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  • Commune: Book Two by Joshua Gayou

    Commune: Book Two by Joshua Gayou

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Survival can be a lonely existence…or not. The reality of the situation always comes down to a simple decision: what kind of world do you want to build? The survivors have come to settle in the mountains of Wyoming, fighting day in and day out to establish a home for themselves in a near-empty world...
  • Days of Terror by Jack Hunt

    Days of Terror by Jack Hunt

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The fight for survival ends in the final installment of the EMP Survival series...The nation is in turmoil, resources are rare, and the desperate are terrifying.After two dangerous weeks on the road, Elliot and his family arrive at the compound in Texas. But with a war on the horizon, and threats at every turn, they soon discover their journey may have been in vain...
  • Dark Crossing by Thomas A. Watson

    Dark Crossing by Thomas A. Watson

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Stinkers have overtaken the world. With civilized society in shambles, white supremacists and gangs roam free, subjugating the free and the innocent. For Lance and Ian, this means they must make a choice: fortify their stronghold and hide, or place some trust in others to fight back and secure their corner of the world...
  • Convergence by Mark Tufo, John O'Brien

    Convergence by Mark Tufo, John O'Brien

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Having 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...
  • Wilderness Travel by Thomas A. Watson

    Wilderness Travel by Thomas A. Watson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Part Two of the explosive Prepper classic: The long-predicted Coronal Mass Ejection has arrived, destroying civilization. Nathan Owens has been prepping for a disaster like this for years. But when it occurs, he is far from his family and his refuge...
  • As We Break by Jack Hunt

    As We Break by Jack Hunt

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    No internet. No communication network. No power. Now survive.Ten days after a massive cyber attack tears a hole in the nation's infrastructure and brings the country to its knees, Sam, Anna, Mason and Amanda are preparing for the worst as the town of Breckenridge, Colorado is about to break...
  • Hope by Devon C. Ford

    Hope by Devon C. Ford

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Set in the UK in the immediate aftermath of a mysterious illness which swept the country and left millions dead, the series follows the trials facing a reluctant hero, Dan, and the group he forms around him. They must battle the elements, find sufficient supplies and equipment to survive, and protect themselves against the most destructive force on the planet: other people...
  • Valhalla by Mark Tufo, John O'Brien

    Valhalla by Mark Tufo, John O'Brien

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In this explosive fourth installment of the popular A Shrouded World Series, Jack is seemingly back from the dead. Mike and Trip are in a desperate bid to help their friend before he falls victim to whatever is plaguing the inhabitants of Valhalla...
  • Rising from the Darkness: American Apocalypse: Book 4 EMP Post Apocalyptic Science Fiction by A.J. Newman

    Rising from the Darkness: American Apocalypse: Book 4 EMP Post Apocalyptic Science Fiction by A.J. Newman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Rising from the Darkness: Book 4 EMP Post Apocalyptic Science Fiction Joe and his band of intrepid survivors have joined a larger group of survivalists. They are making life much better by implementing mutual assistance groups that help protect each other and barter among themselves. While life is getting better, there are still threats to handle and pain to endure...
  • Upheaval by T.L. Payne

    Upheaval by T.L. Payne

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    After surviving the prison riots and deadly skirmishes with the wanna-be dictator of Texas County, Maddie and her group are left with dwindling resources, unprepared for the harsh winter ahead. Old friends pitch in to help until a more deadly foe arrives to put all of their lives at risk. A daring mission to St. Louis for precious lifesaving supplies has deadly consequences...
  • Xenofall by Kyle West

    Xenofall by Kyle West

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    With 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..
  • The Philip K. Dick Reader by Philip K. Dick

    The Philip K. Dick Reader by Philip K. Dick

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Many thousands of readers consider Philip K. Dick the greatest science fiction mind on any planet. Since his untimely death in 1982, interest in Dick's works has continued to mount, and his reputation has been further enhanced by a growing body of critical attention. The Philip K. Dick Award is now given annually to a distinguished work of science fiction, and the Philip K...
  • Uprising by T.L. Payne

    Uprising by T.L. Payne

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Texas County, Missouri is a powder keg ready to blow.As winter approaches, small-town issues become big trouble.Maddie Langston and her group of post-apocalyptic survivors are stretched thin.Vengeful old foes take advantage of weakened defenses. Without support, as supplies dwindle, citizens are forced to take matters into their own hands...
  • Days of Danger by Jack Hunt

