After all, she’s been on a self-imposed losing streak since her survivalist parents died: she’s stopped painting, broken off her engagement to Adrian and dated a real jerk. Rectifying her mistakes has to wait, however, because Cassie and her friends have just enough time to escape Brooklyn for her parents’ cabin before Bornavirus LX turns them into zombies, too. This is difficult enough, but Cassie’s tag along ex-boyfriend and her friend’s bratty sister have a knack for making everything, even the apocalypse, more unpleasant. When the two attract a threat as deadly as the undead to their safe haven, Cassie’s forced to see how far she’ll go to protect those she loves. And it’s a lot farther than she’d anticipated. This, coupled with Adrian’s distant voice on Safe Zone Radio and, of course, the living dead, threaten to put Cassie right back into the funk she just dragged herself out of. Survival’s great and all, especially when you have leather armor, good friends and home-brewed beer, but there’s something Cassie must do besides survive: tell Adrian she still loves him. And to do that, Cassie has to find faith that she’s stronger than she thinks, she’s still a crack shot and true love never dies.

    Nuclear bombs destroy cities and the widespread release of nerve gas sends the majority of the surviving population into a murderous rage. Rescuing a woman who survived the attacks he must lead her to safety as Atlanta burns, raging infected roam unchecked and society disintegrates into savagery.

    Retreating to Auburn Lake Preparatory Academy, Adrian attempts to rescue friends and family on the way while dancing around his impending insanity over who and what he left behind, and evading maniac survivors. He saves his cat Otis, but shoots his mom. Pretty successful, all things considered.Dark Recollections is the first part of Adrian's own story of how he survived after "That Day." Told through his eyes as he talks to his laptop, affectionately named 'Mr. Journal," and through short stories that entwine with his tales that bring forth dark visions of a world being eaten alive by an unimaginable evil. Adrian's Undead Diary is an eight part epic about a solitary, guilt stricken man that didn't think he deserved to live, but realizes very soon that he survived, and suffered for a reason.

    While all those things were admirable pursuits, they had begun to blur together in monotonous gray lines and a haze inducing fog. He had let the world he lived in turn him into as much of a Zombie as the creatures he fought day in and day out.Until his perfectly tedious world is thrown into upheaval with the arrival of two girls shopping for eyeliner. Reagan Willow and Haley Gable tumble into the Parker’s lives with helpless charm and sarcastic cynicism and the boys can’t help but feel the strong need to protect them.Especially Hendrix, who can’t ignore the irresistible pull Reagan has on him. She’s everything he never thought he would find, and the shot of life that digs him out of the corpse-like stupor he’s fallen into. She might not feel the same way, but that won’t deter Hendrix from pursuing her. Maybe there’s nothing more than friendship between them, but their futures are now entwined, one way or the other. Hendrix has enlisted his brothers and young sister into joining Reagan’s journey south because he refuses to let the most beautiful thing at the end of the world out of his life. Just as long as they can escape the Zombie horde alive first. Love and Decay, Boy Meets Girl, is the first episode in the Love and Decay, Novella Series told from Hendrix’s point of View; and a Dystopian Romance about Zombies, the end of the world and finding someone to share it with.This story takes place over multiple episodes, with a release date every two weeks. Approximately 20,000 words.

    Now, two years later, and in need of a serious shower, she’s just over the entire concept of a soul mate- or really, any kind of mate.Well, mostly anyway. When she runs- literally- into a group of boys holed up in a relative utopia of peanut butter and bottled water, maybe all hope in the love department is not lost.But at the end of the world, nothing can be simple. And with a horde of Zombies after her, Reagan is going to have to schedule falling in love between hunting and surviving. Hopefully she can last long enough find out if true love can still exist when everything else has started to fall apart.Love and Decay, Episode One, the first in a novella series in a Dystopian Romance about Zombies, the end of the world and finding someone to share it with.This story takes place over multiple episodes, with a release date every two weeks. Approximately 20,000 words.

