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Crisis by Kurt Schlichter
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsKelly Turnbull, the hero of PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC, INDIAN COUNTRY, WILDFIRE, and COLLAPSE, is back this fifth novel that tells the story of how America split apart into red and blue... -
No Time Like The Past by Jodi Taylor
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsThe fifth book in the bestselling British madcap time-travelling series, served with a dash of wit that seems to be everyone’s cup of tea.Behind the seemingly innocuous facade of St. Mary’s Institute of Historical Research, a different kind of academic work is taking place. Just don’t call it “time travel”—these historians “investigate major historical events in contemporary time... -
Executed by R.R. Haywood
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThe team of heroes extracted from their timelines to stop the impending apocalypse didn’t think they needed a leader.But they’ve got one anyway.With their mission in tatters, Miri has been called in to steady the ship. And to focus them on their assignment: preventing the end of the world.The problem is, the world doesn’t know it’s in danger...Categorized as:
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Interlude-Brandon by Terry Schott
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBrandon Strayne.Brilliant computer programmer, businessman, and world leader.Where did this mysterious man come from?This volume details his history and rise to power.Before there was the Game...there was a boy....This takes the story of the Game even further by viewing how it all started!A must read for all fans of the Game is Life Series... -
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Parable of the Sower / Parable of the Talents / Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings...Categorized as:
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Maelstrom by Andrew Hastie
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA dangerous prophecyAn altered timelineAnd a world of malevolent creatures The second book in Andrew Hastie’s imaginative and original Infinity Engines series, Maelstrom is an action-packed, dystopian time travel adventure. Caitlin has disappeared and someone has changed history. Lost in an alternate reality, Josh must discover who has disrupted the timeline and try to fix the continuum...Categorized as:
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City Escape by Theresa Shaver
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFive went by Land and Five went by Sea...the rest stayed in the City...this is their story. Mrs. Moore knew that leaving the city was the best chance that she and her students had to survive the EMP pulse but when half of her charges refused to leave she knows she has to stay and try and protect them...Categorized as:
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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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Sun & Smoke: An Endless Winter Novel by Theresa Shaver
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBook 1 Snow & AshBook 2 Rain & RuinBook 3 Sun & SmokeSkylar Ross and Rex Larson just settled into a new way of life when a simple mistake changes everything. General Bill Mallor, Skylar's Godfather, should have been a welcome sight when he and his men roll into town and save them...Categorized as:
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Rising Tides by Susan Kiernan-Lewis
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe tides are definitely rising in the 5th installment of the Irish End Game Series. Rising Tides is the story of two desperate journeys to find lost loved ones culminating in a shocking discovery—one with the power to destroy all of Europe...Categorized as:
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The Devil You Know by R.A. Hakok
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Juvies have fled Eden for Mount Weather, but Gabriel knows they’re not safe there. As soon as winter ends and the storms clear Kane will send Peck for them. Gabriel has a plan, though. They have Marv’s map, with all the other bunkers that once were part of the Federal Relocation Arc marked on it. And Gabriel knows the outside; he’s spent years scavenging it, after all...Categorized as:
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Standing at the Edge by William Alan Webb, J. Gunnar Grey
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsNick Angriff’s ultimate enemy finally takes the stage and the 7th Cavalry will never be the same. Operation Overtime has come through its first winter in post-Collapse America in better shape than expected. Food is plentiful, the city of Prescott is healing, and there’s even a battalion of new recruits for the Marines...Categorized as:
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As the Last I May Know by S.L. Huang
