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Love and Decay 3, Episode Eleven (Love and Decay (Complete Series) #35) by Rachel Higginson
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsZombies- as if that wasn’t enough to ruin any girl’s dream of a happily ever after. Reagan and friends have found sanctuary with Tomás. The cathedral offers protection from Zombies and a place to rest and recuperate. But what happens when the outside world follows you inside? There is a greater hazard to the Parker family than Feeders and warlords... -
![Rebirth by Iain Rob Wright]()
Rebirth by Iain Rob Wright
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAfter mankind's previous victories at Portsmouth and Kielder, things begin to look hopeful, but unknown to the last human survivors is that they are about to face their worst enemy yet. Crimolok has arrived, and soon, there'll be nothing left. This is the final fight between Hell and Earth - the last battle between light and dark... -
![Love and Decay 3, Episode Ten (Love and Decay (Complete Series) #34) by Rachel Higginson]()
Love and Decay 3, Episode Ten (Love and Decay (Complete Series) #34) by Rachel Higginson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsZombies- as if that wasn’t enough to ruin any girl’s dream of a happily ever after. Reagan and friends have worked hard to survive Mexico. They fought warlords and cannibals, slave traders and Matthias Allen. They fought and they survived. Colombia is closer than ever, and with it their dream for a better, safer life... -
![Love and Decay 3, Episode Seven by Rachel Higginson]()
Love and Decay 3, Episode Seven by Rachel Higginson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsZombies- as if that wasn’t enough to ruin any girl’s dream of a happily ever after. Reagan and the Parkers have finally rescued Page just in time for their favorite family activity- killing Zombies. When they are attacked in the middle of the night, Reagan heads out with some Parkers to protect the bungalow... -
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![Love and Decay 3, Episode Six by Rachel Higginson]()
Love and Decay 3, Episode Six by Rachel Higginson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsZombies- as if that wasn’t enough to ruin any girl’s dream of a happily ever after. Get Page back. That’s the only thing Reagan and her friends can focus on, but that is not the only problem facing them. While new allies provide valuable assistance, the outside world still threatens to tear this group apart... -
![Love and Decay 3, Episode Nine by Rachel Higginson]()
Love and Decay 3, Episode Nine by Rachel Higginson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsZombies- as if that wasn’t enough to ruin any girl’s dream of a happily ever after. Reagan Willow has made a lot of enemies during her time in the Zombie Apocalypse, but one enemy stands above the rest. He has made it his mission in life to destroy her and he will stop at nothing to get his way. Matthias Allen lost his family because of Reagan and the Parkers... -
![Love and Decay 3, Episode Twelve (Love and Decay (Complete Series) #36) by Rachel Higginson]()
Love and Decay 3, Episode Twelve (Love and Decay (Complete Series) #36) by Rachel Higginson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsZombies- as if that wasn’t enough to ruin any girl’s dream of a happily ever after. In the conclusion of Love and Decay, Season Three, Reagan and friends have made it to Colombia, but their fight out of hell is not over. Starving, dehydrated and out of ammo, the group is at their lowest... -
![Gathering Home by Jeff Motes]()
Gathering Home by Jeff Motes
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe fabric of American society has been torn asunder by an EMP attack on the United States. The enormity of what has happened is sinking in to the population. No area of the country has been spared. From the big cities to the rural countryside, all have been impacted. Loved ones are stranded far from home, their suffering families not knowing their fate... -
![Far from Home by Kate L. Mary]()
Far from Home by Kate L. Mary
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHow far would you go to survive the apocalypse? As the only child in an upper-middle class family, Rowan has had it easy. Doted on by a mother who never wanted anything but a child to love, she's never wanted for anything. Kiaya’s life, however, has been anything but easy... -
![The One by J.K. Accinni]()
The One by J.K. Accinni
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn The One, the sixth book in the Alien Species Intervention #6609 series, almost a hundred years have passed since Armageddon. The Earth is ready for habitation but it is a far different Earth from the one last seen so long ago. Alongside the original wildlife and generations of their offspring, new plants and forms of wildlife from different worlds populate the planet as chosen by the Womb... -
