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'Till Death Do Us Part by Mark Tufo
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsBT, Gary and Mrs. Deneaux race to the Talbot compound in a desperate bid to turn the tides of a lost war. Is Michael dead? Is the question plaguing the Talbots as they prepare for the final showdown with a merciless enemy hell bent on their absolute destruction... -
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For the Fallen by Mark Tufo
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsMike is back. The battle with Eliza is past. Now Mike must strike out once again in a desperate race against time as his son and best friend are succumbing to the zombie virus within them. What he does not know is that an old foe hasrisen up and a more insidious threat has emerged to not just the Talbots but all of humanity... -
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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... -
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Resurgence by Iain Rob Wright
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsMankind is fighting back. The demons have become less aggressive and confused, but that doesn't mean the war is anywhere close to over. New threats are arriving, and old foes are rallying. Soon, the final battle for mankind's survival will begin... -
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![City of Stin by Bobby Adair]()
City of Stin by Bobby Adair
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsKill the infection! Kill the Infected! In the aftermath of the battle for Monk’s Island, Murphy has been nursing Zed back to health in a remote house at the west end of the lake. But every day they see helicopters cross the sky, heading south and then back north again.Zed wonders if the helicopters are proof that not all civilization has collapsed... -
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Grind by Bobby Adair
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTime for Revenge It’s time for revenge. Zed’s animosity toward Mark has been simmering through the deaths of too many of his friends. Zed realizes he can no longer pretend he’s able to take the high road and rise above his hate. He sets out to track the horde of naked Whites in order to find Mark and kill him.Of course, none of Zed’s schemes work out as planned... -
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Torrent by Bobby Adair
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSurvive the infection! Survive the Infected! Following his none-too-soon reunion with his friends at the safe house, Zed is hoping things can finally fall into a stable routine, but in post-virus Austin, things are far from stable... -
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![Alive In A Dead World by Mark Tufo]()
Alive In A Dead World by Mark Tufo
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsEliza turned to Tomas"This is the end...he is no longer alive in a dead world... -
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The Undead Day Eleven by R.R. Haywood
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA deadly infection spreads across Europe.The Undead Series: A terrifying account of one man desperately struggling to survive this harrowing event.Day Eleven and the struggle continues into week two of The Undead Series... -
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The Apocalypse War by Peter Meredith
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Action-Packed Conclusion to the Undead World Series!The people of the Estes Valley have found their peace destroyed as they are attacked by the single greatest army left in the world. Not only do they have to contend with an army of men equipped with the latest hi-tech military gear, they also have to battle a horde of undead half a million strong... -
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The End by Mark Tufo
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsZombie Fallout 3: The End…Continues Michael Talbot's quest to be rid of the evil named Eliza that hunts him and his family across the country. As the world spirals even further down into the abyss of apocalypse one man struggles to keep those around him safe... -
![Among Monsters by Jamie McGuire]()
Among Monsters by Jamie McGuire
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBeing thirteen has pitfalls of its own, but growing up has never been this hard. Jenna had promised her mother that if the worst happened during her dad’s weekend, they would meet at Red Hill Ranch... -
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Extinction End by Nicholas Sansbury Smith
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsHope rises in the hearts of those still left standing, but safety seems to be just an illusion. In a single night of shattering terror, Plum Island is destroyed, and key scientist Dr. Kate Lovato is abducted.The end has arrived...Almost seven weeks have passed since the Hemorrhage Virus ravaged the world... -
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![Dead Fire by Bobby Adair]()
Dead Fire by Bobby Adair
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsDead Fire picks up following an infected attack on Sarah Mansfield’s fortified house, during which 3 people seek shelter with the Zed Zane and his fellow survivors. In the confusion, however, Murphy is gunned down, and an unthinking, emotional Zed strikes out to enact revenge.Unfortunately, the shooting and commotion have only attracted more Whites... -
