Books like 'The Strain, Volume 2'
Readers who enjoyed The Strain, Volume 2 by David Lapham also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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Tattered Remnants by Mark Tufo
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn a world overrun by zombies, one family struggles against all odds to hold on. With three vampires closing in can the Talbot family withstand the coming onslaught? Or will they become a footnote in the history of the apocalypse...Categorized as:
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The End by Charlie Higson
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe end is coming.The sickness struck everyone sixteen and older. First it twisted their minds; next it ravaged their bodies. Now the sickos—crazed and hungry for young flesh—are gathered in the center of London, lying in wait.It’s time for all of the survivors—kids spread out across the city—to unite...Categorized as:
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The Hunted by Charlie Higson
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe Hunted is Charlie Higson's sixth terrifying installment in the thrilling The Enemy series. The sickness struck everyone over fourteen. First it twisted their minds. Next it ravaged their bodies. Now they roam the streets - Crazed and hungry The others had promised that the countryside would be safer than the city. They were wrong...Categorized as:
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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...Categorized as:
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![The Bones of Valhalla by Sam Sisavath]()
The Bones of Valhalla by Sam Sisavath
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFOR EVERY NIGHT, THERE IS A NEW DAWN.One night. That was all it took for the world to be forever changed. Creatures that once lived in the shadows rose, spreading like a plague across the globe, swallowing whole cities and collapsing unprepared governments. Survivors call it The Purge...Categorized as:
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Fall of Man by Mark Tufo
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMike is back. Devastated by his loss he strikes out on a doomed journey to wipe the earth of the Lycan scourge, with his faithful companion Oggie by his side. Bailey, a distant relative of Mike’s best friend BT, joins him but for different reasons. Azile struggles to reign him in, while a world already pushed to the edge begins its fall over the precipice...Categorized as:
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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...Categorized as:
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![An Old Beginning by Mark Tufo]()
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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Those Left Behind by Mark Tufo
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsOne fateful decision - that is all it takes to either unravel all the Talbot clan has achieved or fulfill their desire for safety. Many are lost though others return, this is the story of their struggle to survive and in remembrance for those left behind...Categorized as:
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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... -
![Adrians Untote: Teil 2 by Chris Philbrook]()
Adrians Untote: Teil 2 by Chris Philbrook
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHerauszufinden, dass ein Nachbar überlebt hat, nachdem die Untoten die Welt übernommen haben, ist nicht immer eine gute Sache. Es sei denn, bei diesem Nachbarn handelt es sich um den mürrischen, bewaffneten und pensionierten Green Beret, Gilbert Donohue. In diesem Fall findet man heraus, dass dieser Nachbar so etwas wie der sprichwörtliche Jackpot ist... -
![The End Has Come and Gone by Mark Tufo]()
The End Has Come and Gone by Mark Tufo
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsShe is coming for you...Categorized as:
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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...Categorized as:
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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...Categorized as:
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Midnight by Chris Philbrook
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe 3rd volume of the #1 rated horror series is here at long last. Tap tap tap went the zombie on the bridge. Things are getting stranger and stranger for Adrian Ring, and far more dangerous. It wasn't enough for the people of Westfield to follow Abby and her family home on Christmas Eve and try to kill them. Now they're back for more... -
![The Failed Coward by Chris Philbrook]()
The Failed Coward by Chris Philbrook
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA sinister darkness has finally cast its long shadow across the world, and Adrian Ring now suspects he's at the center of the maelstrom. And he's not alone. Even overseas, his friend Kevin is somehow standing at his side.At Auburn Lake, Adrian and his adopted family finally understand that the dreams they have suffered since the end of the world are far more than restless imaginings... -
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Extinction by Iain Rob Wright
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsContinue the epic story of mankind’s struggle against extinction in Book 3 of the bestselling “Hell on Earth” Series: EXTINCTION. VAMPS: After dealing with his rival, Pusher, and escaping the clutches of treacherous Prime Minister, John Windsor, Vamps and his last remaining friend, Mass, set out with the mysterious Aymun. A man who came from the gate that imploded on Oxford Street... -
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The Fires of Atlantis by Sam Sisavath
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsSeparated but not out of the fight.Gaby has been captured by a familiar figure from her past. Some might take captivity lying down, but they aren't Gaby.Will and Danny are close on Gaby's trail, but their rescue mission is detoured in a city under siege by a very dangerous new breed of ghouls. The reunited ex-Army Rangers will face their toughest fight yet if they want to get out alive...Categorized as:
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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...Categorized as:
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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...Categorized as:
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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...Categorized as:
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Maximum Violence by Glynn James, Michael Stephen Fuchs
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn Canterbury, as the virus rages out of control, one troop of Royal Marine Commandos fights a 360-degree battle for survival, racing to rescue the Channel Tunnel survivors from a relentless siege – before Hellfire missile strikes and carpet bombing kill anyone left alive.Across the Atlantic, the crew of the John F... -
![Mountain Man: Prequel by Keith C. Blackmore]()
Mountain Man: Prequel by Keith C. Blackmore
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAfter a long day of prepping a house for painting, all Gus Berry wanted was the night off, to spend some time with his girlfriend, and relax before having to return to work the next morning. But that isn’t going to happen. Because Gus’s co-worker Benny has found a one-night job at the local Mollymart East, a job that has to be done by morning...Categorized as:
