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An Old Beginning by Mark Tufo
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsMike and his family escaped a vast zombie horde to find themselves imprisoned by a clandestine group that seeks global domination by the most nefarious means possible. Help is coming, in the form of a 500 year old Pop-Tart loving vampire named Tommy... -
Rolling Thunder by Dirk Patton, Jeffrey Kafer
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn the eagerly anticipated third installment of the high octane V Plague series the stakes are raised as millions of infected threaten John's escape plan. As the group fights to survive they begin encountering more of the smarter infected and other survivors that are taking full advantage of the chaos to prey on their fellow humans... -
Crucifixion by Dirk Patton
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsIn the pulse pounding continuation of the V Plague series, John, Rachel and Dog have escaped from Atlanta, finding refuge at an Air Force Base in Tennessee. After being recalled to active duty, John strikes a deal with the Army that will help him rescue his wife in Arizona, but all of his plans are quickly put in jeopardy as a second wave of infection rips through the surviving population... -
The Book of Riley 1 by Mark Tufo, Sean Runnette
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen the zombie apocalypse strikes without warning one dog will hold the fate of her pack in her paws. This is the story of Riley, an American bulldog. Follow along as she tries to keep her pack safe from a zombie apocalypse. Traveling with her are Ben-Ben the high strung Yorkie, her favorite two-legger Jessie, Jessie's younger brother Zachary, and Riley's arch enemy Patches the cat...Categorized as:
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Red Hammer by Dirk Patton
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAn old enemy rises, revealing plots within plots as the survivors struggle to reach safety and find the missing. Those infected by the virus are getting smarter and deadlier. As the world continues to crumble, some are lost while new dangers appear at every turn. In the most sweeping story so far in the Voodoo Plague series, Red Hammer ratchets up the danger and intensity... -
The Book Of Riley 2 by Mark Tufo
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsWhen the zombie apocalypse strikes without warning one dog will hold the fate of her pack in her paws. This is the story of Riley, an American Bulldog, follow along as she tries to keep her pack safe from a zombie apocalypse. Traveling with her are Ben-Ben the high strung Yorkie, her favorite two-legger Jessie, Jessie's younger brother Zachary and Riley's arch-enemy Patches the Cat... -
Please Do Not Taunt the Octopus by Mira Grant
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAs Dr. Abbey knows, there are difficulties in running an underground virology lab in a post-Rising America.And unwanted guests must be dealt with...Categorized as:
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Return to the Lost World by Greig Beck
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt was true – it was all true – and we were never meant to be there. In December 2018, Ben Cartwright, former Special Forces soldier, and a team of naive explorers, followed the clues left by his ancestor to a hidden plateau in the middle of the Amazon jungle. It was said that once every 10 years, a secret pathway was revealed to a world long since gone... -
Chupacabra by Roland Smith
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMonsters of legend come to life! The third thrilling title in Roland Smith's popular Cryptid Hunters series.A mysterious creature, a missing girl, and danger at every turn . . .CHUPACABRA, the riveting sequel to TENTACLES and CRYPTID HUNTERS, reunites Marty and his unusual uncle, cryptozoologist Travis Wolfe, as they search the world for Wolfe's daughter, Grace...Categorized as:
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The Book of Riley 4 by Mark Tufo
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsWhen the zombie apocalypse strikes without warning one dog will hold the fate of her pack in her paws. This is the story of Riley, an American Bulldog, follow along as she tries to keep her pack safe from a zombie apocalypse. Traveling with her are Ben-Ben the high strung Yorkie, her favorite two-legger Jessie, Jessie's younger brother Zachary and Riley's arch-enemy Patches the Cat... -
The Book of Riley 3 by Mark Tufo, Sean Runnette
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsDuring the highly improbable zombie uprising of 2013, the fearless American bulldog Riley quickly discovered that it was up to her to keep the pack safe... -
The Dark by Jeremy Robinson
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFrom the twisted imagination of New York Times and #1 Audible bestselling author, Jeremy Robinson, comes a horrifying revelation about the centuries old Three Days of Darkness prophecy, during which the legions of Hell will be unleashed on the Earth. The Dark is a mind-bending and character driven sci-fi-infused horror novel like no other... -
Counteraction by M.D. Massey