![Conspiracy Theory by Rich Restucci, Michael Kramer]()
Conspiracy Theory by Rich Restucci, Michael Kramer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsImmunity. Everyone wants it. One man has it. Our hero, if you can call him that, must escape from the government facility he is incarcerated in. Escape the certifiable, alphabet-agency super-spook who seized him and dragged him across the country. Elude an army of doctors and soldiers who think he is the answer to the plague of the living dead. Flee back to his friends, a continent away... -
![Point of Extinction by Tara Ellis, Mike Kraus]()
Point of Extinction by Tara Ellis, Mike Kraus
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn ancient killer. A nation torn apart. One woman will stop at nothing to save her family - or die trying.Tired of the usual post-apocalyptic story? Welcome to your new addiction.An underwater explosion devastates a chain of islands.A mysterious illness begins to spring up across the world.Earthquakes shatter the west coast, causing untold damage and loss of life...Categorized as:
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![The Lost Light by Justin Bell, Mike Kraus]()
The Lost Light by Justin Bell, Mike Kraus
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs the West Coast burns, The Frasers are struggling to find their eldest daughter while simultaneously figuring out how to get their son's friend, Brad, back to his parents. After a run-in with a group of escaped convicts, they realize that their home is no longer safe and turn their eyes to the east... -
![The 40th Day by Deirdre Gould]()
The 40th Day by Deirdre Gould
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Everyone here is already exposed. Don’t come here. Your family is dead. Your friends are dead. Do not trust anyone from the City. There may already be people out there who are infected and don’t know it. Do not let them in. Do not let yourself be moved by pity. They are deadly... -
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![Sons of Reagan by A.R. Wise]()
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... -
![Blood & Betrayal by T.W. Brown]()
Blood & Betrayal by T.W. Brown
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe days of being afraid of the walking dead are long since past. While they still prove to be a menace when they are found in massive herds numbering in the hundreds of thousands if not the millions, it is now the living that can be the most terrifying. Humanity is clawing to regain its place, and some will do anything to ensure their own survival... even at the cost of others... -
![Dead: End by T.W. Brown]()
Dead: End by T.W. Brown
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe journey has been a long one; and through its twists and turns, we have lost some dear friends. Who lives to see the next sunrise? There is only one way to find out... -
![Frenzied Rebirth by Matthew Peed]()
Frenzied Rebirth by Matthew Peed
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Aether Shift. An event that changed the world forever. Unleashing untold powers onto the minds and bodies of humans on Earth. Some were chosen, against their will, to become something new. Azaria, finally allowed leave the house on her own for the first time, ends up as a Dungeon Core, however, the situation gets turned sideways during the process and she's left alone for nearly a year... -
![Spore by Kenny Soward, Mike Kraus]()
Spore by Kenny Soward, Mike Kraus
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAmerica's food crops cover nearly a billion acres. In the race to produce as much as we could... something went wrong.Tired of the usual post-apocalyptic tale? Welcome to your new addiction.SPORE is a new, thrilling post-apocalyptic survival saga from #1 best-selling authors Mike Kraus and Kenny Soward.A billion acres of food have been wiped off the map overnight... -
![Dead: Revelations by T.W. Brown, Shawn Conn]()
Dead: Revelations by T.W. Brown, Shawn Conn
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe zombies have risen, the world has spiraled into chaos. Small pockets of survivors continue to struggle each day to survive. The best and worst of humanity fight the undead and themselves as they come to grips with a new, violent reality. See the world through Steve's eyes as he tries to balance the duties of leading a band of survivors while caring for a young, Hispanic orphan girl... -
![Redemption by Bryan James]()
Redemption by Bryan James
