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The Undead Twenty Five: The Heat by R.R. Haywood
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBy Washington Post, WSJ, Audible & Amazon #1 bestselling author RR Haywood. Creator of the smash-hit time travel series - Extracted and the #1 sci-fi thriller The Worldship Humility.A deadly infection spreads across Europe... -
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The Undead Twenty Five: The Heat by R.R. Haywood
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBy Washington Post, WSJ, Audible & Amazon #1 bestselling author RR Haywood. Creator of the smash-hit time travel series - Extracted and the #1 sci-fi thriller The Worldship Humility.A deadly infection spreads across Europe... -
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Sanctum by Bobby Adair
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWill Any Sanctuary Stand? With both the Naked Horde and the Survivor Army destroyed, Zed and Murphy make their preparations and head to College Station to do their small part in salvaging humanity’s future. But the post-virus world isn’t kind to humans or their plans and nothing they find on their journey is what they expected... -
![Whispers in the Mist by Darcy Coates]()
Whispers in the Mist by Darcy Coates
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsClare and Dorran may still be alive against all odds, but relief is only temporary. Dorran is sick, and rapidly worsening. Clare fears the only way to save him lies in the mysterious Evandale Research Station, supposedly one of the few remaining human refuges. But the station is three days' journey away, and Clare isn't certain their small group can endure that long... -
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![Well Fed by Keith C. Blackmore]()
Well Fed by Keith C. Blackmore
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWar pigs. Road savages. And the crumbling asphalt of the open highway. After nearly four years, the zombie epidemic has almost burnt itself out. Gus’s new life on a communal farm is peaceful. The daily routine of policing the fields is rarely disrupted by straying undead. His drinking binges are over. Long days have thrown time over the memories of Annapolis. But this will all change... -
![Greater Love Hath No Man by R.S. Merritt]()
Greater Love Hath No Man by R.S. Merritt
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKyler orbits more closely around Randy and Kelly's world as the chase heats up to find the fugitives and bring them to the senator for vengeance. New territories are opened and the world continues to expand. Loyalties are built and destroyed as everyone struggles to beat their way through this new normal... -
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Still Standing by R.S. Merritt
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe finale to the Zombies! series brings all the players together for one epic final battle. It's a fast paced slug fest to see if a new world will be born out of the ashes of the old or if the old ways will finally destroy mankind for good. A messy, bloody, dirty battle that has to be fought... -
![Evolution by Eric A. Shelman]()
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 Chatsworth Chronicles by Eric A. Shelman]()
The Chatsworth Chronicles by Eric A. Shelman
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA gas emitting from the earth's core has transformed 90% of the living into ravenous, flesh-eating zombies, and the remaining 10% are fighting for their lives. Hemp Chatsworth takes the reins in book three of the Dead Hunger series, which finds our small band of heroes growing with each passing day... -
![Blood at the Premiere by R.R. Haywood]()
Blood at the Premiere by R.R. Haywood
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHenrietta Swallow may be a stunning model, but she has ambitions to be a film director. At a film premiere she tries engaging a producer about a new project… before everything goes terribly wrong.Soon Swallow finds herself on the run amidst the full horror of the Undead... -
![Violence Solves Everything by R.S. Merritt]()
Violence Solves Everything by R.S. Merritt
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPick up where Book 2 of the Zombies! series left off. Continue the adventure as Randy and Kelly continue the search for their daughters in a world gone mad. Kyler doggedly pursues his assigned espionage mission no longer knowing whether or not he believes in it... -
![The Camping Shop: An Undead Short Story by R.R. Haywood]()
The Camping Shop: An Undead Short Story by R.R. Haywood
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Camping Shop. An Undead Short Story THE UK'S BEST-SELLING HORROR SERIES By Washington Post, WSJ, Audible & Amazon #1 best-selling author RR Haywood... -
![Mist City by Sam Sisavath]()
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... -
![Return of the Dead by Jeremy Dyson]()
Return of the Dead by Jeremy Dyson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIf there was one thing Scout Johnson never learned, it was when to quit. Before the dead rose, Scout was a working mom, doing anything she had to do to take care of her family. It was never easy, but she always came through. That all changed when corpses began returning to life... -
