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Zone War by John Conroe
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsBook 1 of the Zone War series. A few short years from now, eco-terrorists unleash the worst attack the world has ever seen. Over 25,000 autonomous combat drones are released in Manhattan from the hold of a ship. Hundreds of thousands are dead, and the entire island is evacuated and quarantined in just a few days’ time... -
Sparks Rise by Alexandra Bracken
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsDon’t miss the thrilling novella that connects the last two novels in the New York Times best-selling Darkest Minds trilogy. Sam didn’t think things could get worse at Thurmond rehabilitation camp. Then the Reds arrive. Everyone assumed the kids with firepower had been killed years ago. Instead they were taken away, brainwashed, and returned as terrifyingly effective guards... -
Untamed by Lindsey Pogue
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt’s been eleven years since a pandemic devastated the population and left survivors with superhuman capabilities, and the world has finally settled into a new sense of normal.Beau has learned to embrace and grow into his Ability, but when he loses his best friend, Beau’s world crumbles all over again...Categorized as:
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Inside the Maze Runner: The Guide to the Glade by James Dashner
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe first book in James Dashner’s New York Times bestselling Maze Runner series is soon to be a major motion picture. Featuring the star of MTV's Teen Wolf, Dylan O’Brien; Kaya Scodelario; Aml Ameen; Will Poulter; and Thomas Brodie-Sangster, the movie will be in theaters September 19, 2014. The Maze Runner is perfect for fans of The Hunger Games and Divergent...Categorized as:
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The Rising Dark: A Darkest Minds Collection by Alexandra Bracken
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThree exclusive stories from three amazing Darkest Minds characters: Liam, Vida and Clancy.Liam and Cole have the kind of bond only brothers share. But the League demands a lot from its members, and even the closest bonds can be broken. Vida has been on the run a long time. So when she and her sister find a place with a crew near Venice Beach, it feels like they might finally have a home... -
The Stones of Angkor by Sam Sisavath
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsThe war for survival continues. The fight for Song Island is over. Despite suffering losses, Will and his group have claimed the island as their own and achieved the safe haven they’ve longed for since The Purge. Months later, Will makes contact with another group of survivors, and travels to their base in hopes of striking an alliance and gathering much-needed medical supplies... -
Stray by Rachael Craw
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEvie is a Shield: designed to kill in order to protect, and the Affinity Project have finally come for her. But Evie isn’t ready for the sinister organisation to take control of her life, her body, her mind. She isn’t ready to follow their rules about who may live and who must die – not when it condemns the innocent... -
The Tetradome Run by Spencer Baum
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen the crime wave peaked in the early 70s, and Nixon signed the Redemption Act, no one bothered to imagine what public execution might look like fifty years in the future. No one imagined that The Tetradome Run would become the most popular show in America. This year's show puts convicted felons in a race with genetically engineered monstrous creations... -
Rooster by Sam Sisavath
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsHOUNDED, CORNERED, AND RUNNING OUT OF OPTIONS, BUT NEVER DEFEATED. Keo has been in tough situations before. Some have been tougher than others, but he’s always managed to come out on top thanks to an innate stubbornness, the skills he’s honed from a previous life, and a whole lot of Lady Luck... -
Beyond the Night by Alexandra Bracken
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratings'A RIVETING EMOTIONAL READ THAT KEPT ME ON THE EDGE!'- Melissa Marr, author of the bestselling Wicked Lovely series, on The Darkest Minds The government-run 'rehabilitation camps' have been shut down, but kids with Psi powers are anything but free... -
The Gates of Byzantium by Sam Sisavath
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMan is no longer at the top of the food chain. The Purge has devastated the globe, turning much of humanity into night-dwelling, bloodthirsty creatures (dubbed “ghouls” by the survivors), while small pockets of remaining humans have managed to carry on. With the loss of their sanctuary, Will and his small band of survivors are forced to seek shelter elsewhere... -
Fallen by K.A. Riley
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen Ashen heads east to New York City to find Finn's brother, she finds herself confronted by an entirely new set of problems.The city is a war zone overshadowed by the Behemoth, the largest Arcology in existence. Few are allowed entry, and those who go in never leave. At first, Ashen assumes the power structure is one she knows well: Directorate vs. Dregs, Wealthy vs. Poor... -
Devil's Haircut by Sam Sisavath
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsTHE DEVIL ALWAYS GETS HIS DUE.Keo has tried to stay out of it, but five years in the wild have only led him back to the one place he dreaded most--alongside a woman from his past and fighting someone else's cause. Except this is one war he can't turn his back on. What's a reformed mercenary to do?Lara didn't want this. Not another war to fight... -
TEXAS FALL 2 by Boyd Craven III, L.A. Bayles
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt wasn’t supposed to get this bad, this quickly—While trying to recover from his wounds, Ethan sets out to help Emma and King get the ranch ready to the best of their abilities. Digging more into the stockpiles of supplies, Emma bootstraps a system to help their shorthanded operation, and give them a technological advantage in a country mostly in the dark... -
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TEXAS FALL by Boyd Craven III, L.A. Bayles
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPreparing for hard times was second nature to native Texans. For the Garcia siblings, it wasn't a matter of if, but when something would happen. Despite their careers taking them in separate directions across the state, nothing could stop the brother and sister duo from meeting back up when an EMP takes most of the country back to the stone age...Categorized as:
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MICHIGAN FALL by L.A. Bayles, Boyd Craven Jr.