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe infection came first, hordes of undead bringing mankind swiftly to its knees. Despair and misery followed, as the remaining survivors fought the living dead--and one another--for a slim chance at survival.Through the pain and the destruction, Mike McKnight has somehow survived... -
![The Last Candidate by Frank Tayell]()
The Last Candidate by Frank Tayell
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsWhoever wins the election, humanity will lose. Nine months after the outbreak, ten thousand survivors from across the globe have found a refuge on the Welsh island of Anglesey. Hordes of the undead ravage the wastelands of Britain and Ireland. Satellite images show that the rest of the world is no better... -
![Stephen King Box Set: Desperation, The Regulators by Stephen King, Richard Bachman]()
Stephen King Box Set: Desperation, The Regulators by Stephen King, Richard Bachman
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 29 ratings1996/97 boxed set of 2... -
![Aftermath: A Post-Apocalyptic Disaster Thriller by Harley Tate]()
Aftermath: A Post-Apocalyptic Disaster Thriller by Harley Tate
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDestruction at every turn. Chaos on the streets. A family on the brink of giving up.Five days after a megaquake and tsunami ravaged the Pacific Northwest, Mika and her father are still on the hunt for her mother. After almost dying from an electric shock in the flood waters, Mika's barely hanging on. Her father debates calling off the search, but Mika's insistent--they have to find her mother...Categorized as:
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![Darkness Rising by Justin Bell, Mike Kraus]()
Darkness Rising by Justin Bell, Mike Kraus
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen the end arrives, how far will you go to save the ones you love? When a terrorist plot results in the detonation of several nuclear devices across the West Coast, the Frasers are thrown into disarray and their strained familial relationships are tested as they watch society collapse around them...Categorized as:
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![Omnicide by Jacqueline Druga]()
Omnicide by Jacqueline Druga
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA town practically cut off from the rest of the country, Griffin is always the last to know about everything. Fax is the most reliable method of communication and the local newspaper is the main source of outside information.When a freak car accident occurs on the outside of town, no one thinks much of it... -
![Last Light by Justin Bell, Mike Kraus]()
Last Light by Justin Bell, Mike Kraus
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA new, terrifying post-apocalyptic series from #1 best-selling post-apocalyptic author Mike Kraus A revolutionary technology. A sinister foe. A desperate fight for survival. When a new drilling method enables access to a deep source of renewable energy, all expectations are that Ultilitron will champion a new era in electricity production... -
![Days 109 to 116 by Amy Cross]()
Days 109 to 116 by Amy Cross
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe battle for Boston is over, but there are still dangers lurking in the city. And as Elizabeth and Thomas arrive, they discover that old enemies are waiting to strike back. Desperate to find her father, Elizabeth sets out to see if anyone knows whether he survived the battle. She soon learns, however, that the city's new rulers don't take kindly to people digging into the past... -
![The End Begins by James D. Dean]()
The End Begins by James D. Dean
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt was always a joke. The “what ifs” and the planning were just conversations to have fun with. Who would be the first to go? Where would people be safe? Who would survive the zombie apocalypse? No one is laughing anymore. Awakening to a nightmare, Dan Foster is forced to flee his suburban Chicago home... -
![The Shades by Amy Cross]()
The Shades by Amy Cross
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne late September day, the entire population of the United States vanishes, leaving behind nothing but empty streets. For the rest of the world, there's no explanation for how 300m people could simply vanish in the blink of an eye. While international organizations dither over what to do next, a powerful company pays for a small team of investigators to head to the U.S. and learn the truth... -
![Day 100 by Amy Cross]()
Day 100 by Amy Cross