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![Aftermath by Devon C. Ford]()
Aftermath by Devon C. Ford
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe undead horde can’t be stopped. Only contained. The virus has spread from the shores of England to the rest of Europe... -
![Still of Night by Jonathan Maberry]()
Still of Night by Jonathan Maberry
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe dead rose. We fell. But not everyone thinks the war for survival is over. Heroes rise in times of crisis, and STILL OF NIGHT tells their stories… DAHLIA -a bullied high school girl with a love for edged weapons goes from victim to powerful leader as the zombie apocalypse sweeps through her world... -
![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... -
![The Dead Years - RETRIBUTION - Book 7 by Jeff Olah]()
The Dead Years - RETRIBUTION - Book 7 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 7 (RETRIBUTION) begins with Megan and Eleanor having been abducted by those who ravaged their beach-side community and subsequently charged off into the cover of darkness... -
![Nurse Alissa vs. the Zombies III: Firestorm by Scott M. Baker]()
Nurse Alissa vs. the Zombies III: Firestorm by Scott M. Baker
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWill Alissa and her group survive the coming conflagration?Alissa has become used to the daily routine of a world filled with unspeakable horror. However, not all monsters are the living dead. The end of the world has brought out the worst in people, and one group of survivors crave what Alissa's team have and will do anything to take it from them... -
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The Scattered and the Dead Book 2.5 by Tim McBain, L.T. Vargus
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCatch up with Izzy, Erin, Baghead, and Delfino in the fifth volume in The Scattered and the Dead series. Endings and beginnings. The road trip from hell continues as planned. Delfino shares revelations from his past as Baghead begins to recover from his injury.But there's a problem. They're being followed... -
![Dorm Life by Camille Picott]()
Dorm Life by Camille Picott
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHow do you survive the apocalypse when the only things your companions care about are pot, video games, and beer? This is the predicament Kate finds herself in after running two hundred miles to find her son. Holed up in a dorm with Carter and his friends, she is surrounded by college kids who have no interest in gathering supplies, fortifying their home, or even taking out the trash... -
![The Dead Years - COLLAPSE - Book 4 by Jeff Olah]()
The Dead Years - COLLAPSE - Book 4 by Jeff Olah
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAmazon Bestselling Post-Apocalyptic Series The End of the World was Only the Beginning. COLLAPSE picks up with the men attempting to put together the pieces of their failed rescue mission and the women trying to make sense of Justin's current condition. Will he recover or become something much worse? Mason's captors aren't leaving anything to the imagination...Categorized as:
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![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... -
![World War Z: The Lost Files: A Companion to the Abridged Edition by Max Brooks]()
World War Z: The Lost Files: A Companion to the Abridged Edition by Max Brooks
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFans of Max Brooks’ original abridged recording of World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War will be thrilled to add this companion piece to their audio library. Offering listeners five hours of previously unrecorded content, World War Z: The Lost Files features 21 Hollywood A-list actors and sci-fi fan favorites performing stories not included in the original abridged edition... -
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![Where the Dead Go to Die by Aaron Dries, Mark Allan Gunnells]()
Where the Dead Go to Die by Aaron Dries, Mark Allan Gunnells
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere are monsters in this world. And they used to be us. Now it's time to euthanize to survive in a hospice where Emily, a woman haunted by her past, only wants to do her job and be the best mother possible. Euthanize to survive Post-infection Chicago. Christmas. Inside The Hospice, Emily and her fellow nurses do their rounds... -
![Inferno Park by J.L. Bryan]()
Inferno Park by J.L. Bryan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCarter was only twelve when he witnessed the disaster that killed more than a hundred people at Starland Amusement Park. Five years later, Carter’s hometown is no longer a busy Florida panhandle resort, but a slowly dying town full of empty motels and attractions rusting behind chains and padlocks.Now something evil stirs in the ruins of the old amusement park.. -
![Dead Meat: Day 2 by Nick Clausen]()
Dead Meat: Day 2 by Nick Clausen
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe dead have awakened.Driven by insatiable hunger.In eternal search of fresh meat.The infection spreads like the plague.Nothing stands between the undead and humanity... -
![Deadweight by Paul Forster]()
Deadweight by Paul Forster