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat would you do if there was an EMP attack today? How would you survive, not only against the oncoming winter but against those who are desperate or greedy and want what you have? What would happen when all of the checks and balances that support the law are gone?Because of her semi-rural location and a handful of good neighbors, Rose Winters and her family are better off than those in the...Categorized as:
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Glory Box by Sam Sisavath
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFollow-up to The Purge of Babylon post-apocalyptic series. _________________________________________ FROM THE PURGE, A NEW BEGINNING. It's been six years since a terrifying breed of seemingly unkillable creatures emerged from the darkness to fall the unprepared governments of the world, in the process knocking mankind down the food chain. Survivors called it The Purge... -
Requiem by Sam Sisavath
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsTHE WORLD WAS NOT READY Six years ago, the world was plunged into darkness. Five years ago, it got a second chance. Now the fight for what’s left begins… They Called It The Purge… History books call it The Purge, and it altered the course of human history. A breed of seemingly unkillable creatures that once lurked in the shadows of mankind’s past finally revealed themselves... -
Days of Chaos by Jack Hunt
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsTwo 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... -
Sun & Smoke: An Endless Winter Novel by Theresa Shaver
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBook 1 Snow & AshBook 2 Rain & RuinBook 3 Sun & SmokeSkylar Ross and Rex Larson just settled into a new way of life when a simple mistake changes everything. General Bill Mallor, Skylar's Godfather, should have been a welcome sight when he and his men roll into town and save them...Categorized as:
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Blue Apocalypse by E.E. Isherwood, Craig Martelle
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA father and his son. 2500 miles apart. A blue ribbon crosses the sky. The world starts to unravel. No one knows what is happening, but everyone is trying to find out. Buck is running his big rig from the west coast. Garth is trapped in New York City with his high school friend.With Marine training and an eighteen-wheeler, Buck heads east... -
Mist City by Sam Sisavath
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA new storyline... A new hero... Same deadly universe... A SHOOTER WITHOUT A TARGET. The man who calls himself John Smith once had a reason to fight: He was committed to a crusade he was willing to kill and die for. Trained by one of the best gunmen alive, Smith’s natural instincts with a handgun were honed to almost perfection... -
The Embers of Hope by Nick Jones
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAlternate cover for this ASIN can be found hereAfter narrowly escaping the Shiryaevo Vault, Nathan O’Brien is on the run, adapting to life without Jennifer Logan. In his possession: a powerful mind control device known as the Histeridae and evidence of the Hibernation Program’s true agenda... -
Warriors from the Ashes by William W. Johnstone
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsUnder the command of Ben Raines, the Southern United States have defeated all comers -- and carved out a stronghold in the Southwest desert. But now, two powerful forces are crashing in against the rebels from the North and the South, and Raines has no choice but to strike back with everything he's got... -
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Dark Matter by Jenetta Penner
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsArcadia was supposed to be Earth 2.0—a haven for humanity while they fought desperately to save their dying homeworld. But nothing has turned out like Cassiopeia Foster had thought.Another race, the Alku, already occupies the planet in a parallel dimension called Paxon... -
Karen's First Day by Joseph Zuko
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRaising kids is tough. Keeping them alive as the zombie apocalypse begins is tougher. But that's exactly what stay-at-home mom Karen needs to do: fight fiercely to keep her young daughters safe as her husband Jim battles his way across the city, so they can escape the carnage together... -
Crisis in the Ashes by William W. Johnstone
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBen Raines and his patriot army have defeated all comers, from mutant night people to the blackshirted forces of Jesus Mendoza Hoffman and the enemy axis in the Great War. But now the socialist dictators of the USA, smarting from their defeat at the hands of the Southern United States of America, have unleashed their fury against Raines... -
Date A Live, Vol. 4 (light novel): Sister Itsuka by Koushi Tachibana, Tsunako
