Books like 'Alternative Apocalypse (Alternatives Book 5)'
Readers who enjoyed Alternative Apocalypse (Alternatives Book 5) by Bob Brown, Rebecca McFarland Kyle, J.J. Steinfeld, Jane Yolen, Rupert Brackenbury, Mike Resnick, Ugonna-Ora Owoh, Stuart Hardy, Tomas Furby & Debora Godfrey also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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Crisis by Kurt Schlichter
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...Categorized as:
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![The Day the Dead Came to Show and Tell by Mira Grant]()
The Day the Dead Came to Show and Tell by Mira Grant
14 ratingsOutside the classroom walls the Rising was spreading, but inside was a carefully protected sanctuary against the growing threat.Or so the teachers and students thought.On what will be the last day in the teaching career of Elaine Oldenburg, she must fight to survive and protect her students when the zombie outbreak shatters the safety of her school... -
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Resurrecting Home by A. American
14 ratingsAgainst all odds, Morgan Carter and his family have endured despite the deteriorating conditions surrounding them. Armed with survivalist tactics, Morgan's crew, alongside their new friends from the recently-liberated DHS camp, have worked together to build a sustainable communuity. But not all situations can be prepared for...Categorized as:
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![Strands of Sorrow by John Ringo]()
Strands of Sorrow by John Ringo
16 ratingsA hardened group of survivors fights back against a zombie plague that has brought down civilization.With the world consumed by a devastating plague that drives humans violently insane, what was once a band of desperate survivors bobbing on a dark Atlantic ocean has now become Wolf Squadron, the only hope for the salvation of the human race. Banding together with what remains of the U.S...Categorized as:
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![Standing at the Edge by William Alan Webb, J. Gunnar Grey]()
Standing at the Edge by William Alan Webb, J. Gunnar Grey
8 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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![Push Back by R.E. McDermott]()
Push Back by R.E. McDermott
10 ratingsPUSH BACK the second book of THE DISRUPTION SERIES is now available. Earth reels in the aftermath of a savage solar storm, a global disaster of unprecedented proportion which leaves most of the world without electrical power or the means to restore it. Across the world, the responses of unprepared national governments’ are too little, too late. In the U.S...Categorized as:
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![Atlantis by Mark Tufo, John O'Brien]()
Atlantis by Mark Tufo, John O'Brien
10 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...Categorized as:
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Shift by Hugh Howey
38 ratingsIn 2007, the Center for Automation in Nanobiotech outlined the hardware and software platforms that would one day allow robots smaller than human cells to make medical diagnoses, conduct repairs, and even self-propagate. In the same year, a TV program aired the effects of propranolol on sufferers of extreme trauma... -
![Forsaking Home by A. American]()
Forsaking Home by A. American
16 ratingsThey survived the collapse, but can they survive the aftermath? Morgan Carter has weathered the weeks after the collapse of the nation’s power grid, reuniting with his family and ensuring their safety, but his struggle isn't over yet. Carter must focus on survival in an increasingly unstable society—but the challenges he faces are beyond his wildest imagination...Categorized as:
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![Surviving Home by A. American]()
Surviving Home by A. American
16 ratingsNo electricity. No running water. No food. No end in sight. If life as you knew it changed in an instant, would you be prepared? In A. American’s first novel, Going Home, readers were introduced to Morgan Carter, the resourceful, tough-as-nails survivalist who embarks on a treacherous 250-mile journey across Florida following the collapse of the nation’s power grid...Categorized as:
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![Escaping Home by A. American]()
Escaping Home by A. American
16 ratingsWhen society ceases to exist, who can you trust? After the collapse of the nation’s power grid, America is under martial law—and safety is an illusion. As violence erupts around him, Morgan Carter faces one of his most difficult decisions yet: whether to stay and defend his home, or move to a more isolated area, away from the prying eyes of the government...Categorized as:
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![Primordial Earth: Book 4 by Baileigh Higgins]()
Primordial Earth: Book 4 by Baileigh Higgins
6 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]()
Primordial Earth: Book 3 by Baileigh Higgins
6 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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![Patriots Reborn by Thomas A. Watson]()
Patriots Reborn by Thomas A. Watson
8 ratingsNelson, Michelle, and their family have made it to the farm, having narrowly avoided -detainment.- Along with their circle of friends, they quickly set about reinforcing their home for the inevitable outbreak of the next civil war. While the corrupt American government hunts down free Americans, the family is caught in the line of fire...Categorized as:
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![City Escape by Theresa Shaver]()
City Escape by Theresa Shaver
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... -
![Live Another Day by Baileigh Higgins]()
Live Another Day by Baileigh Higgins