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs a hunter in post-apocalyptic central Texas, Scratch Sullivan has survived zombies, vampires, rogue militia units - heck, he even killed a werewolf with nothing more than a spear and a bad attitude. But what's a man to do when the local werewolf pack destroys his town and abducts his best girl? If you're Scratch Sullivan, you get spittin' mad - and then you get retribution... -
Gabby's Run: Paranormal Apocalypse by M.D. Massey
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings(WARNING: This zombie apocalypse end of the world novel from M.D. Massey is chock full of post-apocalyptic werewolves, post-apocalyptic vampires, post-apocalyptic shifters, and other things that go bump in the long dark night of a vampire apocalypse. THEM: Gabby's Run can be read as a stand-alone novel, or as an introduction to the world of THEM..Categorized as:
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Operation Mongolia by William Meikle
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt's supposed to be a routine job, walking a pair of stranded archaeologists out of the Gobi Desert. But when the rains come unexpectedly, S-Squad's troubles are only starting. There is something in the sand, something red and wriggling. Thirsty for water. Hungry for flesh... -
Cost of Survival by Walt Browning, Nicholas Sansbury Smith
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFear does not stop death. It stops life. John Eric Carver and Shrek have fought their way through a viral apocalypse and into the aftermath. Working with fifty other survivors in the remote mountains outside of San Diego, they have created a community safe from the monsters called Variants... -
Ultimate Attack by Michael P. Spradlin
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe action-packed series by Michael P. Spradlin returns. Each book covers a genetically engineered superpredator wreacking havoc on the environment. It's all come to this. Dr. Catalyst has had enough of Emmet Doyle's meddling... -
The Feral Children: Animals by David A. Simpson, Wesley R. Norris
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe bears were hungry and the panther was pacing her cage. It was supposed to be a fun field trip to the wild animal safari. It became a nightmare of blood. The zombie virus spread like wildfire and by noon, they were alone. Safe inside the fences, a group of school kids are the only survivors. Like the animals, they’ve lived their whole lives being cared for and fed, pampered and loved... -
Deluge: The Conqueror Worms II by Brian Keene
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe sequel to Conqueror Worms. Free serialized e-novel... -
The Seaquel by Mo O'Hara
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen Tom's big brother decides to become an Evil Scientist, his first experiment involves dunking Frankie the goldfish into toxic green gunk. Tom knows that there is only one thing to do: Zap the fish with a battery and bring him back to life! But there's something weird about the new Frankie. He's now a BIG FAT ZOMBIE GOLDFISH with hypnotic powers . . -
Project 731 by Jeremy Robinson
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWASHINGTON D.C. HAS BEEN DESTROYED In the wake of a Kaiju assault that left the nation’s capital in ruins, Jon Hudson, director of the Department of Homeland Security’s Fusion Center – Paranormal, is preparing his team for an uncertain future... -
The Devil's Shallows by Debra Castaneda
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEight miles of mystery. One night of terror.Residents trapped in a remote neighborhood confront the unimaginable in this horror novel from award-winning author Debra Castaneda.The salt marsh at Devil’s Landing is home to a terrifying urban legend.Adam Gray knows the old stories about the Slough Devil, the missing children, and the mutilated animals... -
Apocalypse Machine by Jeremy Robinson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTHE 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... -
Project Maigo by Jeremy Robinson, Jeffrey Kafer
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBOSTON IS IN RUINSJon Hudson, head of the Department of Homeland Security’s Fusion Center – Paranormal division, is haunted by Boston’s destruction at the hands of Nemesis, a three-hundred-foot tall monster with the heart of a murdered little girl, Maigo. In the time since Boston fell and Nemesis retreated to the ocean’s depths, Hudson has helped prepare the United States against future attacks... -
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Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 85 ratingsAn astonishing technique for recovering and cloning dinosaur DNA has been discovered. Now humankind’s most thrilling fantasies have come true. Creatures extinct for eons roam Jurassic Park with their awesome presence and profound mystery, and all the world can visit them—for a price. Until something goes wrong. . . -
Project Legion by Jeremy Robinson
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTHE SIGNAL WAS RECEIVEDTen years after a deep space transmission was broadcast from a futuristic citadel hidden in the Arctic ice, Jon Hudson finds himself in a position beyond comprehension... -
The Forsaken by Erica Stevens
