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Dogs of War by Jonathan Maberry
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDogs of War: Robots are no longer science fiction. Autonomous, programmed to react like animals: fast, relentless, deadly. From microscopic nanobots to massive self-guided aircraft. This technology is here, it's accessible, and it's dangerous. What's even scarier is that almost anyone can get their hands on it... -
![Convergence by Mark Tufo, John O'Brien]()
Convergence by Mark Tufo, John O'Brien
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHaving survived Atlantis, the town of Indian Hill beckons. As Mike and Trip make their way toward Indian Hill and are in search of some much needed answers, Jack is fast on their heels. It is a dangerous journey fraught with all manner of creatures. Zombies, Night Runners and the Alien Whistlers do their best to prevent the trio from ever going home again... -
![Kill Switch by Jonathan Maberry]()
Kill Switch by Jonathan Maberry
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsWhat do you do when the power goes off?A terrorist group has acquired one hundred E-bombs. Each bomb's electromagnetic pulse is powerful enough to blow out all power and all technology from a major city. The terrorists plan to hit one hundred American cities in a campaign of destruction... -
![The Plot to Kill the Pope by Anonymous]()
The Plot to Kill the Pope by Anonymous
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Red Mohawk returns in a new adventure featuring characters from the Bourbon Kid series. Someone is plotting to kill the Pope. Rodeo Rex knows the exact time the assassination will take place. But the location and the killer’s identity are unclear. Elvis and the Bourbon Kid tag along in a race against time to save the Pope from certain death... -
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![Hominid by R.D. Brady]()
Hominid by R.D. Brady
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHominid (noun): any of the modern or extinct bipedal primates of the family of humans or apesAccording to the experts, Homo sapiens are the only hominids in the family of humans that currently exists.One scientist has a plan to prove them wrong... -
![Xenofall by Kyle West]()
Xenofall by Kyle West
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWith the final battle looming, the fate of the humanity will be decided. Alex Keener, Elekim, will face down Askala, the Radaskim Xenomind.But as Askala unleashes her final fury, the road to Ragnarok can only be paved with grit...and lives.In this explosive conclusion to The Wasteland Chronicles, Alex will rise to the mantle of Elekim.. -
![Return to the Center of the Earth by Greig Beck]()
Return to the Center of the Earth by Greig Beck
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMike Monroe and Jane Baxter barely survived their terrifying journey to the center of the Earth... -
![Joe Ledger: Special Ops by Jonathan Maberry, Ray Porter]()
Joe Ledger: Special Ops by Jonathan Maberry, Ray Porter
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCaptain Joe Ledger--former cop, former Army Ranger, and currently the top-kick of Echo Team, an elite squad of first-class shooters who roll out to face down the world's most dangerous terrorists. Not fanatics with explosive vests or political hostage takers... -
![Whistlers by Mark Tufo, John O'Brien]()
Whistlers by Mark Tufo, John O'Brien
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhat happens when two worlds collide? Jack Walker and Michael Talbot come from two worlds; the same, yet different. They both find themselves transported into an alien one, where things aren’t as they seem. While it appears similar to the ones they come from, there are some terrifying differences... -
![Aliens: Phalanx by Scott Sigler]()
Aliens: Phalanx by Scott Sigler
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt's Medieval carnage meets Alien as a pre-industrial society fights against extinction brought about by a massive infestation of Xenomorphs.Ataegina was an isolated world of medieval castles, varied cultures, and conquests, vibrant until the demons rose and spread relentless destruction... -
![Feral Outbreak by Sean Liscom]()
Feral Outbreak by Sean Liscom
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsPOST-APOCALYPTIC FICTION by Sean LiscomIn the wake of the cataclysmic events that reshaped our world in 2020, a sense of relief washed over us all. By late 2023, I think we were ready to just live life again. I know I was. It was a time to make new friends and put the past to rest. Rayne and I hadn’t known each other long, but we were building a solid friendship, nothing more... -
![Atlantis by Mark Tufo, John O'Brien]()
Atlantis by Mark Tufo, John O'Brien
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsJack, Mike and Trip were ripped from their loved ones and thrown into a dangerous world they know nothing about, relentlessly pursued by Night Runners, Zombies and a terrifying new creature known only as Whistlers. Like their own worlds, civilization has collapsed and danger lurks around every corner... -
![For Which We Stand: Ian's Road, Volume 1 by Joseph Hansen]()
For Which We Stand: Ian's Road, Volume 1 by Joseph Hansen
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEl Paso wasn’t the Promised Land that Ian and his crew had hoped for but it wasn’t a total bust either. The concept of a safe haven in today’s world was a fool’s errand at best. This was the consensus of their tiny band and to keep moving, their only salvation... -