    Days of Danger by Jack Hunt

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Months after the EMP, would you still be alive?Six months after the EMP, and the collapse of the United States, no one is safe. In Lake Placid, Elliot and his family have survived the winter, lost their home and are still struggling to stay alive...
  • Odd Billy Todd by N.C. Reed

    Odd Billy Todd by N.C. Reed

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    BILLLY TODD HAS ALWAYS BEEN DIFFERENT. Most people called him odd, and those were the nice people. Born with a learning disability, Billy's parents never allowed him to consider himself disabled. Raised to be self-sufficient, Billy might not be as smart as some, but he's a lot smarter than people realized...
  • Whistlers by Mark Tufo, John O'Brien

    Whistlers by Mark Tufo, John O'Brien

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    What 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...
  • Extinction Point: Kings by Paul Antony Jones

    Extinction Point: Kings by Paul Antony Jones

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    THIS IS THE END... The Caretakers are dead, destroyed by the revelation of their long-ago corruption at the hands of a mysterious alien race. But Earth and its human survivors are still not free; the alien scourge that brought about so much calamity to the planet are coming to claim what they believe is rightfully theirs...
  • The Distance by Jeremy Robinson, Hilaree Robinson

    The Distance by Jeremy Robinson, Hilaree Robinson

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    THEIR JOURNEY BEGINS...The human race has turned to dust. August Morrison faces it after rising from the depths of a dark matter research facility in Arizona. His co-workers. His daughter. All of them: dust. Friends and colleagues around the world don't answer their phones. The city of Phoenix burns. He is alone...
  • Home by Frank Tayell

    Home by Frank Tayell

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In an undead world, zombies aren’t the greatest threat. The outbreak began in February. Nations went to war. Governments collapsed. Billions died in the chaos and anarchy that followed. Billions more were infected. They died. They came back. It is now October, and out of the tens of millions who lived in southern England, only ninety people remain...
  • Darkest Night by Kyla Stone

    Darkest Night by Kyla Stone

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The end is near...Logan and Dakota must prepare for the fight of their lives in order to defeat an enemy more powerful than they've ever faced.The lives of everyone they love are on the line.  The stakes couldn't be higher.Will they have what it takes? Or will the cost of victory be too terrible to bear?Darkest Night is the final book in the riveting Nuclear Dawn post-apocalpytic series...
  • Days of Chaos by Jack Hunt

    Days of Chaos by Jack Hunt

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Two weeks without power, would you still survive? After the lights went out across the nation, Elliot, Jesse, Maggie and Damon fought off the desperate as they made their way back to Lake Placid. Rayna barely survived an attack by home invaders and Gary struggled to maintain order in a town gripped by panic...
  • Survive the Lawless by Jack Hunt

    Survive the Lawless by Jack Hunt

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In a powerless world, only the strong will survive the lawless…After an EMP cripples the country, Colby and Alicia embark on the dangerous trek out of the city to survive. On the treacherous journey home to Humboldt County, a deadly encounter leads to Colby being brought back from the brink of death by strangers...
  • Hive by J.K. Accinni

    Hive by J.K. Accinni

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In the rush to the Tampa Airport, Abby meets a small group of elephants from the famous Elizabeth Siggins Wildlife Foundation fleeing the political horrors of Africa. Putting them under her protection and that of the Hive, she meets Tobi, the elderly matriarch of the small herd who will sacrifice herself to save a human and in return is rewarded with the ultimate gift the Womb can bestow...
  • Exodus in Black by Joshua Guess

    Exodus in Black by Joshua Guess

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Five years have passed since the collapse of civilization. The dead still walk the land, but humanity has proved itself strong and resilient. Large settlements have begun to trade, manufacture, and rebuild what was lost. Kell McDonald and his friends continue to work in isolation. On the verge of a breakthrough in their research for a cure, secrecy has never been more vital...
  • Escape by Owen Baillie

    Escape by Owen Baillie

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The third instalment in the best-selling post-apocalyptic zombie series set in Australia. Battered, heart-broken and with infected amongst them, the main group begins the long journey south to Melbourne in pursuit of serum supplies and passage towards a safer life beyond...
  • The Ophidian Horde by Ryan Schow