    Since Joss watched her parents die at the hands of a nightmare, a nightmare that stalks her even now, all these years later. That's the problem with the Risen - they refuse to die.But Joss is a survivor. A loner living in the post-apocalyptic streets of Seattle. It's a world dictated by Risen and the looming threat of the Colonists, a group of fellow survivors living comfortably in their compounds and patrolling the wild, looking to "save" the orphans of the end.Orphans like Joss.Like Ryan.As a member of an all male gang, Ryan is a threat as real as the Risen, a threat Joss avoids at all costs. Then one night their paths cross and Joss makes a choice that goes against all of her instincts. A choice that will threaten everything she has.Now a new outbreak is imminent and the Colonists are closing in. Joss' solitary, secret world will be blown wide open and the comfortable numbness she's lived in for the last six years will burn away leaving her aching and afraid.And awake.

    In a style that's part Hemingway and part Cormac McCarthy's The Road, The Wasteland Saga chronicles the struggle of the Old Man, his granddaughter, and a mysterious boy as they try to survive the savage lands of this new American Dark Age.With the words of the Old Man's most prized possession--a copy of Hemingway's classic The Old Man and the Sea--echoing across the wasteland, they journey into the unknown through three incredible tales of endurance and adventure in a land ravaged by destruction.Compiled for the first time in print, The Wasteland Saga comprises Nick Cole's novels The Old Man and the Wasteland, The Savage Boy, and The Road is a River.

    The Lost Souls: A Holy Trinity Novel(Holy Trinity 2.5)Tahyra Petros tried desperately to save herself and her sister, and instead ended up forever changed.Shandor Asenov battled with death, and lost.Hockey Sava, in a valiant attempt at saving his friends, vanished.Caroline Andrews lost her brother during a violent attempt at survival and was subsequently left alone in the hands of an unknown fate.And, Marko Siwak disappeared in the middle of the night and was never heard from again.These are the stories of their journeys lost in a world where devastation knows no boundaries, where enemies await them at every turn, and where heartache, loss, and death supersede happiness, peace, and love...and the destiny that awaits them all.

    Those who are looking to be more informed about the potential threats to America’s financial stability will learn what to watch for and how to prepare themselves for an economic collapse. America is on the cusp of financial annihilation. Matt and Karen Bair face the challenges of Main Street during a full scale financial meltdown. Government borrowing and monetary creation have reached their limits. When funds are no longer available for government programs, widespread civil unrest erupts across the country. Matt and Karen are forced to move to a more remote location and their level of preparedness is revealed as being much less adequate than they believed prior to the crisis. Meanwhile, Paul Randall, a third party presidential candidate arises to push back against the welfare and warfare spending that have bankrupted our country. While he has gained expansive acceptance, the fight has just begun. Paul Randall proposes a plan to mitigate the coming hyper-inflationary collapse which is a mathematical certainty. His plan is known as The American Exit Strategy. American Exit Strategy uses survival fiction to take an in-depth look at the real life politics and economics behind the issues that are likely to trigger a currency collapse or financial meltdown in the near future. American Exit Strategy is a work of fiction… until it becomes history.

    and everyone else like him. Safe Haven has grown too powerful to be ignored any longer and the surviving government wants these dangerous Descendants secured for their own use or eliminated. And they couldn't have chosen a better time to reemerge. Safe Haven has a new leader and XO, and a thick wall of fresh challenges to overcome. Adrian's condition is critical, the camp isn't ready to accept the existence of magic, mother nature still has them in her crosshairs, and they are low on food, water, and fuel. The next eight weeks might be the hardest they've worked, and still not be enough to ensure survival. Can they bring the pieces together in time or will this be the end of Safe Haven Refugee Camp? http://www.safehavenrefugeecamp.com/

    That was all it took. Creatures that once lived in the shadows, hidden from humankind, have risen, spreading like a plague across the globe over the course of a single night. Their numbers growing exponentially through infection, these seemingly unkillable creatures have swallowed up whole cities and collapsed unprepared governments. Survivors call it The Purge. Against all odds, a disparate group of survivors has emerged from that blood-soaked night that devastated the planet and reduced humanity to an endangered species. Among the survivors are two ex-Army Rangers, a businesswoman, and a third-year medical student. But surviving The Purge was one thing – staying alive is another matter entirely. Hope exists in the countryside, in the form of a self-sustaining underground facility designed to withstand any calamity. But in order to reach its safety, the survivors must travel hundreds of treacherous miles, with the night – and the creatures that dwell within it – always at their backs. The rules are simple: stay out of the dark, load up on silver bullets, and whatever you do, stay alive. The road to salvation has begun …