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAn alternate history short story looking at decisions and consequences, and what it takes to pull the trigger.Winner of the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Short Story... -
Stranded: Sea by Theresa Shaver
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA hard earned class trip turns into a nightmare. Far from home when the lights go out, they not only have to try to get home, they need to survive the trip. STRANDED far from home - Join a courageous group of teens as they make their way in a post apocalyptic adventure story of survival after an EMP has virtually shut down modern technology across North America...Categorized as:
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San Diego 2014: The Last Stand of the California Browncoats by Mira Grant
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIt was the summer of 2014, and the true horrors of the Rising were only just beginning to reveal themselves. Fans from all over the world gathered in San Diego, California for the annual comic book and media convention, planning to forget about the troubling rumors of new diseases and walking dead by immersing themselves in a familiar environment...Categorized as:
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Primordial Earth: Book 4 by Baileigh Higgins
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis is their world, and we are the prey.Outnumbered and outgunned, Rogue and the Exiles are on the run from the ruthless General Sikes. Finding refuge in the abandoned Shanghai tunnels, the survivors are running out of time and options. Trapped in the past, the fight for their future has just begun...Categorized as:
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Primordial Earth: Book 3 by Baileigh Higgins
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis is their world, and we are the prey.Captured, beaten, and on the brink of death, Rogue and the surviving members of the resistance barely manage to escape the dungeons of Prime City with their lives. As they set out into the unknown they must prepare for the fight of their lives.A storm is coming..Categorized as:
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Found by Imogen Keeper
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsKILLING A PERSON changes you. Killing your little brother destroys you. I should know. His name was Carl. When he was a kid, he always ate the blue M&Ms first and then the green. He dreamed of going to go to the moon. I didn't hesitate. I didn’t even blink...Categorized as:
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The Mayan Prophecy by Alex Scarrow
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsLiam O’Connor should have died at sea in 1912.Maddy Carter should have died on a plane in 2010.Sal Vikram should have died in a fire in 2026.But all three have been given a second chance—to work for an agency that no one knows exists. Its purpose: to prevent time travel destroying history..Categorized as:
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Sanctuary's Aggression: A Post-Apocalyptic Survival Series by Maira Dawn
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe rules have changed...And that is just what she needs... Skye Jackson is a children’s therapist, a loving daughter, and well-off. Determined to save a young boy from his abusive father, Skye's plans come to a halt when a deadly rabies plague sweeps the globe. Infected, death, and destruction--nothing is the same...Categorized as:
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Les Portes d'Occident by Pierre Bordage
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEn l'an 2212, le monde est divisé en deux par le REM : une immense barrière électromagnétique. D'un côté, on trouve les pays occidentaux, à l'origine de la séparation et de l'autre, le reste du monde.À l'Est, les croisades successives, religieuses ou idéologiques, contre la science ont fait retomber ces pays dans un quasi Moyen Âge. Confort et nourriture sont des denrées rares... -
Splinters In Time by Jason Ayres
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGetting lost in the wrong time was bad enough. But things get far worse for Josh Gardner when he can't even find his way back to his own universe. When his ex-girlfriend, Lauren, starts having recurring nightmares about a strange alternate reality in which she was murdered, Josh becomes interested in proving the existence of other universes...Categorized as:
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Exile Hunter by Preston Fleming
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Pure energy in print form, whether the characters are being pursued or simply talking; Fleming has proven himself a craftsman.” KIRKUS REVIEWS“As with all of Preston Fleming's previous books, EXILE HUNTER weaves together the harsh realities of personal betrayal, physical torment, emotional pain, and a spiritual quest with astute intelligence.” BOOKPLEASURES... -
Acts of War by James L. Young Jr.