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 13 ratings***Note*** This book is the third compilation of a serial story and therefore does not have a conclusion. This is not a survivalist story.New friendships will be forged, answers will be found, and lives will be lost as the survivors journey deeper into unfamiliar and treacherous areas... -
Kings of Carrion by Keri Lake
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsDecades have passed since our world was decimated by the Dredge. Some say it was an act of God. Others believe the devil himself breached the gates of hell and turned the masses into the mindless infected with an appetite for carnage... -
Project Hyperion by Jeremy Robinson
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTHE SIGNAL WAS RECEIVED Jon Hudson has become more than just the director of the Department of Homeland Security’s Fusion Center–Paranormal. He is now a husband and a father, surrounded by a team who have become a family. So when a series of strange new threats rise from the depths and fall from the sky, the stakes are higher than ever... -
The Void by Greig Beck
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsSomething has traveled for a billion years to find us - and now it has. In space, Commander Mitch Granger and his crew are nearing the end of their scientific mission - along with their covert satellite photography for the military. As they prepare for reentry, an unknown object emerges from the void; the name given to deep, dark space. The object proves impossible to evade... -
Lost Valley by Walt Browning, Nicholas Sansbury Smith
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWar has a way of following some people... John Eric Carver and Shrek are a retired Navy SEAL war dog team, now living in the mountains outside of San Diego. Both man and dog thought their life was now settled, finding peace on the forty acre ranch they had moved to. But life, and a mutated virus, changed all that.Now, they have to survive a worldwide pandemic... -
The Divide by Jeremy Robinson
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA wildly exciting journey through a world remade, THE DIVIDE combines real characters with horrifically realized creations, pitting the worst of human nature against the strength of family. Equal parts action, horror, and moving drama that only Jeremy Robinson can pull off.WHEN THE DIVIDE IS CROSSED...No one remembers how the Divide was created... -
Operation: Siberia by William Meikle
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Captain John Banks and his squad are sent to investigate a zoo in Siberia, he expects to find tigers, bears, maybe elk But there is something there that is new, yet very, very old. Beasts that haven't walked the Earth since the last Ice Age have been cloned, revived, and set loose to roam free. And some of them are very hungry...Categorized as:
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Cryptid Country by Gerry Griffiths
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSix months after the Cryptid Zoo tragedy gained national attention, violent creatures still terrorize the country. Nick and Meg Wells continue to deal with the horrifying experience having to institutionalize their catatonic son, Gabe, in a facility for the mentally disturbed... -
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Behemoth Island by Jake Bible
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRunning from the world, their ship crippled, their supplies dangerously low, Team Grendel follow Ballantine’s lead to a promised paradise. A place where they can hide and regroup, rest and plan the next step in their lives. If only life were so simple...Categorized as:
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Invasion: Zombie Apocalypse by M.D. Massey
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTHEM Invasion: Book Zero in the Scratch Sullivan Paranormal Post-Apocalyptic Action Novel Series...Aidan "Scratch" Sullivan is a former Army Ranger and Afghanistan War vet trying to achieve some semblance of normalcy while he deals with the psychological after-effects of two combat tours in the 'Stan...Categorized as:
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Abominable by Alan Nayes
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA mysterious unidentifiable object is discovered buried deep in an isolated glacier in Alaska’s rugged Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. It is composed of materials unknown to science and the mystery only deepens when the large unidentified object is determined to be twenty-eight thousand years old. Who left it there so many thousands of years ago? Why? Dr... -
Megalodon: Bloodbath by Michael R. Cole
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA series of bizarre occurrences suddenly plague the island of Cielo Nublado. A dead whale washes ashore riddled with enormous bite marks. A fishing charter is reported missing, jet skiers vanish, and a yacht is found mysteriously ravaged after some kind of enormous impact.Chief of Police Nico Medrano tries to investigate the matter...Categorized as:
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Blood is Red by Scott Sigler
