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Commune: Book Two by Joshua Gayou
14 ratingsSurvival can be a lonely existence…or not. The reality of the situation always comes down to a simple decision: what kind of world do you want to build? The survivors have come to settle in the mountains of Wyoming, fighting day in and day out to establish a home for themselves in a near-empty world...Categorized as:
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Here After by Sean Costello
14 ratingsLOVE. LOSS. OBSESSION. REDEMPTION.Following the death of his ten-year-old son, physician Peter Croft embarks on a desperate, seemingly random search for a missing child, risking his sanity, even his life in a grief-induced quest. His journey propels him into the darkest reaches of human suffering, and pits him squarely against an adversary whose own obsession defies all reason... -
The First City by Joe Hart
18 ratingsIn the thrilling conclusion to Joe Hart’s Dominion Trilogy, Zoey discovers who she truly is—and who she must become. Zoey has only ever known a world with few women and a society capable of unimaginable evil. Now she’s about to learn she may be the only hope it has for salvation...Categorized as:
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Uprising by T.L. Payne
10 ratingsTexas County, Missouri is a powder keg ready to blow.As winter approaches, small-town issues become big trouble.Maddie Langston and her group of post-apocalyptic survivors are stretched thin.Vengeful old foes take advantage of weakened defenses. Without support, as supplies dwindle, citizens are forced to take matters into their own hands...Categorized as:
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Upheaval by T.L. Payne
10 ratingsAfter surviving the prison riots and deadly skirmishes with the wanna-be dictator of Texas County, Maddie and her group are left with dwindling resources, unprepared for the harsh winter ahead. Old friends pitch in to help until a more deadly foe arrives to put all of their lives at risk. A daring mission to St. Louis for precious lifesaving supplies has deadly consequences...Categorized as:
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Turmoil by T.L. Payne
12 ratingsA new threat emerges… …from an unexpected source. Lives hang in the balance. As Maddie, Zack, and their group struggle to secure the cabin, the community grapples to find justice in a lawless world when a girl goes missing. Amid turmoil and bloodshed, Maddie learns evil comes in all shapes and sizes. No one can be trusted...Categorized as:
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Rite of Passage by Thomas A. Watson
6 ratingsIn this Forsaken World, human kind is on the brink of total extinction. The parents of Lance and Ian have made it to the mainland, and must begin the harsh overland journey to their children. Johnathan, Sandy, and the others are unprepared for the expedition ahead. They must gather supplies and fight for every mile toward the cabin... -
Dark Crossing by Thomas A. Watson
6 ratingsThe Stinkers have overtaken the world. With civilized society in shambles, white supremacists and gangs roam free, subjugating the free and the innocent. For Lance and Ian, this means they must make a choice: fortify their stronghold and hide, or place some trust in others to fight back and secure their corner of the world... -
Outlive the Darkness by Jack Hunt
6 ratingsThe fight to be free is at hand.As the nation struggles in the grip of a powerless world, the seaport town of Eureka, California, scrambles to recover from betrayal. When the most dangerous from Humboldt Correctional Facility escape, questions of leadership arise, and a deadly decision places the Rikers and the Stricklands in the crosshair of a ruthless adversary... -
The Stolen by Dan Padavona
6 ratingsThe night Sutter and Monica Steen leave for dinner, they never return home.Two weeks later, the police drag their bodies out of the river, sending the town into a panic.The Black River killer is back. Nobody is safe.When another person goes missing, Jefferson Gildon, a police detective with a checkered past, leads the investigation... -
Greater Love Hath No Man by R.S. Merritt
6 ratingsKyler orbits more closely around Randy and Kelly's world as the chase heats up to find the fugitives and bring them to the senator for vengeance. New territories are opened and the world continues to expand. Loyalties are built and destroyed as everyone struggles to beat their way through this new normal... -
Still Standing by R.S. Merritt
6 ratingsThe finale to the Zombies! series brings all the players together for one epic final battle. It's a fast paced slug fest to see if a new world will be born out of the ashes of the old or if the old ways will finally destroy mankind for good. A messy, bloody, dirty battle that has to be fought... -
The Malefic Nation by A.R. Shaw