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen they created the perfect weight loss drug, they accidentally created the perfect zombie. Eat what you want, when you want, who you want. Millions of people from desperate teens, to pop stars, to brides and successful businessmen are attracted to the cure for fat. One which allows them to eat anything they want and still lose weight... -
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Blackmore by Jeff Olah
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAmazon Bestselling Post-Apocalyptic Series The End of the World was Only the Beginning. BLACKMORE picks up as the group leaves the stadium. Beaten and battered, they head for the beach house. With the fate of their son now a complete mystery, Mason and April must fight to keep him from becoming something no one in the group wants to speak about... -
![The Dead Years - VENGEANCE - Book 5 by Jeff Olah]()
The Dead Years - VENGEANCE - Book 5 by Jeff Olah
Rated: 4.17 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? VENGEANCE starts unlike any of the previous four books. We see the infection through a different set of eyes and meet two new characters...Categorized as:
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![Rise of the Dead by Jeremy Dyson, John R. Crosthwaite]()
Rise of the Dead by Jeremy Dyson, John R. Crosthwaite
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBlake was never one for taking chances. He lived in a world of statistics and probabilities where everything could be controlled. That world disappeared the day the dead got up and began attacking the living. Now he must struggle to survive and to make sense of a new and chaotic world that is quickly spiraling out of control... -
![Black Rust by Bobby Adair]()
Black Rust by Bobby Adair
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWitness eliminated. Evidence erased. Is it still murder?Two decades ago the Brisbane strain ravaged the global population. Countries collapsed. Institutions fell. The world progressed in some ways, devolved in others, but struggled forward under a different, more brutal set of rules, where not everyone had the right to freedom or life... -
![Jim's First Day by Joseph Zuko]()
Jim's First Day by Joseph Zuko
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOn a day like any other, Jim Blackmore finds himself at ground zero of the zombie apocalypse. He is forced to run a blood-soaked gauntlet through a city overrun by an insurmountable horde of the dead in a desperate attempt to reach his wife and two small children. As he fights to get home he discovers that the living are just as dangerous as the dead... -
![Deep, Dark by Jonathan Maberry, Ray Porter]()
Deep, Dark by Jonathan Maberry, Ray Porter
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis chilling short story is the prequel to The Dragon Factory, the second installment in Maberry's action-packed Joe Ledger novels.Before Baltimore cop Joe Ledger goes up against two competing groups of geneticists looking to continue the master-race program in The Dragon Factory, he must battle another foe using human test subjects for his sinister plans... -
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![Incursion by J.T. Sawyer]()
Incursion by J.T. Sawyer
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe battle against one enemy from abroad has just ended while another on the ravaged streets of L.A. has just begun for Will Reisner and his team. A deadly game of pursuit is underway as Reisner and his fellow operators evade the Paras hunting them as they make their way through the burned-out shell of the city while awaiting a rescue that may never come... -
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Absolution by Jeff Olah
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAmazon Bestselling Post-Apocalyptic Series The End of the World was Only the Beginning. What would YOU do? In Book 8 (ABSOLUTION), the longest installment of the series, our group of survivors are lost.Reeling from the sudden demise of one of their own, and attempting to put a stop to the destruction wrought by Marcus Goodwin, Mason must avoid becoming a victim himself...Categorized as:
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![Mountain Man by Keith C. Blackmore]()
Mountain Man by Keith C. Blackmore
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAugustus Berry lives a day-to-day existence comprised of waking up, getting drunk, and preparing for the inevitable day when “they” will come up the side of his mountain and penetrate his fortress. Living on the outskirts of a city and scavenging for whatever supplies remain after civilization died two years ago, Gus knows that every time he goes down into undead suburbia could be his last... -
![Safari by Keith C. Blackmore]()
Safari by Keith C. Blackmore
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAugustus Berry lives a day-to-day existence comprised of waking up, getting drunk, and preparing for the inevitable day when “they” will come up the side of his mountain and penetrate his fortress. Living on the outskirts of a city and scavenging for whatever supplies remain since the demise of civilization, Gus knows that his next visit to undead suburbia could be his last... -