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA collection of eight horror stories created by New York Times best-selling novelist Scott Sigler, author of Infected, Contagious and Ancestor. This eBook-only title features seven tales from Scott's six years of free audiobook podcasts, including the Parsec Award-winning "Red Man," plus the brand-new novella "Hunter Hunterson & Sons... -
Salvage by Anthony J. Melchiorri
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBook 3 in Anthony J Melchiorri's The Tide series. As new heroes emerge from the smoldering ashes of humanity... So do new threats. A man-made plague has ravaged humanity, the military is in shambles, and chaos reigns over the United States. Hopes seems nothing more than an ephemeral dream. But Captain Dominic Holland is determined to stop the inevitable... -
Stung by Bethany Wiggins
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThere is no cure for being stung.Fiona doesn’t remember going to sleep. But when she awakens, her world no longer exists. Her house is abandoned and broken. Her neighborhood is barren and dead. And there is a tattoo on her right hand. A tattoo Fiona doesn’t remember getting…but somehow she must conceal at any cost. Because humanity has been divided... -
Breakwater by Anthony J. Melchiorri
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThe race to save humanity continues... The Oni Agent outbreak has devastated countries across the globe. Despite this apocalyptic new world, Captain Dominic Holland and the Hunters are determined to save the survivors and develop a cure. New threats and discoveries challenge them every step of the way. But they soon find potential help from an unlikely source.. -
How Green This Land, How Blue This Sea by Mira Grant
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA new Newsflesh novella from the New York Times bestselling author that brought you Feed, Mira Grant.Post-Rising Australia can be a dangerous place, especially if you're a member of the government-sponsored Australia Conservation Corps, a group of people dedicated to preserving their continent's natural wealth until a cure can be found...Categorized as:
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Primordia: In Search of the Lost World by Greig Beck, Sean Mangan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBen Cartwright, former soldier, home to mourn the loss of his father stumbles upon cryptic letters from the past between author, Arthur Conan Doyle and his great, great grandfather who vanished while exploring the Amazon jungle in 1908...Categorized as:
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Clowns Vs. Spiders by Jeff Strand
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJaunty the Clown just wants to entertain families with lighthearted slapstick antics, but people think of clowns as terrifying, nightmarish creatures who hide in closets or under beds. When Jaunty, along with his fellow performers Guffaw, Wagon, Reginald The Pleasant Clown, and Bluehead are fired from the circus, they're told that the world just doesn't like clowns anymore... -
Project Nemesis by Jeremy Robinson
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsACE for 9781301779628Jon Hudson, lead investigator for the Department of Homeland Security's Fusion Center-P, thinks his job is a joke. While other Fusion Centers focus on thwarting terrorist activity, Hudson's division is tasked with handling paranormal threats to national security, of which there have been zero during his years at the DHS... -
The Land Below by William Meikle
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA treasure hunt into the deepest cave system in Europe takes a turn for the worst.Now rather than treasure it is survival that is at the forefront of the spelunkers' thoughts. But their attempt to escape out of the dark deep places is thwarted.Men are not at home in the depths. But there are things that are, pale terrifying things.Huge things.Things red in tooth and claw... -
Smilodon by Alan Nayes
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJason Bristol, ex-prize fighter and expert animal tracker, and part-time drunk, teams up with beautiful wildlife biologist Norah Phelps as they pursue a man-eating predator that threatens to derail her father's prize real estate development project in north central Idaho. Against the majestic pristine backdrop of Idaho's Bitterroot Wilderness Area, the adventure unfolds... -
Wolf Blood: The Werewolf Apocalypse Begins by Steve Morris
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe werewolf apocalypse begins ... When a wave of vicious attacks sweeps across London, there are reports of a Beast on the loose. There are fears of a Ripper stalking the streets. But the truth is more terrifying than anyone wants to admit. Werewolves are prowling the city. Hunting and killing. Lycanthropy, a disease as old as humanity, now threatens to destroy civilization... -
Creatures by David Burkett, David Burkett
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen the personal plane of a highly ranked Brazilian cabinet member and his family disappears in the Amazon, a search and rescue helicopter records evidence of a massive anomaly in the jungle. Doc Morrison, a renowned geologist, is called in to help investigate what could be the collapse of the largest cavern known to man...
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