10 ratingsWhat the World Dreads Most Happened and now Graham's group has found a way to fight back, but is it too late? And are their methods going too far in the name of humanity? Read the conclusion of the best selling series..Categorized as:
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Make Me King by Keith C. Blackmore
10 ratingsAfter the apocalypse, the world’s most valuable resource… is the people that remain. And the knowledge and skills they possess. On the island of Big Tancook, Collie Jones is making plans. She informs the islanders that it’s time to resume her original mission—to find other survivors, screen them, and return them to the island...Categorized as:
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The Cascade Preppers by A.R. Shaw
12 ratingsWhat the world dreads most has happened. Now, there is only a quest for survival.Graham Morgan is back in book two of the Graham's Resolution series. In the tiny town of Cascade, Washington, the members of Graham's camp endure a severe winter season. Meanwhile, the prepper community remains dedicated to isolation and maintains their benevolent relationship. Tensions rise when tragedy strikes...Categorized as:
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Hunted by T.L. Payne
14 ratingsHunted and on the run. A decision to make. …one that will tear Maddie’s heart out. Just when Maddie thinks she has reached safety at her uncle’s farm, a new threat emerges sending her on the run in a race for her life. Forced to flee the farm, she and her group must find a way to escape those chasing them...Categorized as:
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The Dying Hour by Rick Mofina
16 ratingsIn Book 1, The Dying Hour introduces Jason Wade, a rookie crime reporter with The Seattle Mirror, a loner who grew up in the shadow of a brewery in one of the city's blue-collar neighborhoods. At The Seattle Mirror, he is competing for the single full-time job being offered through the paper's intense intern program... -
The Final Trade by Joe Hart
18 ratingsThe thrilling sequel to the runaway bestseller The Last Girl.Zoey is not the woman she once was. She’s watched her friends die at the hands of their captors, been hunted, and returned from the brink of death. Now she must find the truth about who she is...Categorized as:
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Sinners by Nicholas Sansbury Smith
6 ratingsThe motto of Marine Sergeant Ronaldo Salvatore lives on in his son, Dominic, and his undercover team known as the Saints. With the support of LAPD Captain Zed Marks, the Saints embark on a mission to destroy the criminal organizations that have a stranglehold on Los Angeles...Categorized as:
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Saints by Nicholas Sansbury Smith
6 ratingsThe civil war is over, but the struggle for power is just beginning … In the aftermath of a devastating civil war, America has fallen into anarchy and chaos. Los Angeles is divided into different territories controlled by criminal organizations. Don Antonio Moretti has won a slice of the pie but is hungry for more...Categorized as:
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Scorched Earth by R.S. Merritt
6 ratingsAn alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.The Keys are an ideal vacation destination until Frank and 50 of his closest friends get stuck there during a Zombie Apocalypse. They think the ride to get there took forever, wait until they try to get out! At the end of their journey lies a meetup with Steve and his crew... -
Rising from the Darkness: American Apocalypse: Book 4 EMP Post Apocalyptic Science Fiction by A.J. Newman
6 ratingsRising from the Darkness: Book 4 EMP Post Apocalyptic Science Fiction Joe and his band of intrepid survivors have joined a larger group of survivalists. They are making life much better by implementing mutual assistance groups that help protect each other and barter among themselves. While life is getting better, there are still threats to handle and pain to endure... -
Nowhere To Hide by R.S. Merritt
6 ratingsWelcome to Book 4 of the Zombies! series. This series is meant to be read in order, so if you haven't read or listened to Books 1- 3 yet you're in for a treat! In this addition to the series the world becomes a more complicated place for Kyler as he's asked to do things that are gradually eating away at his sense of right and wrong... -
Violence Solves Everything by R.S. Merritt
6 ratingsPick up where Book 2 of the Zombies! series left off. Continue the adventure as Randy and Kelly continue the search for their daughters in a world gone mad. Kyler doggedly pursues his assigned espionage mission no longer knowing whether or not he believes in it... -
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Batten Down the Hatches by R.S. Merritt
