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Fulcrum by Dirk Patton
10 ratingsWith a Russian invasion force threatening, and a downed American pilot in the Sea of Cortez, John must set aside the most personal loss of his life and continue the battle to save what remains of America. Leading a lightning mission into Mexico, he encounters survivors who have formed militias and pose a threat to anyone who is not part of their group... -
Endgame by Michael Stephen Fuchs
12 ratingsTHIS IS IT.ALPHA TEAM GOES ONCE MORE INTO THE BREACH On what will be their final missions ever in the Zulu Alpha - and the fight of their lives - Homer & Ali, and Predator & Juice, launch out into the terminal post-Apocalypse, as London is overrun by the very last rush of death covering the entire planet...Categorized as:
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Black Autumn by Jeff Kirkham, Jason Ross
16 ratingsWhen it finally happened, even elite soldiers could scarcely keep their families alive...An already weakened U.S. economy crumbles after a rogue nation detonates a small nuclear bomb in a Los Angeles port...Categorized as:
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Precipice by Dirk Patton
10 ratingsThe Russian military has surged, invading the devastated United States in large numbers. Russian civilians are arriving, laying claim to the spoils of war. Events from John's past bring new dangers for the few remaining survivors as the Russians begin an all out effort to capture and send him to Moscow for trial and execution... -
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Indestructible by Dirk Patton
10 ratingsPlease note this is the full-length edition of Indestructible, not available for Kindle Unlimited. Looking to borrow with your KU subscription? Visit my author page at www.amazon.com/author/dirkpatton and look for Indestructible Parts 1 through 5. Each part is available for KU readers, and when read in order are exactly the same as the full version... -
Recovery by Dirk Patton
10 ratingsTinker Air Force Base has fallen to the infected. Rachel's plane to Seattle has been shot down over a mountain wilderness in Idaho. Is she alive? It is up to John, Katie and Dog to race against time, invading armies, blizzards, herds of infected and vicious wild predators to reach the crash site... -
Merciless: V Plague Book 11 by Dirk Patton
10 ratingsJohn is in the hands of the Russian military as the conflict escalates. His only hope is to escape as those he loves are threatened by nuclear attacks. When a new Russian plot is revealed, the survivors must battle to save the last vestiges of humanity from final annihilation... -
Fractured by Dirk Patton
10 ratingsAfter the disastrous events at the end of Scourge, it is left to the Athena Project to set things right. But problems arise that change the course of events in a way that could not have been predicted... -
Days Of Perdition by Dirk Patton
10 ratingsKatie kidnapped by Roach, John must not only save her but also deal with the betrayal of the new President. Days Of Perdition opens with the story of how Katie survived and reached Oklahoma City...Categorized as:
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Scourge: V Plague Book 14 by Dirk Patton
10 ratingsTrying to adjust to his return to civilization, John learns of the horrors yet to come that were revealed in Exodus. With Igor and Irina on their way to Siberia, he must travel to Australia to complete what may be his final and most personal mission; assassinate the Russian president... -
Transmission by Dirk Patton
12 ratingsWith the virus mutating, new dangers appear that threaten a bloody end to the struggle for survival. The next wave of infection sweeps across the remaining population. Betrayal threatens the alliance with the GRU. Roach descends deeper into madness, hiding in plain sight as he plots to capture Katie...Categorized as:
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Carnage by Michael Stephen Fuchs
12 ratingsBetween love and savagery, only one can survive - and only one will prove stronger than death. ALPHA TEAM LOOKS THE DEVIL IN THE EYE After recovering Patient Zero, Alpha must escape Africa to end the ZA once and for all...Categorized as:
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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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All That Escapes by Jack Hunt
14 ratingsThe fight to survive continues across the United states in book three of the bestselling Lone Survivor saga... A month and a half on the Appalachian trail and Beth ‘Bluebird’ Sullivan and Landon Gray thought they'd seen the worst of society. With a mysterious stranger in their midst, trouble at every turn, and miles to go, the unknown will be even more terrifying...Categorized as:
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Reap of the Righteous by Christopher Artinian
8 ratingsFrom the multi-award-winning author Christopher Artinian, comes the the third part of the post-apocalyptic zombie series people are calling, "Gripping", "fast paced and full of action", "very realistic", "captivating", "inventive", and "emotional". Safe Haven - Reap of the Righteous Civilisation has crumbled in a matter of months... -
Realm of the Raiders by Christopher Artinian
8 ratingsSAFE HAVEN: REALM OF THE RAIDERS A virus has swept across the planet turning people into flesh-craving zombies. The UK and Ireland were the last to fall, but now the virus has won. Cities are infested with the undead. To stay is to die. Having fled Leeds, Mike Fletcher and his family thought they had found a safe haven in the island village of Candleton... -
Extinction by D.J. Molles
16 ratingsThis is the sixth and final novel in the action-packed series following Special Forces captain Lee Harden and a group of survivors struggling to survive while rebuilding an America devastated by a bacterium that has turned 90 percent of the population into a ravenous horde.The merciless tide of infected is flooding south, and time is running out to stop them...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... -
