. Exotic animals released from zoos roam freely. Stores of food, once fresh and plentiful, are beginning to spoil...Categorized as:
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The Wounded by Lauren Nicolle Taylor
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsYou think you’re in control. That it’s your hands on the reins. But I’m starting to think either someone else is driving, or the reins are attached to nothing. Just flapping and snapping in the breeze. What could be simple, never is.Rosa doesn’t want to get used to being separated from Joseph, from Orry...Categorized as:
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