6 ratingsThe journey to build a new life in the destruction of the world continues. The orphaned trio are forced to fight for one another in a world where corpses litter the streets. A world where adrenaline amped psychotic crawlerz own the night. Hope and love for one another light the way through a dark and dreary world where everyday you survive is a good day... -
The Pendergast Files: (Relic, Reliquary) by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
6 ratingsThis discounted ebundle includes: Relic, ReliquaryThe books that introduced the world to Douglas Preston’s and Lincoln Child’s FBI Special Agent Pendergast. Hidden deep beneath Manhattan lies a warren of tunnels, sewers, and galleries, mostly forgotten by those who walk the streets above. There lies the ultimate secret of the Museum Beat... -
Surviving the Collapse by James Hunt
6 ratingsCaptain Kate Holloway moved her family to New York to start over, and break the barriers that her work had created. But when an EMP brings New York to its knees, Kate must fight to survive amid the terror descending upon the city and rescue her family...Categorized as:
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Future's Beginning by Frank Tayell
8 ratingsFor good or ill, the future has begun. After the outbreak came the nuclear war. The blasts killed millions. Chaos followed. Most of those unlucky enough not to succumb to starvation and disease joined the ranks of the living dead. Fleeing the impossible nightmare, ten thousand, from nations across the Atlantic seaboard, found refuge on the Welsh island of Anglesey... -
Seeking Hope by T.L. Payne
8 ratingsIn the weeks since an EMP attack left their world in chaos, Raine Caldwell and her group have escaped St. Louis only to find trouble at the farm in St. Francois County. With the cartel defeated and new alliances formed with the locals, they thought their problems were over. But the battle was only beginning... -
Degenerates by Natalie Bennett
8 ratingsReckless. Wild. Legends. Adelaide. Reckless. Debauched. Savage princess. Zane. Wild. Depraved. Venomous prince. One midsummer night that cruel bitch called, fate, decided we needed to meet, setting off a chain of events that would change both of our lives forever. Hating him was innate. Loving him was unexpected. I was the nitro. He was the dynamite. Together we were catastrophic... -
Seeking Refuge by T.L. Payne
10 ratingsCan ordinary people survive the apocalypse? Raine Caldwell is about to find out.The government isn’t coming to rescue her. If Raine and her group are going to make it, they must save themselves. The realization that the lights were not coming back on anytime soon hit them hard. When things go from bad to worse, they must act quickly in search of a refuge from the cold and violent city...Categorized as:
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The Fields of Lemuria: Keo, Part II by Sam Sisavath
10 ratings“Who the hell are these guys?” Hunted through the Louisiana woods by a mysterious paramilitary group, Keo and Norris are about to reach the end of the line. After months of running, hiding, and fighting for their lives, the ex-mercenary and the ex-cop will finally discover the identity of their pursuers—and why they will never, ever give up...Categorized as:
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Strain by Jack Hunt
10 ratingsIt's the end of the line. In the third and final novel of the bestselling Agora Virus series, Frank and the survivors are about to face one final, deadly test. Will anyone survive? Months after tackling a local threat, the strain of the collapse is weighing heavily on everyone. As Kate embarks on a treacherous journey back to the island from Atlanta, Frank, struggles to hold the group together...Categorized as:
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The Feeding by Flint Maxwell
10 ratingsNew friends. New Foes.Behind the walls of the City, Grady and the other survivors must now adjust to a whole new way of life. But outside of those same walls, malicious forces conspire against them. And safety is never guaranteed... -
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SORRY CAN'T SAVE YOU: A Mystery Novel by Willow Rose
10 ratings⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ... one of the best books I've read this year!What if you thought your husband was a murderer? The man you loved, the man who gave you two beautiful children and a perfect life. What if no one believed you? Laurie Davis is the mother of two children, struggling to keep her family together since her husband, Ryan, went to war and came back changed. His PTSD is evident... -
From the Cradle by Louise Voss, Mark Edwards
18 ratingsThe first child was taken from her house.The second from his mother's car. The third from her own bedroom...When Helen and Sean Philips go out for the evening, leaving their teenage daughter babysitting little Frankie, they have no idea that they are about to face every parent's greatest fear... -