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA spirit in flames, a town on fire… Shido was determined to save Kurumi and Mana. He simply had to. At the critical moment, though, he found himself immobilized, unable to keep his promise. Had Kotori Itsuka not shown up at the last second, everything would have been over.. -
The Maze Runner: by James Dashner | Summary & Analysis by Book*Sense
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Maze Runner: by James Dashner | Summary & Analysis (The Maze Runner Series, Book 1) by Book*Sense This is a Summary & Analysis of The Maze Runner by James Dashner. Award-winning author James Dashner’s The Maze Runner shows the influences of the author’s broad reading... -
Origins by Isamu Fukui
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFifteen years ago, the Mayor of the Education City was presented with an unwelcome surprise by his superiors: twin six-month-old boys. As the Mayor reluctantly accepted the two babies, he had no way of knowing that they would change the city forever….Raised in the comfort of the Mayoral mansion, Umasi and Zen are as different as two brothers can be. Umasi is a good student; Zen an indifferent one... -
Dark Destruction by Grace Hamilton
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn this new dark world, responsibility for others is a heavy burden. Megan Wolford is used to handling her own problems, so being part of a makeshift family, and all the responsibilities that come with it, is a new experience...Categorized as:
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Flashpoint by Tara Ellis, Mike Kraus
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA heart-pounding new series from the #1 best-selling post-apocalyptic author If your life dissolved in a flash, would you be strong enough to survive? Half of the earth's population has been wiped out...Categorized as:
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Searching for Shelter by Stephanie Mylchreest, Misty Zaugg
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNo food. No shelter. No way out but through.A calamitous pair of storms.Two women on the run from their past caught in the whirlwind.They'll either stand and fight - or be consumed in the aftermath.***Twin hurricanes obliterate the eastern coast of the United States, bringing with them a blight that devastated America's breadbasket... -
Black by Sam Sisavath
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTHE LONG NIGHT IS UPON THEM. After five years of hard work, dedication, and too many sacrifices, Lara thought she had made progress in bringing what remained of humanity together in her small part of the world. She also thought they had seen the last of the ghouls as a major threat. She was wrong on both counts... -
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Minus America by E.E. Isherwood
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat would the world be like without America? The attack only takes a few minutes to sweep from coast to coast. When it ends, nearly everyone on mainland USA is gone.Every policeman. Every housewife. Every trucker. Everyone.A continent free for the taking…Ted MacInnis is a backup pilot on Air Force Two, over the Atlantic, when it happens... -
United States of the Dead by Joseph Talluto
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhite Flag Of The Dead: Book 4 During the Upheaval, city after city fell to the Enillo Virus, filling the streets with ravenous ghouls. Not even the countryside was spared, as millions of the undead flowed over the land. From the mountains of Appalachia to the beaches of the Atlantic, the East Coast was dead. Two groups must enter this nightmare... -
Captivated by Sophie Davis
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCan't get enough of Talia and Erik? Want to know about their first meeting? Interested in what happens between the books? Dying for a peek at what's coming in Created? Captivated is a Talented Novella that includes four short stories, two from Talia's point of view, and two from Erik's point of view. The first is a detailed account of what happened the first time Talia and Erik met...Categorized as:
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Black Hills Fall by Robyn VanDerSys, L.A. Bayles
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMike and Angie Davis were just regular people who enjoyed the outdoors in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Their little community, hidden away in the pines, was the perfect place to raise a family—until everything, everywhere, went dark.The nearby town of Spearfish had always been quiet and peaceful... -
Mutation by Chris Morphew
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJordan’s world is falling apart. She’s a prisoner in her own skin, trapped by an enemy who can paralyse her at the touch of a button.And the questions in Phoenix keep piling higher.Why is Jordan starting to see things before they happen? What’s wrong with her mother’s pregnancy? And why do Peter’s old friends suddenly want to talk to him again?The clock is still ticking... -