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Etna Station by Mark Tufo
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsGetting to Etna Station is all that matters, with the world rapidly collapsing around them, Mike and company make a desperate trek to reach what they believe to be a safe haven. Can they out run the demons that chase them? Will they succumb to Knox and his tyrannical army or Payne, a revenge-bent vampire? New friends will be made along the way while some old ones will fall...Categorized as:
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Dark Recollections by Chris Philbrook
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFor the first time, the internet phenomenon is now in print!Beheading a zombie isn't easy in a world where you're more afraid of the living than the dead.Adrian Ring's simple life is thrown into chaos when the world is ripped apart by a plague of undead and legions of desperate survivors...Categorized as:
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![The Gates of Byzantium by Sam Sisavath]()
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...Categorized as:
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Bits & Pieces by Jonathan Maberry
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBenny Imura’s journey through the Rot & Ruin is well known, but who were the others navigating the ravaged, zombie-ridden landscape? Jonathan Maberry returns to fill the gaps in what we know about First Night, surviving the plague, and the land of Rot & Ruin... -
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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...Categorized as:
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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...Categorized as:
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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... -
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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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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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Three Days in Undead Shoes by Dee J. Holmes
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne woman. One Great Dane. A whole lot of zombies.Jane Finch wishes her problems ended with a bad commute and no coffee. Instead, she and Schrodinger, the Great Dane she’s supposed to be training, emerge from a locked room to discover a city changed for the dead...Categorized as:
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![Aftermath by A.R. Wise]()
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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Siege & Survival by T.W. Brown
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe first winter has come, and with it, new problems. No longer are the zombies the biggest threat to survival. With the global infrastructure gone, people are forced to do whatever it takes to survive...even the unthinkable. Steve faces his toughest decision yet as he tries to lead his people through one nightmare after another... -
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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... -
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For the Power by Debbie Cassidy
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTake the journey, find the lock that fits the key and get some damn answers.Get from point A to point B. Stick to the mapped-out route and take shelter at the pre-planned times. It sounds simple enough, now if only we’d factored in getting attacked by djinn and having to take a detour through The Wilds...Categorized as:
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Survival by T.W. Piperbrook
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEver since leaving the salvage yard, Noah Chambers has been plagued by the infected and hunted by the men who patrol the streets. In order to survive, he’ll need to summon strength he never imagined...Categorized as:
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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...Categorized as:
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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..Categorized as:
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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...Categorized as:
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What Survives of Us by Kathy Miner
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsB.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree and Winner of National Indie Excellence AwardNaomi sees her first corpse in a Colorado Springs grocery store, but it won’t be her last. With devastating speed, a plague sweeps first the city, then the state, then the world, leaving less than 1% of the population to go on...Categorized as:
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Resistance by T.W. Piperbrook
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTHE ONLY WAY TO SURVIVE IS TO RESIST After freeing Dan and Quinn, Sandy Duncan must fight to escape the lumberyard while protecting the others she came to save. The infected lurk outside the gates...Categorized as:
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Awakening by J.D. Demers
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter a contagion engulfs humanity, zombies rise to feast on the few survivors that are left. But they are not the worst monsters to come from this plague. There is hope, though. Christian Hunt is immune...Categorized as:
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I Am Legend / Hell House by Richard Matheson
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI Am Legend tells the story of Robert Neville, the last living man on earth after every other human being has been transformed into a vampire by a terrible plague ... and now they are all thirsty for his blood. Following this short novel are ten more unforgettable tales.The New York Times called Hell House "a fine horror story"...Categorized as:
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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...Categorized as:
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Outage Super Boxed Set: Books 1-5 Plus Epilogue by T.W. Piperbrook
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFOR A LIMITED TIME, SAVE 50% OFF BUYING THE BOOKS INDIVIDUALLY! OVER 500 5-STAR REVIEWS ACROSS THE SERIES! ____________________________________________ Contains: *Outage *Outage 2: The Awakening *Outage 3: Vengeance *Outage 4: The Reckoning *Outage 5: The Change *EPILOGUE STORY Control ABOUT OUTAGE:When an early snow ravages the small town of Plainfield, the residents are stripped of heat,... -
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Deadlocked 3 by A.R. Wise
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Deadlocked series continues as Billy heads into the city in search of his mother. During his quest, he will meet a strident military figure that will alter his journey and two brothers that will become his closest allies. However, his trip will endanger the family he has only just met, and he might not be able to save them... -
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The Best of Richard Matheson by Richard Matheson
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe first career retrospective of terrifying stories by "one of the greatest writers of the 20th century" (Ray Bradbury), edited by award-winning author Victor LaValle.Among the greats of 20th-century horror and fantasy, few names stand above Richard Matheson...Categorized as:
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