![A Plague Upon Your Family by Mark Tufo]()
A Plague Upon Your Family by Mark Tufo
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThis story picks up exactly where book one left off. The Talbot family is evacuating their home amidst a zombie apocalypse. Mankind is on the edge of extinction as a new dominant, mindless opponent scours in search of food, which happens to be non-infected humans.In these pages are the journal entries of Michael Talbot, his wife Tracy, their kids Nicole, Justin and Travis... -
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Evolution by Eric A. Shelman
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEv o lu tion: 1) A change in the gene pool of a population from generation to generation by such processes as mutation, natural selection, and genetic drift; 2) A motion incomplete in itself, but combining with coordinated motions to produce a single action, as in a machine. Hemp Chatsworth has already figured out how 90% of the Earth's population became what they are... -
![The Undead Day Twelve by R.R. Haywood]()
The Undead Day Twelve by R.R. Haywood
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTHE UK'S BEST-SELLING HORROR SERIESThe Undead. Day TwelveBy Washington Post best-selling author RR Haywood, author of the smash-hit time travel series - ExtractedA deadly infection spreads across Europe... -
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Demon Deception by M.J. Haag
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCassie Feld’s world is falling apart. Grieving from the loss of her husband and youngest child, she lives in fear of losing her remaining daughter. She knows she can't protect her alone. There’s a solution, as terrifying and as heartbreaking as she finds it, that will ensure she never has to suffer such a devastating loss again... -
![Fall of Night by Jonathan Maberry]()
Fall of Night by Jonathan Maberry
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe sequel to 'Dead of Night', bringing back beloved characters Desdemona Fox and Billy Trout as they race against time to quarantine a zombie epidemic while caught in a military strike.Stebbins Little School is full of bodies. It's unthinkable to Desdemona Fox... -
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Pandemic by Scott Sigler
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe explosive conclusion to the New York Times bestselling trilogy that began with Infected and Contagious.The alien intelligence that unleashed two horrific assaults on humanity has been destroyed. But before it was brought down in flames, it launched one last payload-a tiny soda-can-sized canister filled with germs engineered to wreak new forms of havoc on the human race... -
![Nightfall by Joseph Zuko]()
Nightfall by Joseph Zuko
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJim and Karen Blackmore have discovered that when it comes to the zombie apocalypse, there is no such thing as safety in numbers. Between their separate groups of survivors is a city of the living dead, hungry for flesh and growing in numbers by the minute... -
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Uprising by A.R. Wise
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe High Rollers are falling apart. Billy is leading them into war against the wishes of Laura, who is intent on living in peace. Unbeknownst to them, one among them holds the cure that could save all mankind, and there are two powerful enemies that want it... -
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Sons of Reagan by A.R. Wise
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe finale of the second series of Deadlocked.The High Rollers are ready to take revenge against the forces aligned against them. A hard and long winter has forced them into hiding, but has also given them a respite from something else… something far worse than anything they’ve battled so far.The Noah Initiative has begun, and the land will soon be devastated by a new virus... -
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Dead Instinct by T.W. Piperbrook
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCan be read as a standalone or companion to the Contamination series...! Don't trust what you eat. Don't trust what you drink. The infection is spreading... In a world plagued with violence and infection, Ken and Roberta Smith want nothing more than to find their son. Having been on the road for four days, they must now cross the remaining three hundred miles of desert wasteland to get to him... -
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Homecoming by Jeff Olah
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAmazon Bestselling Post-Apocalyptic Series The End of the World was Only the Beginning. What would YOU do... How would YOU Survive? Book Six of The Dead Years brings the group back together or at least what's left of them. Mason, Savannah and Lockwood return to the beach house and to the unforeseeable horrors that have fallen on their family... -
![Blood on the Page: The Complete Short Fiction of Brian Keene, Volume 1 by Brian Keene]()
Blood on the Page: The Complete Short Fiction of Brian Keene, Volume 1 by Brian Keene