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne hundred days after humanity was brought to its knees, Elizabeth Marter has joined a small group of survivors in Boston. Under constant attack from scavengers who live beyond the city limits, Elizabeth and the others desperately try to come up with a plan. But when they learn that a more organized enemy is on the way, they realize that they face a battle for what's left of their resources... -
![The Prologue to the Postnuclear Dystopia by Dmitry Glukhovsky]()
The Prologue to the Postnuclear Dystopia by Dmitry Glukhovsky
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe prologue to the fresh legend of European post-apocalyptic sci-fi, METRO 2033. This book inspired a score of video games, including the upcoming METRO: LAST LIGHT, gave birth to a series of novels written by followers across the world and will soon be turned into a Hollywood movie!Meet the legend for free. Welcome to the last refuge of the mankind after the end of the world... -
![Stage 3 - A Post-Apocalyptic Zombie Thriller by Ken Stark]()
Stage 3 - A Post-Apocalyptic Zombie Thriller by Ken Stark
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBlindness is just the beginning.Once the virus strips away everything remotely human, all that's left is a mindless, savage predator...Categorized as:
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![Zero Hour by Justin Bell, Mike Kraus]()
Zero Hour by Justin Bell, Mike Kraus
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn unsuspecting country. A rogue state. A weapon the likes of which the world has never seen. Jackson Block finds himself stranded at 15,000 feet above Boston inside a plane with a dead pilot and no easy way down. When he reaches the ground he discovers that the city - and the country - has torn itself apart... -
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![Apocalypse by Devon C. Ford]()
Apocalypse by Devon C. Ford
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn 1989, Peter's young life is an unfair and miserable existence, even before events unfold far beyond his isolated, rural corner of the world. He is left alone to fend for himself and to survive in impossible circumstances. In the dying throes of the Cold War, testing of experimental bioweapons goes wrong in the worst kind of way... -
![We Live Inside You by Jeremy Robert Johnson]()
We Live Inside You by Jeremy Robert Johnson
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWe are within you, and we are growing. Watching. Waiting for your empires to fall. It won't be long now. We are the fear of death that drives you and the terrible hunger that reshapes you in its name. We are the vengeance born from senseless slaughter and the pulsing reptile desire that negates your consciousness... -
![Material Witness by Jonathan Maberry, Ray Porter]()
Material Witness by Jonathan Maberry, Ray Porter
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHere is another highly entertaining short story featuring Jonathan Maberry's compelling hero, Joe Ledger.This short thriller takes Joe Ledger into the mysterious, troubled town of Pine Deep, Pennsylvania, the setting for Maberry's chilling Pine Deep Trilogy. In Pine Deep, nothing is what it seems... -
![Deluge: A Post-Apocalyptic Disaster Thriller by Harley Tate]()
Deluge: A Post-Apocalyptic Disaster Thriller by Harley Tate
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEntire towns destroyed. Massive cities underwater. A family desperate to find each other.Two days after a megaquake and tsunami combine to wreak havoc on the Pacific Northwest, Clint and his daughter are together at last. Instead of retreating to safety, they’re on a one-way mission into the heart of the disaster...Categorized as:
apocalyptic sci-fi post-apocalyptic fiction horror dystopia action-adventure disaster -
![Against the Current by R.S. Merritt]()
Against the Current by R.S. Merritt
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn this second installment of the Zombies! series the horror continues as Randy and Kelly continue to battle their way towards Florida, Brenda and the girls keep fighting to stay alive and Kyler fights hard to make his way in this new world order. In this book the struggle to survive continues to get more intense as groups come together to keep outsiders out... -
![Stories from the Twilight Zone by Rod Serling]()
Stories from the Twilight Zone by Rod Serling
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsYou are traveling into another dimension... A dimension of splendor, terror and wonder—a shadow land that lies just between the limits of the imagination. Your host and guide is one of the world's best-known storytellers—a modern master of the fantastic... Rod Serling.Here, together for the first time, are nineteen of Serling's most memorable tales from the legendary series. So sit back and enjoy... -
![State of Shock by Jack Hunt]()
State of Shock by Jack Hunt