    But when an electromagnetic pulse takes down the United States, she's forced to kick into full survival mode when she gets separated from her father. Yeah. Things suck. But with the help of a handsome soldier named Chris, she just might find her dad without getting into serious trouble.Emphasis on might. Oh. And there's the matter of avoiding getting killed in a world that's quickly turned into an active war zone. It's going to change Cassidy's life.It's going to be a major pain in the butt.New Adult/Young Adult Contemporary Romantic Adventure

    In its place rose a new species: vicious, gruesome, wandering monsters with an insatiable hunger for the living. There is no government, no shelter.Still in her twenties, Cash has watched her friends die, only to walk again. An office worker with few survival skills, she joins up with Clutch, a grizzled Army veteran with PTSD. Together, they flee the city and struggle through the nine circles of hell, with nothing but Clutch’s military experience and Cash’s determination to live. As they fight to survive in the zombie inferno, they quickly discover that nowhere is safe from the undead… or the living.This is the beginning after the end.(100 Days in Deadland is a modern remake of Dante's Inferno, the classic tale on the horrors of hell... zombie apocalypse style!)

    A newcomer at a military boarding school, Ellie is reluctant to toe the line, which earns her new enemies—and her first glimpse of the world outside.* Must-read tie-in to the upcoming release from Naughty Dog Games!* Coscripted by The Last of Us art director and Creative director Neil Druckmann.

    Maybe that's an exaggeration. It's not like the planet ceased to exist altogether. It just seemed like it. Cities were reduced to rubble. Millions of people died that day. I've since been told that 95% of the Earth's human population was wiped out. I don't know if that's true—I mean, who can know that for sure? It's not like we still have any of the technology that we once used to determine such things. But I do know that it was almost empty of people—live ones, that is..."Thus begins the journey of Ben and Lila, two ordinary teenagers forced to rise to extraordinary heights when faced with a world that has suddenly and inexplicably died. Dealing with the sorrow of all they have lost, but the love they have found in each other, they set off on an odyssey that will bring them to the limits of human endurance and face to face with the frailty of their very existence. From the extreme violence of many of the surviving humans toward one another, to a world physically falling apart at the seams, Ben and Lila are determined to make it through the devastation in their quest for a place to quietly share their life together. In the process, they have to become as violent as the world around them in order to survive, while struggling to hold onto the humanity that will keep them sane. Eden Rising is a survival tale and a love story, but it is also a book that delves deeply into the human psyche to discover just how far we would go to survive, and how much inner strength can be found when things are at their absolute worst.

    Twenty years later abandoned cities have been reclaimed by nature and the human population has been decimated. Joel and Ellie must work together to survive their journey across the United States.ONLY IN THE LIMITED EDITIONFIREFLY KEYCHAINThis exclusive 1.5” antique-finish metal replica keychain of the in-game Firefly Medal collectible is a must have for fans of this gritty and ground-breaking game. The Fireflies are an organized group of survivors that are working to rebuild civilization outside of the oppressive grip of the quarantine zones. Show your support for their causes with this unique game artifact.PREMIUM HARDCOVERAll of the game-tested strategies and multiplayer tips that are included in our Signature Series guide, packaged in a deluxe hardcover that features embossing and a premium finish.STRATEGY GUIDE FEATURESCOMPLETE WALKTHROUGHWe lead you step-by-step through the entire story from start to finish, so you can and every collectible and earn every trophy to achieve 100% completion.HIGHLY DETAILED SINGLE-PLAYER AND MULTIPLAYER MAPSOur maps pinpoint critical locations in every area. Find each and every hidden collectible and gather important crafting materials.MULTIPLAYER COVERAGEExpert tactics for every single aspect of multiplayer.

    Whether accidental or intentional, only two percent of the population has survived including preppers and carriers. In the Pacific Northwest, a dying mother recognizes that her young child is among the immune. What will she do to ensure his survival before her own death? Meanwhile, as natural predators come into the land of the living, Graham has buried his last remaining family member and promised to carry out his father’s wise advice to make it to the family cabin. He meets with triumph and tragedy, learning new rules along the way. Just when he thinks he’s finally got a handle on this new world, he’s taken by surprise, as he learns he’s not alone. Will he find the strength to escape these dangers and go on living? And more importantly, will he have the ability to protect those he's come to trust?