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Darkness by Kyle West
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Vegas Exodus is at a standstill...Besieged by the Xenoswarm in the town Pyrite, they must shelter in either Bunker 108 or Bunker 84 if they are to survive the winter.But in Bunker 84 lurks a darkness that could end the Exodus. And it may also be that the denizens of Bunker 84, known as "The Community," are not as isolated from the events of the Wasteland as it first appears... -
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![Callsign: Deep Blue (Tom Duncan) by Jeremy Robinson, Kane Gilmour]()
Callsign: Deep Blue (Tom Duncan) by Jeremy Robinson, Kane Gilmour
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTom Duncan—Callsign: Deep Blue, former Army ranger, former president of the United States and handler of the black ops force known as Chess Team, is visiting the team’s new secret headquarters. The underground facility, known as Alpha, once belonged to Manifold Genetics, a corrupt corporation shut down by Chess Team. But despite being abandoned for years, Alpha still hides secrets...Categorized as:
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Extinction by Kyle West
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTime is running out for humanity to defeat the encroaching forces of the Radaskim...As settlements fall and the Great Blight spreads, it falls on the New Angels to unite disparate factions before it is too late. But the dark Xenomind, Askala, has her own plans to end humanity before that can ever happen.Only the greatest sacrifice can stop her from achieving her aims.. -
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Abyss by Greig Beck
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe explosive sequel to the Greig Beck blockbuster FATHOMLESS.Cate Granger is chasing ghosts.The monster shark she once encountered was a remnant of the ancient world - one that had escaped an underwater lair previously sealed off for millions of years. At great cost, Cate and her allies had killed the beast.So, no more ghosts, no more shadows. All gone.Or so Cate thought... -
![Dark of Night by Jonathan Maberry, Rachael Lavin]()
Dark of Night by Jonathan Maberry, Rachael Lavin
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe dead rose. We fell. The survivors are trapped in a world of monsters who prey on the helpless. Some of them are zombies...but they are not the only predators who feed on pain and suffering. Dark of Night is a story of worlds in collision. Three heroes who have survived the apocalypse are in a deadly race to save a busload of children from ravenous zombies and ruthless human scavengers... -
![The Village by Iain Rob Wright]()
The Village by Iain Rob Wright
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe fungus is spreading and life is changing, becoming corrupted...Continue Ryan and Aaron's story as they flee the cottage by the hill and finally make it to the village where they hope to find safety, but the threat of the quickly spreading fungus is only growing worse, and not everyone in the village welcomes strangers. It's time to meet the locals. -
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Revelation by Kyle West
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAlex and friends return to a Wasteland in turmoil. The Raiders are scattered, the Exiles hunted, and the feuding Vegas gangs plot one another's destruction. Makara, head of the New Angels, has the difficult task of convincing disparate groups to work together before Emperor Augustus and his legions arrive... -
![Dial D for Deadman by Barry J. Hutchison]()
Dial D for Deadman by Barry J. Hutchison
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Space Team Universe just got a whole lot darker. In an alien city torn apart by crooked cops and ruthless criminals, private detective, Dan Deadman, specializes in cases unusual and bizarre... -
![Joe Ledger: The Missing Files by Jonathan Maberry]()
Joe Ledger: The Missing Files by Jonathan Maberry
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn this collection of five short stories, Jonathan Maberry fills in the blanks in his action-thriller 'Joe Ledger' novels. In "Countdown," the prequel to "Patient Zero," meet Joe Ledger, Baltimore PD, attached to a Homeland Security task force who's about to get a serious promotion. "Zero Tolerance" picks up a few weeks after the close of "Patient Zero... -
![Unstoppable by Jonathan Maberry, Bryan Thomas Schmidt]()
Unstoppable by Jonathan Maberry, Bryan Thomas Schmidt
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn anthology of new stories by top authors set in the New York Times Bestselling universe of Maberry's Joe Ledger Horror Thriller series about government agents fighting zombies, plagues, and other supernatural terrors...Categorized as:
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![Callsign: King II - Underworld by Jeremy Robinson, Sean Ellis]()
Callsign: King II - Underworld by Jeremy Robinson, Sean Ellis
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsStrange things have always happened in the Superstition Mountains of Arizona… Bizarre lights, reports of cave entrances that appear and then vanish, hundreds of mysterious disappearances…and rumors of monstrous creatures that inhabit a labyrinthine underworld...Categorized as:
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![From Hell by Greig Beck, Sean Mangan]()
From Hell by Greig Beck, Sean Mangan