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSomehow I doubt that this is quite how anyone expected Adolf Hitler's death to turn out...--Squadron Leader Adam Haynes, No. 303 (Polish) SquadronAugust 1942. London is in flames. Heinrich Himmler's Germany stands triumphant in the West, its "Most Dangerous Enemy" forced to the peace table by a hailstorm of nerve gas and incendiaries...Categorized as:
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Protected by the Convicts by Julie K. Cohen
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsClaimed. Protected. But far from safe. . . Our Hannah saved each of usBy bringing us together,By loving us.We claimed her body.Then she claimed our hearts.We’ll do anything to protect her.Lie for her.Steal for her.Kill for her.We’re a family now.But our happiness won’t last.The rules have changed.She’s determined to protect us.Even if it means leaving us...Categorized as:
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Primordial Earth #1 by Baileigh Higgins
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis is their world, and we are the prey.After an unexplained event shifted entire cities millions of years into the past, life has become a daily struggle for survival. Rogue, tenacious and fierce, has never known anything except a harsh life on the streets of Prime City until she finds herself on the wrong side of the law... and the wall. Nothing could’ve prepared her for the outside..Categorized as:
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Zeroglyph by Vance Pravat
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEx Machina meets Rear Window in a mind-bending sci-fi thriller about machine morality.Raphael is the holy grail of AI: a superintelligent robot that’s been programmed to be the perfect moral being. Or at least that’s what Andy, its creator, believes... -
Dawn of Dae by Trillian Anderson, R.J. Blain
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis is a republishing of an older work, and it has undergone substantial editing and rewriting, including the addition of new scenes. The morning Alexa Daegberht’s macaroni and cheese develops sentience, the world changes. She thought escaping poverty and moving up in the world would be the challenge of her life, but the new arrivals, who call themselves the dae, waste no time proving her wrong... -
The Hopkins Manuscript: A Novel by R.C. Sherriff
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFor fans of the popular and award-winning Netflix movie Don’t Look Up, a prescient, rediscovered speculative novel about how a small English village prepares for the end of the world. Edgar Hopkins is a retired math teacher in his mid-fifties with a strong sense of self-importance, whose greatest pride in life is winning poultry breeding contests...Categorized as:
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Noblesse Oblige by Maiwenn Alix
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratings"Très chers téléspectateurs, bienvenue dans cette nouvelle saison de Noblesse Oblige !"La révolution de 1789 n'ayant pas abouti, la France est dirigée par le Roi Louis XXI. La monarchie autoritaire s'assure néanmoins le soutien du peuple en mettant en scène son faste et sa cour dans des émissions de téléréalité. " Noblesse oblige " est la plus regardée d'entre elles...Categorized as:
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Time's Divide by Rysa Walker
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe Cyrists are swiftly moving into position to begin the Culling, and Kate’s options are dwindling. With each jump to the past or the future, Kate may trigger a new timeline shift. Worse, the loyalties of those around her—including the allegiances of Kiernan and the Fifth Column, the shadowy group working with Kate—are increasingly unclear...Categorized as:
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Crossfire by Blackman Malorie
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratings'The Noughts & Crosses series are still my favourite books of all time and showed me just how amazing story-telling could be' STORMZY'I grew up reading her. It was one of the few books about black people, so I felt seen.' CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS'The most original book I've ever read' BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH"Malorie Blackman is absolutely amazing .. -
Time's Edge by Rysa Walker
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsTo stop her sadistic grandfather, Saul, and his band of time travelers from rewriting history, Kate must race to retrieve the CHRONOS keys before they fall into the Cyrists' hands. If she jumps back in time and pulls the wrong key--one that might tip off the Cyrists to her strategy--her whole plan could come crashing down, jeopardizing the future of millions of innocent people... -
Primordial Earth: Book 2 by Baileigh Higgins
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis is their world, and we are the prey.An outlaw in a savage world, Rogue barely survives her first encounter with the prehistoric creatures outside the walls of Prime City. After a mysterious stranger saves her life, she's reunited with her long lost mother. Hoping for a fresh start, she joins the Exiles, a group of survivors who live off the land. But not all welcome her with open arms...Categorized as:
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Snow & Ash by Theresa Shaver
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsBomb after bomb dropped across the globe sending the world tumbling into a seemingly never ending nuclear winter. Skylar Ross is ten that day when she’s ripped from dance classes and sleepovers to being an orphan in a prepper’s paradise of a mountain bunker. Her determination to protect her baby brother keeps her locked away with nothing but responsibility and loneliness...Categorized as:
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China Mountain Zhang by Maureen F. McHugh
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsWith this groundbreaking novel, Maureen F. McHugh established herself as one of the decade's best science fiction writers. In its pages, we enter a post-revolution America, moving from the hyper-urbanized eastern seaboard to the Arctic bleakness of Baffin Island; from the new Imperial City to an agricultural commune on Mars...Categorized as:
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Time's Echo by Rysa Walker
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA Kindle exclusive novella, set in the world of Rysa Walker's Timebound. Kiernan Dunne abandoned his family ties to help Kate fight the Cyrists, and he's never regretted that for one moment. But he doesn't understand why Kate can't remember that night in 1893 Chicago, when she turned back to face the killer chasing them through the smoky corridors of the World's Fair Hotel...Categorized as:
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Skykeep by Joseph R. Lallo
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt has taken some adjustment, but Nita Graus has made quite a home for herself among the crew of the Wind Breaker. Under her skillful care it has become one of the only airships to stay aloft without the continuous repair and oversight of the vile and manipulative fug folk...Categorized as:
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Time's Mirror by Rysa Walker
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe only things on Prudence Pierce's mind are seducing her violin instructor and, with the help of her sister Deborah, avoiding the wrath of their mother for stepping out of the house dressed like Madonna...Categorized as:
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Native Tongue by Suzette Haden Elgin
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsCalled "fascinating" by the New York Times upon its first publication in 1984, Native Tongue won wide critical praise and cult status, and has often been compared to the futurist fiction of Margaret Atwood. Set in the twenty-second century, the novel tells of a world where women are once again property, denied civil rights and banned from public life...Categorized as:
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The Reformer by S.M. Stirling, David Drake
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAfter the collapse of the galactic Web, civilizations crumbled and chaos reigned on thousands of planets. Only on planet Bellevue was there a difference. There, a Fleet Battle Computer named Center had survived from the old civilization... -
UnHappenings by Edward Aubry
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen Nigel Walden is fourteen, the unhappenings begin. His first girlfriend disappears the day after their first kiss with no indication she ever existed. This retroactive change is the first of many only he seems to notice.Several years later, when Nigel is visited by two people from his future, he hopes they can explain why the past keeps rewriting itself around him...Categorized as:
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That is All by John Hodgman
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJohn Hodgman-bestselling author, The Daily Show's "Resident Expert", minor television celebrity, and deranged millionaire-brings us the third and final installment in his trilogy of Complete World Knowledge... -
Cyberabad Days by Ian McDonald
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCyberabad Days returns to the India of 2047 as featured in Ian McDonald's acclaimed novel River of Gods...Categorized as:
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This is the Way the World Ends: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Keith Taylor
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThis is an alternate cover edition of ASINB074JXHFYK.February, 2031: The global population now stands at an estimated 400 million, and every survivor bears the scars of humanity's struggle to defeat an enemy few believed could exist. Some nations have emerged stronger than ever. Others still struggle to survive. Some no longer exist at all...Categorized as:
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Decode: Fractured Era Archives by Autumn Kalquist
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Defect and Legacy Code Prequel Novelette. Each story in the Fractured Era Archives reveals the truth behind the mysteries hinted at in the bestselling Fractured Era series. Disease ravages humanity, killing millions across the globe. Haunted by the loss of her son to the deadly illness, geneticist Avia Sherman must find the strength to keep going. To find a cure... -
Ice and Fire by David Wingrove
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings‘Colossal. A long-awaited, elaborately frightening vision of the future’ - Sunday Times Chung Kuo, the great globe-spanning City constructed of the super-plastic Ice, enjoys a brief if uneasy peace, which is threatened by the discovery of the Aristotle File...Categorized as:
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The 9/11 Machine by Greg Enslen
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsASIN moved from less recent edition hereDr. Donald Ellis lost his family on 9/11. But while others grieved, or plotted revenge, Dr. Ellis threw himself into a long-dormant research project. He traded his lab at the University of New York for an ugly riverfront warehouse in Brooklyn...Categorized as:
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Emergency Exit: 2020 by Ever N. Hayes
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDate: October 2020 Place: Ely, Minnesota They didn’t know what to do. Would you? Let’s say you just found out you’d survived a massive chemical attack. How it happened and how many others lived through it…you don’t yet know. You don’t know the when (exactly), the who, or the why. You just…don’t…know. You have so many questions, but there’s no doubting what you’ve seen...Categorized as:
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Melophobia by James Morris
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMelophobia: fear or hatred of music.The time—now; the place—America, but in a world where the government controls all forms of art and creativity. Any music sowing the seeds of anarchy is banned—destroyed if found—its creators and listeners harshly punished...Categorized as:
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