The Fugitive by Pittacus Lore
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn this exhilarating one-hundred-page companion novella to the New York Times bestselling I Am Number Four series, Mark James is on the run—and on the wrong side of the law—but he'll do whatever it takes to save Sarah Hart and help the Garde...Categorized as:
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No Ordinary Day by Harley Tate
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIf the power grid collapses, will you be prepared?Emma bides her time as a temporary lab tech, counting the days until she stands up before Congress to testify against her former employer. When the power goes out during a ride down the elevator for lunch, a handsome stranger offers to help... -
After the Fall: Jason's Tale by David Nees
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsNewly Revised May, 2016In a world without power, Jason must fight for survival as he heads to the wilds of the Appalachian Mountains.An electromagnetic pulse attack on the United States shuts down all power, communications and transportation. With no food deliveries, no vehicles working, society begins to unravel.Starvation and death begin to reign and panic leads to violence... -
Dark Days of the Surge by Ryan Schow
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTHIS IS THE NEW AMERICA. The lights are out, the grid is fried and war between two monstrous armies is breaking out all along the coastal states. Logan, Skylar and Harper thought they were prepared. They thought time was on their side... -
Fire and Ashes: A Post-Apocalyptic Survival Thriller by Harley Tate
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAn asteroid on a collision course with Earth. A government coverup. A family caught in the middle.Welcome to Falling Skies. Do you have what it takes to survive?Former Marine Caleb Machert is managing overworked line crews when reports of an impending world-wide disaster hit the news. His men panic, but he’s not buying it... -
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The Sun Dwellers by David Estes
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIncludes a bonus Dwellers Short Story (Anna's Story) and a sneak peek at David Estes' follow up YA dystopian series, Fire Country!With those she's closest to dying around her, Adele embarks on a secret mission to the Sun Realm to assassinate the President. Along the way she'll uncover secrets about her relationship with Tristan that she might not be ready to face... -
Families First: A Post-Apocalyptic Next World Series by Lance K. Ewing
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen a devastating Electromagnetic Pulse is detonated over the USA, it leads to a total loss of power and a complete and catastrophic breakdown of everyday society. As the country descends into chaos and anarchy, one man makes an epic decision in order to save his loved ones and find a place of safety...Categorized as:
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Reclaim by Casey L. Bond
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Greaters have ruled over the Lessers since The Fall. They’ve taken Abby’s family. They’ve taken her friends. They’ve taken her hostage and threatened the villages. Enough is enough. Freedom is worth fighting for. Love is worth dying for. And the Lessers are done taking orders from the Greaters. Reclaim…the epic conclusion of the award-winning Harvest Saga...Categorized as:
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Fire Dancer by Ann Maxwell
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRheba is the sole survivor of a blaze that destroyed her planet, and Kirtn is the Bre'n warrior sworn to protect the exquisite, sensual fire dancer on a perilous journey to a far-off planet. Reprint... -
Beyond Reach by Siobhan Davis
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSOME SECRETS ARE WORTH FIGHTING FORBack on Earth, Ariana is caught in a dangerous crossfire between clandestine rebel organization Clementia and the power-hungry government. Refusing to divulge the location of the secret information entrusted to her by her late father, she desperately tries to bargain for her Mom, Lily, and Cal’s rescue. She’s fighting a losing battle, and the clock is ticking... -
Remote Control by Jack Heath
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAgent Six of Hearts, 16-year-old superhuman, is on a mission. His brother Kyntak has been kidnapped. A strange and sinister new figure is rising in power. Six is suspected of being a double agent. The Deck has been put into lockdown by the Queen of Spades. A mysterious girl has appeared who acts as Six's guardian angel...Categorized as:
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