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“This is my gift. This is my legacy. This is my curse…”BLOOD ON THE PAGE is the first book in a series collecting all of Keene’s short fiction. Included in this volume are such critically-acclaimed and fan favorite stories as “Burying Betsy”, “Dust”, “The Resurrection and The Life”, “I Am An Exit”, “Fast Zombies Suck”, “Bunnies In August”, “I Sing A New Psalm”, and many more... -
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Aftermath by A.R. Wise
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTwenty years have passed since the zombie apocalypse devastated the world. A single man is on a quest of revenge in search of the people responsible for the outbreak of the zombie virus. His quest leads him to a discovery in the western United States that will irrevocably change his goal... -
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Confrontation by T.W. Brown
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSeveral months have passed since the dead began to walk. The first winter has taken its toll in more ways than one as humanity continues to struggle to survive. Not every threat to humanity comes form the undead as so many have discovered man's ability to sink into depravity with the absence of law and order. Time and again survivors have fought, run. and regrouped... -
![The Five Pillars by Adrian J. Smith, Nicholas Sansbury Smith]()
The Five Pillars by Adrian J. Smith, Nicholas Sansbury Smith
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCan anything or anyone stop the evil? Lost. Trapped. Chased by monsters and sent on a crazy mission. Not exactly what Jack Gee had in mind when he used to daydream about the apocalypse. Seven months after the Hemorrhage Virus swept across the world Jack, his wife Dee, friend Boss and the Renegades, a ragtag collection of civilian and military personnel, have been sent on two missions... -
![Sorrow's Gift by Sarra Cannon]()
Sorrow's Gift by Sarra Cannon
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSometimes death is only the beginning… Desperate to get to her sister in New York, Parrish Sorrows has no idea just how important she and her friends are to the survival of two very different worlds. Their abilities have been dormant for so long, the five teens have no memory of who they once were or why they were put here in the first place... -
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Escape by T.W. Piperbrook
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDan and Quinn Lowery may have escaped the initial infection, but their journey is far from over.Their once-safe location has been compromised, overrun by the agents and the infected.Now, in order to survive, they must first escape.. -
![The City of Light by Flint Maxwell]()
The City of Light by Flint Maxwell
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhere there is light, there is hope.No longer stuck in Woodhaven, the survivors must race against the clock in order to get Mia to the City of Light before her delivery. Along the way, they meet a former resident of the City, and with this new acquaintance's help and guidance things begin looking up for Grady and company.But the wraiths, the darkness, and the constant snowstorms have other plans... -
![Contagious by Scott Sigler]()
Contagious by Scott Sigler
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFrom the acclaimed author of "Infected" comes an epic and exhilarating story of humanity's secret battle against a horrific enemy. Across America, a mysterious pathogen transforms ordinary people into raging killers, psychopaths driven by a terrifying, alien agenda... -
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![Beyond Exile by J.L. Bourne, Ronald M. Hahn]()
Beyond Exile by J.L. Bourne, Ronald M. Hahn
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe terrifying sequel to Day by Day Armageddon—for fans of The Walking Dead. "J.L. Bourne is the new king of hardcore zombie action!" (Brad Thor)Armies of undead have risen up across the U.S. and around the globe; there is no safe haven from the diseased corpses hungering for human flesh... -
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Destroyer by Bobby Adair
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsDestroyer finds Zed saying goodbye to one friend and pressing forward with two new ones to whom we are introduced in Book 2 – Infected. Mandi, whom Zed and Murphy rescued from the bunker, is immune to the virus. Russell, whose home the others plundered in search of food and other supplies, is also a slow burn, but lower-functioning, childlike and docile... -
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Mutation by K.R. Griffiths
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe only thing the survivors of the catastrophe in South Wales wanted was a safe place to ride out the apocalypse. The castle looked perfect: high walls and natural defenses that even the infection could not breach.The problem was that someone had beaten them to it. Someone who would stop at nothing to maintain control.Someone with a dark secret that could change everything.. -
![Mort by Joseph Duncan, Rod Redux]()
Mort by Joseph Duncan, Rod Redux