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... -
Escape the Breakdown by Jack Hunt
10 ratingsAn EMP hits, the lights go out, the breakdown begins.When Colby Riker, a former LAPD cop turned skillful bounty hunter is hired to bring in Alicia Scott, an elusive bail-jumper, he figured it was an easy payday — until a catastrophic EMP obliterates the country’s power grid and millions are thrust into chaos.No electricity, no transportation, no phones, no rules...Categorized as:
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Rooster by Sam Sisavath
10 ratingsHOUNDED, CORNERED, AND RUNNING OUT OF OPTIONS, BUT NEVER DEFEATED. Keo has been in tough situations before. Some have been tougher than others, but he’s always managed to come out on top thanks to an innate stubbornness, the skills he’s honed from a previous life, and a whole lot of Lady Luck... -
Glory Box by Sam Sisavath
10 ratingsFollow-up to The Purge of Babylon post-apocalyptic series. _________________________________________ FROM THE PURGE, A NEW BEGINNING. It's been six years since a terrifying breed of seemingly unkillable creatures emerged from the darkness to fall the unprepared governments of the world, in the process knocking mankind down the food chain. Survivors called it The Purge... -
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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All That Rises by Jack Hunt
14 ratingsWho will survive in the fourth and final book in the bestselling Lone Survivor saga? After a hellish journey on the Appalachian trail, Landon Gray reunites with his wife, Sara only to learn of her infidelity, but that’s only the beginning of their troubles. Although all is calm in the coastal community of Castine, Maine, death is at their doorstep...Categorized as:
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Abyss by Shawn Chesser
6 ratingsABYSS: SURVIVING THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE Edited by Monique Happy Editorial Services 128,000 words Outbreak - Day 1 Presidents, premiers, entire governments disappeared instantly, like a fragile house of cards in a hurricane. Some hid deep underground or holed up in fortified strongholds, but most were swallowed up by the dead, never to be heard from again... -
Black by Sam Sisavath
8 ratingsTHE LONG NIGHT IS UPON THEM. After five years of hard work, dedication, and too many sacrifices, Lara thought she had made progress in bringing what remained of humanity together in her small part of the world. She also thought they had seen the last of the ghouls as a major threat. She was wrong on both counts...Categorized as:
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Ghosts by Shawn Chesser
8 ratings"Through a combination of tight, well-structured plots and fully realized characters, Chesser has emerged as one of the top indie writers in the business." Joe McKinney - Two-time Bram Stoker Award winner, and best-selling author of the Dead World series. Book 8 in the best-selling Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse series, picks up where Warpath, Book 7 ends...Categorized as:
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Panic Ensues by Jack Hunt
8 ratingsYears after a strategic attack killed millions and left the twelve states of the Midwest in darkness, the nation struggles to rise from the ashes. After a surprise ambush in Springfield, Missouri sets in motion a deadly chain of events, Miles Arrington leaves for Branson to aid militia in a life-or-death mission.As communities fall, and survivors turncoat, it’s not long before panic ensues... -
The Undead Day Nine by R.R. Haywood
8 ratingsThe Undead. The UK's #1 Horror Series by Washington Post bestselling author RR Haywood The Undead Day Nine A deadly infection spreads across Europe. The Undead Series: A terrifying account of one man desperately struggling to survive this harrowing event...Categorized as:
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Havoc Endures by Jack Hunt
8 ratingsThe battle ends in the suspenseful final book of the Outlaws of the Midwest saga.With the fate of the United States in the hands of militia and surviving citizens, their darkest hour is upon them. After Gunnar Nelson is delivered into the hands of the traitor, and mercenary, Santiago Cruz, Miles Arrington mounts a daring mission with Snow, Grady, and Tex to rescue him... -
Storm by John O'Brien
10 ratingsA vengeful darkness… Gathers in the night… One threat has been destroyed - another grows stronger. Even though Jack and the teams have won a major confrontation, their lives still hang by a thread. There are decisions to be made, and ones that have never been more critical. Leonard continues to try to keep his crew together after being hit by another soul-shattering blow...Categorized as:
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Iron Wind by Anthony J. Melchiorri
10 ratingsBook 5 in Anthony J Melchiorri’s The Tide series. The Democratic Republic of the Congo already faced the extreme ravages of war before the outbreak. But deep within the militia-controlled jungles, Captain Dominic Holland and his covert group, the Hunters, follow a lead in a desperate race to uncover who is responsible for the biological weapon turning humans into the monsters known as Skulls...Categorized as:
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Mortal by Shawn Chesser
10 ratingsMortal, Book Six in the Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse series, picks up immediately where Allegiance: Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse left off...Categorized as:
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Chaos Erupts: A Post-Apocalyptic EMP Survival Thriller by Jack Hunt
10 ratingsAfter years of combat, Miles Arrington, a daring American rebel, mounts a courageous revolt to free his town from the occupation of a foreign threat after a strategic attack wipes out the west and east coast. With millions dead, the country in darkness, and the 12 states of the Midwest in conflict, Miles, joins forces with a former survival expert to start a revolution that will save their home... -