    The Ophidian Horde by Ryan Schow

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The EMP is real. The unraveling of society is beyond perilous. With the city in ruin, injuries to her party and a sharp loss of resources, Cincinnati McNamara looks to Indigo for help in forming a new homestead, a place where she can tend to the wounded and safeguard her family...
  • Die For Now by Bob Howard

    Die For Now by Bob Howard

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    No one can be totally prepared for a zombie apocalypse. No matter what preparations are made, some flaws can only be overcome by luck. When a group of well funded people decided years before to prepare for the end of civilization by building impenetrable shelters, they unknowingly left a legacy for a small band of survivors...
  • The Burning Fields by Mike Kraus

    The Burning Fields by Mike Kraus

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    New enemies are on the horizon in Virginia as an unexpected visitor appears to Dianne and the children. Rick, meanwhile, faces a beautiful but dangerous journey through the Rocky Mountains. As Damocles continues to wreak havoc across the globe the stage is being set for the end of civilization as we know it...
  • After Everyone Died by Sean Patrick Little

    After Everyone Died by Sean Patrick Little

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Flu-that's what everyone called it-culled the primate population of the planet. It struck hard and fast, wiping out the whole of the population. For reasons he can't understand, Twist is left alive to face the apocalypse alone. Well, not entirely alone-his neighbor's gassy Labrador, Rowdy, tags along for the ride...
  • Days 54 to 61 by Amy Cross

    Days 54 to 61 by Amy Cross

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Having been rescued from the forest, Elizabeth is shocked to find herself living with a small group of survivors. But when she's plunged into an unlikely reunion, she begins to realize that the task of saving humanity might require difficult decisions. Meanwhile, Thomas discovers the truth about another group of survivors...
  • Survive for Now by Bob Howard

    Survive for Now by Bob Howard

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The end of civilization did not come suddenly. There was no flash of light, no blast from a nuclear explosion, and no mushroom cloud. There was no earthquake, no furious storm, nor cataclysmic event such as a meteor or massive solar flare. The end came gradually as a few people attacked and bit family members...
  • Darkness by Kyle West

    Darkness by Kyle West

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The 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...
  • The Shattered Earth by Mike Kraus

    The Shattered Earth by Mike Kraus

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Rick Waters is trapped. He and another survivor are stuck in the middle of a devastated Las Vegas, forced to hide while a band of criminals wielding stolen military-grade hardware loot the city. Any hope of escape rests on Rick's quick thinking, though that may not be enough. Back home in Virginia, his wife and children are preparing their homestead for an early winter that has arrived...
  • Extinction by Kyle West

    Extinction by Kyle West

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Time 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..
  • Winter by T.W. Brown

    Winter by T.W. Brown

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Winter is coming... As survivors around the world struggle to get their feet under them in a world overrun by the walking dead, a new problem rears its head. As unstoppable as any horde of zombies, the seasons march on, heedless of the fragility of the human race. The first winter is approaching...
  • Dead: Fortunes & Failures by T.W. Brown

    Dead: Fortunes & Failures by T.W. Brown

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Steve has seen the worst in himself...and others. Now, it seems that zombies aren't the only threat to the lives of his companions. Will he lose those he loves to the walking dead...or a murderer?Kevin is the last geek standing, and a reunion with an old acquaintance puts him back in charge of a group of survivors...
  • Dead Will Rise by Joshua Guess

    Dead Will Rise by Joshua Guess

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dead Will Rise The Fall: Book Two Kell McDonald killed the world. It is a truth that haunts him every day of his life. It is a fact etched so deeply in his mind that every waking moment is haunted by his sins. But for his choices, the dead would not walk. Men would not travel the decaying highways hunting for victims...
  • Breakdown by Bruno Miller

    Breakdown by Bruno Miller

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    A Post-Apocalyptic Survival seriesDo you have what it takes to survive? Ben Davis was prepared for disaster. He just didn’t know it would come so soon. He and his teenage son, Joel, are miles deep in the backcountry of the San Juan Mountains when high-altitude nuclear electromagnetic detonations light up the pre-dawn sky...
  • The Village by Iain Rob Wright