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 11 ratings"Fans of Alas Babylon and One Second After will enjoy this terrifyingly real, on the edge-of-your-seat, tale of survival and human courage." Six months after a deadly attack on the United States kills millions, obliterates the electrical grid and thrusts the nation into darkness, Lt. Scot Murphy and the others continue to face obstacles... -
![Evolution by Teri Terry]()
Evolution by Teri Terry
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA thrilling showdown brings the Dark Matter trilogy to a satsifying close. Shay is trapped at the Multiverse compound while looking for the real Callie, and an unforgiving Kai is her best chance at outsmarting Alex and saving countless lives.Shay has left Kai once again by following Alex to his Multiverse compound... -
![Necrópolis by Carlos Sisí]()
Necrópolis by Carlos Sisí
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEl campamento de Carranque vive momentos dulces. Tras haber sobrevivido el ataque del Padre Isidro y sus enloquecedoras huestes de caminantes, los supervivientes se entregan a ensoñaciones y esperanzas de futuro propiciadas por los descubrimientos del doctor Rodríguez... -
![Syncing Forward by W. Lawrence]()
Syncing Forward by W. Lawrence
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsISBN moved from less recent edition hereWould you ever travel forward in time if you knew it was a one-way trip? Mr. Martin James has no such desire, but after being injected with a mysterious drug against his will, Martin hurtles through the years. This cruel twist of fate forces him to watch his children grow up and his wife grow old in a matter of days... -
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![Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin]()
Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsY: The Last Man meets The Girl With All the Gifts in Gretchen Felker-Martin's Manhunt, an explosive post-apocalyptic novel that follows trans women and men on a grotesque journey of survival.Beth and Fran spend their days traveling the ravaged New England coast, hunting feral men and harvesting their organs in a gruesome effort to ensure they'll never face the same fate... -
![CRASH: Book 1 of The Obsolescence Trilogy by Christopher Muhlenfeld]()
CRASH: Book 1 of The Obsolescence Trilogy by Christopher Muhlenfeld
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAnd then it went dark……the world’s electrical grid was gone.Who would survive the chaos?For James and Alexa, they saw it unfold from their ranch, which was a blessing. They were away from the chaos, and they thought they were safe. They thought wrong.What will they do?All across the country cities are in crisis.Logan and his family look out from their Manhattan penthouse... -
![Don't Scream! by R.L. Stine]()
Don't Scream! by R.L. Stine
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWelcome to the Hall of Horrors, HorrorLand's Hall of Fame for the truly terrifying.Jack Harmon can't think of anything worse than getting picked on by the bullies at school, until he discovers an even bigger threat. After finding a cell phone, Jack begins to hear a strange voice on the other end. Jack keeps trying to make his new "friend" happy. Now everyone thinks Jack has lost his mind... -
![After - Part One by D.R. Johnson]()
After - Part One by D.R. Johnson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe world is no longer safe, no longer thriving. It has been inherited by the diseased.The red mist spread and humanity was infected. There was no stopping the curse once it started and the world's population was reduced to mindless beasts. Creatures that hungered and raged for the taste of pure, uninfected flesh.Few of those remain.Ali is not one of them... -
![Countdown to Armageddon by Darrell Maloney]()
Countdown to Armageddon by Darrell Maloney
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsScott Harter was an average man. He wasn't dumb, but he'd never be invited to join Mensa either. He'd liked to have married a beauty queen, but his average looks certainly did nothing to attract any. Neither did his vanilla personality. No, Scott was average in every way, except when it came to luck. He was a very lucky man... -
![Sunshine by Alex Garland]()
Sunshine by Alex Garland
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Sun is dying, and mankind is dying with it. Our last hope is a spaceship, a crew of eight men and women and a device which will breathe new life into the star. But deep into their voyage, out of radio contact with Earth, the mission is starting to unravel. Soon the crew are fighting not only for their lives, but their sanity...
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