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn the thrilling new blockbuster from Greig Beck comes the most horrifying edition to the Arcadian collection as Alex Hunter must journey into the heart of a volcano and confront a hellish adversary more powerful than anything he and his team have ever faced before."Long is the way and hard, that out of Hell leads up to light...Categorized as:
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![Apocalypse Machine by Jeremy Robinson]()
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... -
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Project Legion by Jeremy Robinson
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTHE SIGNAL WAS RECEIVEDTen years after a deep space transmission was broadcast from a futuristic citadel hidden in the Arctic ice, Jon Hudson finds himself in a position beyond comprehension...Categorized as:
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![The Dark Side by Greig Beck]()
The Dark Side by Greig Beck
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsHundreds of thousands of miles away on the dark side of the moon, the Russian lunar base has self-destructed - all personnel are dead, except one. Olga Sobakin, the lone survivor, seeks refuge at the rival American base... -
![The Divide by Erica Stevens]()
The Divide by Erica Stevens
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsIn less than a day everything they've ever known has vanished and the world is in chaos. Uncertain where to turn and who to trust in this strange new world, they must band together in an attempt to survive. However, they slowly begin to realize it’s not only the crumbling earth, and treacherous people around them that are a threat, but also something unseen and even more lethal... -
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Project Hyperion by Jeremy Robinson
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTHE SIGNAL WAS RECEIVED Jon Hudson has become more than just the director of the Department of Homeland Security’s Fusion Center–Paranormal. He is now a husband and a father, surrounded by a team who have become a family. So when a series of strange new threats rise from the depths and fall from the sky, the stakes are higher than ever... -
![The Skinner by Neal Asher]()
The Skinner by Neal Asher
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsNeal Asher, whom Tor introduced to the American audience with Gridlinked, takes us deeper into his unique universe with an even more remarkable second novel, The Skinner... -
![The Stand by Iain Rob Wright]()
The Stand by Iain Rob Wright
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsWhat do you do when your rescuers can’t rescue you…The fungus cannot be stopped. Not even by an army.Ryan and Aaron finally reach ‘safety,’ but soon learn that there is far more at stake than just their own lives. Other people are in peril; people who will surely die without rescue. It’s time for Ryan to decide what kind of big brother he wants to be... -
![The Void by Greig Beck]()
The Void by Greig Beck
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsSomething has traveled for a billion years to find us - and now it has. In space, Commander Mitch Granger and his crew are nearing the end of their scientific mission - along with their covert satellite photography for the military. As they prepare for reentry, an unknown object emerges from the void; the name given to deep, dark space. The object proves impossible to evade... -
![Dinosaur Lake II :Dinosaurs Arising by Kathryn Meyer Griffith]()
Dinosaur Lake II :Dinosaurs Arising by Kathryn Meyer Griffith
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPrehistoric creatures have again invaded Crater Lake National Park …and this time there’s more than one. DINOSAUR LAKE II: Dinosaurs Arising by Kathryn Meyer Griffith Henry Shore has been Chief Park Ranger at Crater Lake National Park for thirteen years now and thought the days when he’d had to fight a rogue dinosaur that lived in the caves below the lake were long over... -
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![A Time To Die by Mark Wandrey]()
A Time To Die by Mark Wandrey
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThey came from the night sky, lighting the heavens like the promise of salvation. But they didn’t bring deliverance…they brought something far, far worse. Something that turns people into mindless, cannibalistic monsters. And it’s spreading. A reporter follows her story of unspeakable horror south of the border and finds it’s worse than she imagined... -
![Kraken: Volume One by Max Hawthorne]()
Kraken: Volume One by Max Hawthorne
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings30 years have passed since the destruction of Paradise Cove. Since then, pliosaurs the size of whales have wreaked havoc on the world’s oceans... -
![Ice Rift Salvage by Ben Hammott]()
Ice Rift Salvage by Ben Hammott
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAction adventure sci-fi horror set in Antarctica. The spaceship entombed in the huge iceberg calved from the Pine Island Glacier drifts towards the warmer air and ocean temperatures of the South Atlantic. The race is on to claim the alien technology before the ice melts and releases its hold on the trapped alien vessel... -
![Arcadian Genesis by Greig Beck]()
Arcadian Genesis by Greig Beck
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn aeon ago it crashed into the frozen earth. Millennia later it was removed from the icy soil, still functioning. They opened it … they shouldn't have... -