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Warpath by Shawn Chesser
10 ratings"Through a combination of tight, well-structured plots and fully realized characters, Chesser has emerged as one of the top indie writers in the business." Joe McKinney - Two time Bram Stoker award winner and author of the Dead World Series. Warpath, Book 7 in the bestselling Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse series begins the day after Mortal, Book 6, ends...Categorized as:
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Allegiance by Shawn Chesser
10 ratingsAllegiance, Book 5 in the Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse series, picks up two days after “A Pound of Flesh: Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse” left off.Outbreak – Day 1. Like a fragile house of cards in a hurricane, Presidents, Premiers, entire governments and their ruling bodies disappeared instantly...Categorized as:
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The Tide: Dead Ashore by Anthony J. Melchiorri
10 ratingsIn Morocco, tourists and merchants once packed the winding alleys and expansive markets of Tangier. Now there are only Skulls. Captain Dominic Holland and the Hunters pursue the mysterious organization responsible for the Oni Agent straight into the ravaged city. But something more frightening than anything they've encountered awaits...Categorized as:
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Extinction Inferno by Nicholas Sansbury Smith, Anthony J. Melchiorri
10 ratingsThe government said the Variants were dying off...That the beasts would be extinct in a matter of years...That the Allied States had returned to prosperity and freedom ...The government was dead wrong. Deep under the cities, the Variants weren't just hiding, they were breeding...Categorized as:
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We're Alive: A Story of Survival, the Third Season by K.C. Wayland
10 ratingsA small riot in LA has spread past its containment. Three reserve soldiers are called to their deserted duty station. Believed to be the last remaining armed servicemen in the area, Michael, Angel, and Saul witness the true cause of the riot; people are starting to change and attack each other... -
The Damned by Nicholas Sansbury Smith
12 ratingsThe deadly hunt ends in the fourth and final installment of the bestselling Trackers saga...The mountain town of Estes Park, Colorado is scrambling to recover from the betrayal of two of their police officers, and prepare for threats outside their borders...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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The Infernal Regions by Ryan Schow
6 ratingsReeling from the events in The Ophidian Horde, this battered faction of survivors struggle to coexist in the hope of finding safety in a community. The Ophidian Horde is pitiless and resourceful, however, and now they have a name and a target: Indigo. The McNamara’s suffered grievous injury, and now Cincinnati must not only tend to her own injuries, but to those of her family as well...Categorized as:
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Dark Days of the Surge by Ryan Schow
6 ratingsTHIS IS THE NEW AMERICA. The lights are out, the grid is fried and war between two monstrous armies is breaking out all along the coastal states. Logan, Skylar and Harper thought they were prepared. They thought time was on their side... -
ARISEN : Odyssey by Michael Stephen Fuchs
6 ratingsOne Tier-1 Naval Special Warfare Operator, trained at the highest levels of any military, with 20+ years of operational experience. One ex-cop civilian survivalist, who lived through two years of post-Apocalyptic Hell, unlike 7 billion of her fellow humans. And an entire continent heaving with 400 million dead guys...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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Rogue Cell by D.J. Molles
6 ratings...THE BLOOD OF PATRIOTS AND TYRANTS. The country has become a warzone, and with a Coalition troop surge imminent, the resistance is on the ropes. Walter is in the city of Durham, fighting to survive. He has no idea that his wife, Carolyn, is only miles away, desperately trying to find him. She has information on a special target--a last ditch mission that could turn the tide for the resistance... -
Dry Gallows by Anthony J. Melchiorri
6 ratingsBook 9 in Anthony J Melchiorri’s The Tide series. Humanity faces extinction. A few stubborn governments fight back, caught on the defensive. But even their concerted efforts may not be enough to stem the tide of the biological weapon sweeping the world. As people succumb to this genetically engineered weapon, they devolve into weaponized monstrosities hell-bent on destruction...Categorized as:
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District by Shawn Chesser
6 ratingsDistrict: Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse "A gut-wrenching, hard hitting series that will leave you breathless." John O'Brien - Best-selling author of the New World series "Shawn Chesser is a master of the zombie genre...Categorized as:
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Gone by Shawn Chesser
6 ratingsSURVIVING THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE: GONE Edited by Monique Happy Editorial Services 98,000 words Outbreak - Week 1 Presidents, premiers, entire governments disappeared instantly, like a fragile house of cards in a hurricane. Some hid deep underground or holed up in fortified strongholds, but most were swallowed up by the dead, never to be heard from again... -
Adversity by Devon C. Ford
6 ratingsAs if flesh-hungry zombies weren’t enough, A harsh Winter strikes. Trapped in an abandoned and quarantined Britain, forsaken by the rest of the world, the scattered survivors are forced into hibernation by the fast onset of winter. Struggling for supplies and battling the elements, the true nature of the survivors shows through as they face adversity like they have never known before...Categorized as:
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