    The Village by Iain Rob Wright

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The fungus is spreading and life is changing, becoming corrupted...Continue Ryan and Aaron's story as they flee the cottage by the hill and finally make it to the village where they hope to find safety, but the threat of the quickly spreading fungus is only growing worse, and not everyone in the village welcomes strangers. It's time to meet the locals.
  • Numbers Ignite by Rebecca Rode

    Numbers Ignite by Rebecca Rode

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Treena and Vance think they’ve pulled out of the numbers game forever. They’re wrong. After Treena’s disastrous attempt to unite the nation, she has the deaths of hundreds haunting her dreams. Now, with hatred and accusations following her past the border, she’s determined to leave that horrible day behind and find a peaceful, uneventful life with Vance and the settlers...
  • Days 9 to 16 by Amy Cross

    Days 9 to 16 by Amy Cross

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Finally realizing that she has to leave the city, Elizabeth sets out alone along a deserted road. Eventually, however, she encounters some fellow survivors, and before long she's taken to a remote farmhouse where a small community is struggling to take shape. She soon discovers, however, that this particular farmhouse hides some dark secrets...
  • Surviving the Fall by Mike Kraus

    Surviving the Fall by Mike Kraus

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When a devastating attack cripples and destroys every Internet-connected device in the country, Rick Waters is stranded a thousand miles from his wife, Dianne, and their children. To get back home he'll have to draw on every survival instinct he has as he's pulled into a web of lies and conspiracy that threaten not just his survival but that of the entire world...
  • Apocalypse Machine by Jeremy Robinson

    Apocalypse Machine by Jeremy Robinson

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    THE HUMAN RACE STARTED THE SIXTH MASS EXTINCTION ON EARTH. A chain of subglacial volcanoes erupt in Iceland. The melting ice floods the countryside. Poisonous gas descends on Scotland. A tsunami devastates the Norwegian coastline. An ash cloud rises into the atmosphere, blotting out the sun across Europe, ushering in a new Ice Age...
  • Alone by Scott Sigler

    Alone by Scott Sigler

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In the final installment of an exhilarating sci-fi adventure trilogy in the vein of The Hunger Games, Divergent, and Red Rising, Scott Sigler’s unforgettable heroine, Em Savage, must come to grips once and for all with the perilous mysteries of her own existence.“We thought this place was our destiny—not our doom...
  • Commune: Book One by Joshua Gayou

    Commune: Book One by Joshua Gayou

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    For dinosaurs, it was a big rock. For humans: Coronal Mass Ejection (CME). When the Earth is hit by the greatest CME in recorded history (several times larger than the Carrington Event of 1859), the combined societies of the planet’s most developed nations struggle to adapt to a life thrust back into the Dark Ages...
  • Alight by Scott Sigler

    Alight by Scott Sigler

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    “If it’s war they want, they messed with the wrong girl.”M. Savage—or Em, as she is called—has made a bewildering and ominous discovery. She and the other young people she was chosen to lead awoke in strange coffins with no memory of their names or their pasts. They faced an empty, unknown place of twisting tunnels and human bones...
  • Advent by D. Gideon

    Advent by D. Gideon

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Ripley and her friends have escaped the University’s lockdown and started their journey home on foot. They’ve found an opportunity to get supplies they sorely need, but the risk is high. Marco insists that the world is already far more dangerous than it seems, while Ripley’s not yet convinced. She’s about to get a very bloody wake-up call...
  • Reunion by Frank Tayell

    Reunion by Frank Tayell

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Surviving is easy. It’s the next part, living, that’s hard.It is seven months since the outbreak. The world is in ruins. Britain is a radioactive wasteland peopled by the undead. The few survivors cling to the hope that they might wake up tomorrow. For most, that is all they have left. But Nilda has something more; the chance that her son is alive. At least he was, months before...
  • Shelter for Now by Bob Howard

    Shelter for Now by Bob Howard

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A strange infection has spread across the entire planet leaving death in its path. The zombie apocalypse that everyone believed to be impossible has brought mankind to the brink of extinction, yet small groups of people have managed to survive. No one has been spared contact with the infected dead, not even the most powerful elected official in the world, the President of the United States...
  • Unknown World by Chris Pike

    Unknown World by Chris Pike

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Bestselling author Chris Pike brings a fresh voice to the post-apocalyptic genre with another pulse-pounding, harrowing story about survival. He was a man of quiet faith and determined courage who lived by an unwavering code of honor...
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