![Callsign: King (Jack Sigler) by Jeremy Robinson, Sean Ellis]()
Callsign: King (Jack Sigler) by Jeremy Robinson, Sean Ellis
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe fabled Elephant Graveyard has been discovered. It contains enough ivory to make Ethiopia a wealthy nation. But the cave contains more than physical riches-it also holds the means to control the world. Fifteen scientists enter the cave. Only one leaves... -
![Fathomless by Greig Beck]()
Fathomless by Greig Beck
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCARCHARODON MEGALODONThe largest and most fearsome predator to have ever existed on our planet. Rumors of its existence in our modern oceans have persisted for centuries. Now, in a new adventure, the rumors explode into brutal and terrifying reality. BARANOF ISLAND, GULF OF ALASKA, 1952 Jim Granger is searching for a place of legend... -
![Reprisal by F. Paul Wilson]()
Reprisal by F. Paul Wilson
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn Reborn (6/90), Jim discovered the ancient evil that lurked within his past. Now Jonah, his only son, is the bearer of the horror. Jonah is biding his time, keeping his true identity a secret and waiting for the time when he can carry out the mission he was born for: to bring about the end of the world... -
![The Housemates by Iain Rob Wright]()
The Housemates by Iain Rob Wright
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTEN DAYS, TWELVE COMPETITORS, TWO MILLION POUNDS IN CASH.What at first appears to be a wonderful opportunity for Damien Banks turns out to be the worst nightmare he can imagine. Trapped inside a house with eleven strangers, and a booming voice known only as ‘The Landlord’ controlling his every move, Damien will be forced to compete not only for the money, but for his life... -
![Reclamation by Devon C. Ford, Nathan Hystad]()
Reclamation by Devon C. Ford, Nathan Hystad
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTHE MISSION FAILED BUT HOPE IS NOT LOST. . . The Reclaimer's attack on the Gateway didn't go as planned, but a dying man's words sparked a revolution. Alec receives a message from the Barony, a group in the UK, letting them know they have allies around the world. Dex is still on the other side of the Occupation, but he knows he'll have to make a move soon... -
![Gorgon by Greig Beck]()
Gorgon by Greig Beck
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsAn ancient evil awakens...Alex Hunter has been found - sullen, alone, leaving a path of destruction as he wanders across America. Only the foolish get in the way of the drifter wandering the streets late at night.Across the world, something has been released by a treasure hunter in a hidden chamber of the Basilica Cisterns in Istanbul... -
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Earthcore by Scott Sigler
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsDeep below a desolate Utah mountain lies the largest platinum deposit ever discovered. A billion-dollar find, it waits for any company that can drill a world's record, three-mile-deep mine shaft. EarthCore is the company with the technology, the resources and the guts to go after the mother lode... -
![This Green Hell by Greg Beick, Sean Mangan]()
This Green Hell by Greg Beick, Sean Mangan
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsDeep in the steaming jungles of Paraguay, Aimee Weir is in trouble. The petrobiologist has found what she was looking for ? a unique microorganism in a natural gas deposit ? but it proves to be more destructive than anyone could have imagined. A contagion is striking down all in its wake. The camp is quarantined, but workers start to vanish in the night... -
![The Hill by Iain Rob Wright]()
The Hill by Iain Rob Wright
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAn ancient land breeds a new threat…The Scottish Highlands; a sparse, mountainous region some say was carved by the gods themselves. Few places are as untouched as this harsh, prehistoric landscape. It is no place for man... -
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Black Mountain by Greig Beck
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSome legends are real. Alex Hunter, code named Arcadian, wakes up with no knowledge of who he is, in the care of a woman he doesn't recognise, in a country not his own. But there is a calling deep within him, to return home to Black Mountain. Formed a billion years ago, the Appalachian's Black Mountain hosts a terrible legend... -
![Book of the Dead by Greig Beck]()
Book of the Dead by Greig Beck
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAnd the earth shall fall before they rise....Massive sinkholes are opening across the country—each larger and deeper than the previous one. First the family pets go missing, and anyone living near one of the pits is reporting strange phenomena—the vibrations, sulfurous odors and strange sounds rising up from the stygian depths. Then come the reports of horrifying "things" rising from the darkness... -
![Forsaken by Michael McBride]()
Forsaken by Michael McBride
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIT HAS SURVIVED At a research station in Antarctica, scientists discovered a strange and ancient organism. They thought they could study it, classify it, control it. They couldn't.IT HAS THRIVED Six months ago, a secret paramilitary team called Unit 51 was sent to the station. They thought the creature was dead, the nightmare was over. It wasn't...
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