    And this time he doesn’t have Alex Hunter to save him when the stuff hits the fan.When a fame-hungry scientist brings an impossible, living specimen of a creature long thought extinct back from the wild jungles of South America he unwittingly brings along a passenger. Something with the potential to destroy every living thing on our planet.The infestation begins, rapidly overtaking medical resources and resisting all treatment. One woman knows the danger, Carla Nero, chief scientist of the Centre for Disease Control. She makes Matt an offer he can’t refuse and together they join a team heading to the deep jungle in a desperate race to locate the hidden place where the specimen was taken.Only by finding the location of the specimen can the team and the world hope to uncover the secret of how to survive the ancient, horrifying parasite that has been released.This title is a novella-length episode of The First Bird. The next episode will be released on 1 July and will conclude with Episode 3 on 1 August. Please visit www.momentumbooks.com.au for release dates, further information and to sign-up to be notified of the next release.

    A disease so feral, it strikes eighty percent of all children under the age of fifteen. For decades it has pushed the boundaries into three countries. Those infected become mere shells, often in a state followed by violent tantrums. There is no hope, no treatment and there is no cure.Little is known about the sickness called the Nodding Disease. Information regarding it is often buried deep. But what would happen if the resilient disease mutates and breaks into heavily populated areas? With a infection rate of eighty percent, our future could all but be eliminated along with our young.Nodding takes an emotional and fictional look at this very real disease.In Nodding, the disease has mutated. Following an outbreak in the UK, a global pandemic ensues. The young victims are so violent, they are a danger to all those around them. The bacteria is resistant to any treatment and deadly to any adult exposed. Governments must make their resolutions as time runs out for humanity, and worse, parents must face their most heart wrenching decisions.

    The Fever spreads and kills quickly, but the dead aren't staying dead.When her neighbor, Jordan, saves her from one of the infected, Alissa joins him in his plan to escape the city, the disease and the threat of a quarantine that will lock the living in with the undead.What she doesn't tell him is that she has an illness of her own, one that plays tricks with her mind and makes her a dangerous companion. But Jordan has a secret as well, one that compels him to keep Alissa, a veritable stranger, safe at all costs.As they fight for their lives and race for their freedom, they'll discover that what they truly need in order to survive is to stay together until the end.*The Quarantined Series is followed by the Survival Series, a spinoff trilogy of books chronicling life 10 years after the outbreak with a few familiar faces...

    

    It is related and some of the characters were in the first book in the series, No Easy Hope. It is more of a supplemental reading to the series.During the Outbreak, like billions of others, a man finds himself infected with the Phage. Desperate to spare his family from watching him become a walking nightmare, he flees. Soon after, he is dead. Two years later, he wakes up. Not in the afterlife, but in his own body. Trapped, unable to control the monster that carries him, and forced to witness the horror of its existence. A hundred miles away, Sergeant Ethan Thompson thinks he has seen the worst the apocalypse has to offer. He is wrong. Following the trail of a dying madman, he will embark on a journey of vengeance that will test the limits of his sanity. Along the way, he will learn that there is no justice at the end of the world. There is only the living and the dead, and in between, there is The Passenger.

    THE APOCALYPSE. A nuclear fallout wiped out every living thing on the planet, except for a few thousand of us who took shelter in underground bunkers across the globe. Now, after thirteen long years, we were finally able to return to the topside to begin to rebuild. We thought we were alone. We were never more wrong. Before the fallout, scientists had worked on creating an anti-radiation vaccine (ARV). The first two attempts failed, but despite the incomplete tests and results, the government approved and distributed the third serum to the masses in an effort to aid those who had no shelter. It worked. Keeping those who remained on the topside alive, but it also altered and mutated them. This new and infectious threat had completely outnumbered us. Now, we not only had to rebuild our planet. We would have to fight for it. My name is Abigail Park. I’m seventeen, and this is my story.