6 ratingsHumanity teeters on the edge...Max prepares to battle Ke Tau, a brutal killer who hungers for ultimate power, but his efforts are hampered by dwindling supplies and the ever-present threat of the undead. With morale at an all-time low, the camp's inhabitants will have to stand together and face their fears if they wish to survive...Categorized as:
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![Primordial Earth: Book 2 by Baileigh Higgins]()
Primordial Earth: Book 2 by Baileigh Higgins
6 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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![Sun & Smoke: An Endless Winter Novel by Theresa Shaver]()
Sun & Smoke: An Endless Winter Novel by Theresa Shaver
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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![The Door to September by R. Magnusholm]()
The Door to September by R. Magnusholm
6 ratingsWhen office manager John Summers falls through a portal, he lands in an alternate universe that resembles prehistoric Earth. Beside him is Liz from Accounting. The sun sets, and the temperature plummets. Unwittingly, the pair take refuge in the empty lair of a predator with long fangs and an even longer memory...Categorized as:
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![Rising Tides by Susan Kiernan-Lewis]()
Rising Tides by Susan Kiernan-Lewis
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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![Skykeep by Joseph R. Lallo]()
Skykeep by Joseph R. Lallo
8 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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![Downward Cycle by J.K. Franks]()
Downward Cycle by J.K. Franks
8 ratingsWho will survive the darkness? Life in a remote oceanfront town begins to spiral downward after a massive solar flare causes a global blackout. As planes fall from the sky, cars suddenly die, and most electrical devices stop working with catastrophic consequences. But the loss of electrical power is just the first of the problems facing the survivors. In the chaos, that follows...Categorized as:
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![Rise of Tyranny by Thomas A. Watson]()
Rise of Tyranny by Thomas A. Watson
10 ratingsAs the district manager for a sporting goods store, Nelson, knows what it takes to survive off the grid. Michelle is a nurse, a mom, and fully capable. Nelson and Michelle are hardworking Americans with a secret: they are part of a circle of individuals who are prepared for the worst. They know that the worst is coming; it's just a matter of time...Categorized as:
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![The Devil You Know by R.A. Hakok]()
The Devil You Know by R.A. Hakok
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... -
![A Door Into Time by Shawn Inmon]()
A Door Into Time by Shawn Inmon
12 ratingsNot all guys obsess over tiny details. But Army Rangers do.The basement wall just didn't look right.Alex has been trying to cope. Life after his deployment had been rough. His ex-wife thought he needed to stop disappointing their daughter. She was right.He would try harder.With six hours before his little girl's fourth birthday party, he saw the anomaly. One wall was too short...Categorized as:
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![Stranded: Sea by Theresa Shaver]()
Stranded: Sea by Theresa Shaver
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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![Countdown by Mira Grant]()
Countdown by Mira Grant
18 ratingsThe year is 2014, the year everything changed. We cured cancer. We cured the common cold. We died.This is the story of how we rose.When will you rise?Countdown is a novella set in the world of Feed... -
![Soledad by D.L. Young]()
Soledad by D.L. Young
6 ratingsA BROKEN-WORLD FUTURE YOU WON'T FORGET. A GRIPPING, FAST-PACED STORY YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO PUT DOWN. WINNER OF THE INDEPENDENT PRESS AWARD. Soledad Paz is a slave, sold to a ruthless rebel leader by marauders who raided her home and murdered her parents...Categorized as:
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![Outbreak by Baileigh Higgins]()
Outbreak by Baileigh Higgins
6 ratingsA survivor is born...The Black Tide. That’s what they called it. We thought we were prepared. How wrong we were...Saddled with the care of her kid sister, Ava struggles to cope with the demands placed upon her young shoulders. When an unstoppable disease sweeps across the globe, decimating the population, her life takes a terrifying turn for the worse...Categorized as:
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![Star Chamber Brotherhood by Preston Fleming]()
Star Chamber Brotherhood by Preston Fleming
6 ratingsThe second book in the Kamas Trilogy begins five years after the Kamas revolt. A Kamas survivor who returns to Boston is ordered by the prisoners’ covert Star Committee to kill the commandant who crushed the revolt.Boston. 2029. Five years after the Kamas revolt...Categorized as:
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![Battle Hymn by William C. Dietz]()
Battle Hymn by William C. Dietz
6 ratingsFrom the New York Times bestselling author of the Legion of the Damned novels comes the final novel in a post-apocalyptic military science fiction trilogy about a nation wracked by a civil war...Categorized as:
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![Sanctuary's Aggression: A Post-Apocalyptic Survival Series by Maira Dawn]()
Sanctuary's Aggression: A Post-Apocalyptic Survival Series by Maira Dawn
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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![Exile Hunter by Preston Fleming]()
Exile Hunter by Preston Fleming
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... -
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![Dust and Shadow by Lindsey Pogue]()
Dust and Shadow by Lindsey Pogue
8 ratingsEleven years ago, my mother was murdered, and still, her killer lives in plain sight. In Sagebrush Canyon, thirst rules, ignorance is power, and nothing is as it seems. It’s been two centuries since the boom of the Industrial Revolution sent the Victorian world into a devastating climatic shift...Categorized as:
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![Primordial Earth #1 by Baileigh Higgins]()
Primordial Earth #1 by Baileigh Higgins
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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![Voices of the Fall by John Ringo, Gary Poole]()
Voices of the Fall by John Ringo, Gary Poole
8 ratingsORIGINAL STORIES SET IN JOHN RINGO'S BEST-SELLING BLACK TIDE RISING SERIES. The zombie apocalypse is here in these all-new stories from John Ringo, Sarah A. Hoyt, Michael Z. Williamson, Jody Lynn Nye, Travis S. Taylor, and many more. Sequel to the best-selling anthology Black Tide Rising.Civilization had fallen... -
![The Change by S.M. Stirling]()
The Change by S.M. Stirling
10 ratingsALL-NEW STORIES OF THE EMBERVERSEby S.M. Stirling, Harry Turtledove, Walter Jon Williams, John Birmingham, John Barnes, Jane Lindskold, and more...S. M...Categorized as:
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![The Hopkins Manuscript: A Novel by R.C. Sherriff]()
The Hopkins Manuscript: A Novel by R.C. Sherriff
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... -
![Under the Blue by Oana Aristide]()
Under the Blue by Oana Aristide
10 ratingsA road trip beneath clear blue skies and a blazing sun: a reclusive artist is forced to abandon his home and follow two young sisters across a post-pandemic Europe in search of a safe place. Is this the end of the world?Meanwhile two computer scientists have been educating their baby in a remote location. Their baby is called Talos, and he is an advanced AI program...Categorized as:
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![Snow & Ash by Theresa Shaver]()
Snow & Ash by Theresa Shaver
12 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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![This is the Way the World Ends: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Keith Taylor]()
This is the Way the World Ends: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Keith Taylor
12 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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![Under a Tell-Tale Sky by R.E. McDermott]()
Under a Tell-Tale Sky by R.E. McDermott
12 ratingsThe grid is down, the world is in flames, and FEMA is demanding his ship and cargo, but Captain Jordan Hughes isn’t buying it. When the lights go out, seemingly for good, Hughes quickly finds being stranded far from home on a ship with working generators and a cargo of ten million gallons of irreplaceable fuel isn’t exactly a low profile position...Categorized as:
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![One Day All This Will Be Yours by Adrian Tchaikovsky]()
One Day All This Will Be Yours by Adrian Tchaikovsky
15 ratingsThe bold new work from award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky - a smart, funny tale of time-travel and paradoxWelcome to the end of time. It’s a perfect day. Nobody remembers how the Causality War started. Really, there’s no-one to remember, and nothing for them to remember if there were; that’s sort of the point. We were time warriors, and we broke time. I was the one who ended it...Categorized as:
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![Going Home by A. American]()
Going Home by A. American
18 ratingsImagine you’re driving down the interstate, it’s Friday and all you can think about is getting your weekend started. Then to begin the ruination of your much anticipated weekend the grating tone of the Emergency Alert System flashes over the radio, then promptly dies.This is the beginning of a 250 mile odyssey for Morgan Carter...Categorized as:
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![The Final Day by William R. Forstchen]()
The Final Day by William R. Forstchen
21 ratingsThe highly-anticipated follow-up to William R. Forstchen’s New York Times bestsellers, One Second After and One Year After, The Final Day immerses readers once more in the story of our nation’s struggle to rebuild itself after an electromagnetic pulse wipes out all electricity and plunges the country into darkness, starvation, and terror...Categorized as:
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![That is All by John Hodgman]()
That is All by John Hodgman
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...Categorized as:
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![Moths by Jane Hennigan]()
Moths by Jane Hennigan
14 ratingsWhere were you at the beginning?Or at the end?And where are we all now?Forty years ago, the world changed. Toxic threads left behind by mutated moths infected men and boys around the globe. Some were killed quietly in their sleep, others became crazed killers, wildly dangerous and beyond help. All seemed hopeless.But humanity adapted, healed and moved on... -
![You Feel It Just Below the Ribs by Jeffrey Cranor, Janina Matthewson]()
You Feel It Just Below the Ribs by Jeffrey Cranor, Janina Matthewson
10 ratingsA fictional autobiography in an alternate twentieth century that chronicles one woman’s unusual life, including the price she pays to survive and the cost her choices hold for the society she is trying to save.Born at the end of the old world, Miriam grows up during The Great Reckoning, a sprawling, decades-long war that nearly decimates humanity and strips her of friends and family... -
![Adrian's War by Lloyd Tackitt]()
Adrian's War by Lloyd Tackitt
8 ratingsEdited by Everything Indie. Cover and Formatting by StreetLight Graphics.Three years after a solar storm wiped out the power grid Adrian Hunter embarks on a journey to the mountains, determined to live and survive by utilizing his knowledge of stone age techniques. He encounters a band of raiders who attempt to take him prisoner - and Adrian's War begins...Categorized as:
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