Off the Grid: EMP Survival in a Powerless World Boxset by Robert J. Walker
6 ratingsThe world stopped seconds after the EMP was detonated. No communication, no transportation, no power. Hundreds of millions of people are suddenly alone and afraid. With food and water in short supply, people are scrambling for resources. But fighting for your next meal might not matter if you can't stay warm during the worst winter storm in years.The Final StandPrepare and survive... -
The Pulse by Skylar Finn
6 ratingsAn EMP means the end of the world as they know it for a family who fights to survive. When disaster strikes in the form of an EMP, Charlie's family flees to their homestead. They fortify their ranch and prepare to ride out the worst of the chaos. Unfortunately, the gang of scavengers who followed them from the city have other plans... -
Emerging Chaos by Grace Hamilton
6 ratingsNo power. No lights. A world in chaos…When a Coronal Mass Ejection causes an EMP catastrophe that shuts down power worldwide, Melanie Pearson must embark on a dangerous journey to reunite with her husband and daughter. But to earn a spot in a secure fortress along the way, she agrees to help her boss find his own son first... -
Covenant by Brandon Massey
6 ratingsFrom the award-winning author of Dark Corner and The Other Brother comes an unforgettable thriller of family secrets, toxic faith, and high-tech suspense. On a golden summer morning, fifteen-year-old Anthony Thorne is on a fishing boat with his father, rods cast into the lake, when the crack of a rifle shatters the silence. His father slumps forward, blood leaking from his chest... -
The Alpha Plague 5 by Michael Robertson
6 ratingsNot only has Vicky made it to Home—an underground self-sufficient complex—in one piece, but Flynn has turned up too, following behind after her when she’d feared he’d died. Now they’re secure, Vicky can keep Flynn safer than she’s been able to since the outbreak over a decade ago … At least that’s the plan... -
Nightfall by Joseph Zuko
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... -
The Ophidian Horde by Ryan Schow
6 ratingsThe EMP is real. The unraveling of society is beyond perilous. With the city in ruin, injuries to her party and a sharp loss of resources, Cincinnati McNamara looks to Indigo for help in forming a new homestead, a place where she can tend to the wounded and safeguard her family...Categorized as:
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Nurse Alissa vs. the Zombies III: Firestorm by Scott M. Baker
6 ratingsWill Alissa and her group survive the coming conflagration?Alissa has become used to the daily routine of a world filled with unspeakable horror. However, not all monsters are the living dead. The end of the world has brought out the worst in people, and one group of survivors crave what Alissa's team have and will do anything to take it from them... -
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27009 by A.A. Dark, Alaska Angelini
6 ratings“Welcome to Whitlock” Genre: Pitch Black Welcome (interjection) : 1. A word of greeting, as to ones’ arrival at a destination. Whitlock ((noun) : 1. A subterranean fortress within the base of a mountain, housing slaves for the cruel use of Masters who have purchased them through an auction. For reference, see to the 24690 series as you will get to experience the world first-hand... -
Spore by Kenny Soward, Mike Kraus
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... -
State of Shock by Jack Hunt
8 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... -
Death of Innocence by Mike Kraus
8 ratingsRick Waters has barely escaped a week inside a cell at the Nellis Air Force Base with his life intact. Back on the road he faces a daunting journey filled with dangers that have yet to be realized. In Virginia, Dianne Waters and her children have prepared their home, gathered their supplies and are about to face an incoming storm the likes of which they have never seen... -
Red Sky in the Morning by R.S. Merritt
8 ratingsAre you ready for the end? An ancient tomb is unearthed live on cable TV after months of hype. It's billed as the archeological equivalent of Shark Week. The actual footage takes a turn no one ever expected. Those minutes of footage will be combed over by governments worldwide seeking to understand what horror came out of that tomb... -
Survive the Fall by Grace Hamilton
8 ratingsSurvival of the fittest becomes harsh reality in the blink of an eye.Greg Healy isn’t fooled. The hunting trip is merely a ploy contrived by his wife and mother to force Greg and his father to end their estrangement. Not even Greg’s teenage daughter or his father’s hunting buddies along for the ride will be enough of a buffer to heal the rift of long-standing resentments...Categorized as:
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