![Resident Evil: Genesis by Keith R.A. DeCandido]()
Resident Evil: Genesis by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Hive: a subterranean genetic research facility owned and operated by Umbrella, an immensely powerful corporation with interests in everything from human longevity to biowarfare. With computerized defenses and heavily armed human backup, the Hive is impregnable and invulnerable. Or so Umbrella believes.But something has gone fatally wrong... -
![The Melting by Christopher Coleman]()
The Melting by Christopher Coleman
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe quest is no longer just to survive, it's to escape. The snow is melting, and the crabs are growing more violent. At the base of a blocked-off bridge spanning the South River, Dominic and his friends plan a daunting journey to flee Warren County and the monsters that came when the snow fell.But the crabs aren't the only danger they face... -
![Callis Rose by Mark Tufo]()
Callis Rose by Mark Tufo
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCallis Rose is a girl blessed with a gift from above or cursed with a ruthless power she barely understands, it’s really just a matter of degrees. As her family life is turned asunder she is thrown into an indifferent Social Services program where she defends herself the only way she knows how. Callis is moved from home to home until she finally settles at the Lowries... -
![Within the Woods by Tony Urban, Thomas Rode]()
Within the Woods by Tony Urban, Thomas Rode
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDon't go in the woods... For 12-year-old Garrett and his four best friends, the idyllic summer of 1989 crashes to a halt when Garrett's older brother vanishes. Something is very wrong in Sallow Creek, Pennsylvania. Something is turning their neighbors, their relatives, into unstoppable monstrosities... Monsters that are coming for the them... -
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Infested by C.M. Forest
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSomething sinister is happening inside the New Leaf apartment buildingOlivia wakes on her bedroom floor, head spinning in a pool of vomit. Something isn’t right. The power is off and her husband is missing.But the vicious storm outside is nothing compared to the storm raging outside her apartment doors. A parasite has begun invading, possessing, the residents... -
![It Came from Del Rio by Stephen Graham Jones]()
It Came from Del Rio by Stephen Graham Jones
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere are borders and then there are borders. Between right and wrong. Between Texas and Mexico. The first is a joke to Dodd Raines, the second a payday. Then there's the borders he's made. Between himself and his estranged daughter, the border patrol agent. Between himself and his one-time employers... -
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![The Last Resort by Matt Drabble]()
The Last Resort by Matt Drabble
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the Multi Award Winning & Best Selling author of "GATED" & "ASYLUM" with a highest Amazon Horror Author Ranking of 5th, comes comes a new trip to terror. The Paradise Resort is the ultimate in exclusive luxury island resorts. A private haven for only those deemed worthy enough to attend.Landon Verger is a titan of industry, a man who casts a long dark shadow and founder of Paradise... -
![The Awakening by T.W. Piperbrook]()
The Awakening by T.W. Piperbrook
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings**Special $.99 cent launch price for one week only!** Missed Outage 1? Get it here at: amazon.com/dp/B00L2KZH3W Tom Sotheby has escaped the forest, but he is far from safe. His wife has been butchered. The town he once knew is a barren white wasteland. And the beasts won't rest until he's dead. His only hope is to get to town, to safety he isn't sure exists.. -
![Revelations by Jessica Meigs]()
Revelations by Jessica Meigs
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBrandt Evans is floundering. Leadership of their dysfunctional group wasn’t something he asked for or wanted. Their problems are numerous: Remy Angellette is grief-stricken and suicidal, Gray Carter is distant and reclusive, and Cade Alton is near death. And things only get worse... -
![Trying to Survive by C.J. Crowley]()
Trying to Survive by C.J. Crowley
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"C.J. Crowley brought me to my knees with this trilogy. And when an author can make me hold my breath, I'm reading a book that stretches my emotions and imagination to the point where I felt like I ran far and fast." "Great series. Now in my top five zombie stories. Up there w/ Mark Tufo, RR Hayward to name just a couple." "Loved this series... -
![Denial Measures by J.R. Jackson]()
Denial Measures by J.R. Jackson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhere will you be when the world ends? What will you do to save the lives of people you love? In Book 1 of the series, follow the men of ODA-141, the Outlaws, and the SEALs of Shark Platoon in this hard-hitting, real-world look at life before, during, and after an apocalyptic event. In a world ravaged by a mutated virus survival is all that matters...
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