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA genetically modified food preservative mutates into a world-wide zombie plague, infecting humankind by the billions. As civilization collapses in a spectacular orgy of brain-eating destruction, overweight comic shop owner Mort Lesser must make his way out of his hometown of DuChamp before the local nuclear power plant goes critical... -
![A Very Good Neighbor by P.S. Power]()
A Very Good Neighbor by P.S. Power
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEnjoy these books, because no time spent reading is ever wasted... -
![A Very Good Man by Brian Kennedy, P.S. Power]()
A Very Good Man by Brian Kennedy, P.S. Power
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSix months ago the world fell apart when men, women, and children suddenly started turning into Zombies. The struggle to survive has been fierce and at times nearly hopeless. But a few have managed to set up a place of refuge and safety. The House. Jake isn't well loved. Or respected. But he keeps the peace and holds things together by force of will and threat of death... -
![Tales from the Butcher's Block: Featuring The Witch: Jillybean in the Undead World by Peter Meredith]()
Tales from the Butcher's Block: Featuring The Witch: Jillybean in the Undead World by Peter Meredith
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTales of horror from one of the masters of the genre. Peter Meredith delivers stories that will keep you devouring them one after another... -
![Trauma by K.R. Griffiths]()
Trauma by K.R. Griffiths
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe worst is over. All that remains for the survivors hiding in the castle is to gather supplies to prevent starvation. It is a problem they believe they can solve without further loss of life.But there is another problem: the castle has come to the attention of somebody else. Somebody with strength in numbers.And among that number is a man who might just hold the key to destroying the Infected... -
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Dead Nation by Flint Maxwell
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA cure. A solution. Hope.With Eden now behind Jack, he and the group set out to find the mysterious Doc Klein, who may know how to put a stop to the zombie plague and bring peace back to our world.But the task won't be an easy one... -
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The List by Christopher Coleman
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt's been four months since the world exploded in a detonation of white death, and Danielle is now alone in the cordon.Except for the crabs.The crabs are still here. And though the melting snows have thinned their numbers, the ones that survived are now stronger. Smarter. Hungrier.Danielle's life has been driven by survival for the past few weeks, but now escape is the only thing that matters... -
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![Reaction by K.R. Griffiths]()
Reaction by K.R. Griffiths
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is an alternate cover edition of ASIN B00KUI1O1QTime is running out. The Wildfire virus has caused irreversible damage to the UK, and fleeing looks like the only option left. For Michael Evans, that represents a serious problem... -
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The Rising: Selected Scenes from the End of the World by Brian Keene
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThirty-two short stories based in the world of The Rising and its sequel, City of the Dead, reveal how the undead epidemic plays out across the globe. Nowhere is safe from the zombie invasion... -
![The Rising Horde: Volume Two by Stephen Knight]()
The Rising Horde: Volume Two by Stephen Knight
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe War Between the Dead and the Living Has Begun. Now in command of Joint Task Force SPARTA, Lt. Colonel Cord McDaniels and his desperate special forces team struggle to defend the fortified Texas laboratory as it's besieged by an army of stenches that will not stop... -
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Left with the Dead by Stephen Knight
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA "Gathering Dead" NovellaNew York City has fallen to the zombie horde. The greatest city on Earth, once home to millions of Americans, is now firmly in the grasp of the dead.First Sergeant David Gartrell is cut off and alone in the city, miles away from the nearest military units which might be able to assist... -
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The Rising Horde: Volume One by Stephen Knight
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Sequel to The Gathering Dead! As the zombie apocalypse sweeps through the United States, Special Forces operators Cord McDaniels and David Gartrell are once again thrown together--like it or not. Their mission is to protect a Texas laboratory struggling to develop an anti-necromorph vaccine before the entire country goes under! McDaniels has the vast might of the U.S... -
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Deadlocked 4 by A.R. Wise
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt all ends here. The characters of the Deadlocked series have been through nearly unbearable challenges, but they're about to face the hardest yet. Kim has been taken by the cruelest, most vile person in the series, and it's up to Billy and Levon to save her...
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