    The citizens, however, did not have the same vision. When 40 year-old Tess, a widowed mother and nursing home administrator, is forced to comply with the REEP Program and receives notice that all government funding for all residents has been cut, she is faced with making decisions that stretch her moral standards. Doug, a fuel truck driver, sees first-hand how devastated America is as people become desperate to survive…and when fuel allocation and vouchers become the norm, Doug discovers he is a rolling bulls eye. Ten-year old Brenna is excited to see her father again and has been granted a plane ticket from St. Louis to Richmond, VA. As the plane lands, a raid breaks out in security as bandits try to take the plane which leaves almost everyone dead…except Brenna. America lost her focus. We swore it wouldn’t go too far. We didn’t see this coming.

    This is how it began. High school. Dealing drugs. A secret girlfriend. Carlos thought his life was hard enough...but then the virus spread. The Ending Beginnings: I - Carlos II - MandyIII - VanessaIV - Jake (TBR April 2014)V - Clara (TBR May 2014)VI - Jake & Clara (TBR June 2014) The Ending Series: Book 1 - After The EndingBook 2 - Into The FireBook 3 - Out Of The Ashes (TBR Summer 2014)

    Join Jillian as she recalls the events that have led them to their demise.

    “Unputdownable!” raves Woman and Home... "epic!" says Good Housekeeping... “full of menacing secrets and betrayal” enthuses The Sunday Mirror... “a glorious, compulsive read”, says The Bookseller. This special Kindle edition combines all three books into one huge blockbuster – at a significant saving on the price of the individual titles. And if you're broken-hearted to leave Eden... well, it's consoling to know that Michelle has many other books and worlds for you to explore, including her first two highly-praised romances, WITHOUT CHARITY and A PLACE IN THE HILLS. You can find them right here on Amazon!

    Within weeks, zombies ruled the world. Joel, a twenty-something slacker, finds himself holed up with a group of survivors as they take refuge inside a church. Fighting the undead in a desperate attempt to survive, they try to maintain some semblance of what makes them human. Sanctuary from the Dead tells the story of a group of survivors who desperately try to maintain their humanity as they try to survive in an undead world. Sanctuary from the Dead is the first book in the Books of the Dead Series. If you like the horror of the zombie apocalypse and action that is non-stop, start the series that zombie fans can’t stop reading. Contains adult language, violence, and gore.

    time. Every single person felt the rumbling, and experienced the tremors that would forever alter the course of history. Most did not survive. These are the accounts of some of those that did. *Note* This book is the first compilation of a serial story, due to this fact it does not have a conclusion. *Due to language and graphic content this book is recommended for readers 17 and older. Edited by Kevin Mills Edited by Leslie Mitchell at G2 Freelance Editing.Cover art by www.EbookLaunch.com

    WTF Volume I is an introduction into the life of Staff Sergeant Brad Thompson. The radio goes quiet while on convoy in Afghanistan, a lost patrol alone in the desert. With his unit and his home base destroyed, Staff Sergeant Brad Thompson suddenly finds himself isolated and in command of a small group of men trying to survive in the Afghan wasteland. The local population has been afflicted with an illness that turns them into rabid animals. They pursue him and his men at every corner and stop. Struggling to hold his team together and unite survivors, he must fight and evade his way to safety. WTF Volume II... The world is at war with the Primal Virus. Military forces across the globe have been recalled to defend the homelands as the virus spreads and decimates populations. Out on patrol and assigned to a remote base in Afghanistan, Staff Sergeant Brad Thompson's unit was abandoned and left behind, alone and without contact. They survived and have built a refuge, but now they are forgotten. Brad makes a tough decision to leave the safety of his compound to try and make contact with the States, desperate to find rescue for his men. What he finds is worse than he could have ever predicted. W. J. Lundy is a current member of the U.S. Military with service in Afghanistan.

    Kat, one of the unlucky few who survived, is determined to get to her last living relative and find shelter from the pox that continues to devastate the world. When it mutates and becomes airborne, Kat is desperate to avoid people because staying alone might be her only chance to stay alive.That is, until she meets Dylan. Dylan, with his easy smile and dark, curly hair, has nowhere to go and no one to live for. He convinces Kat there can be safety in numbers, that they can watch out for each other. So the unlikely couple set off together through the barren wasteland to find a new life – if they can survive the roaming Pestas, bands of wild, gun-toting children, and piles of burning, pox-ridden bodies.

    Its intended use was for Frank to go back in time and get information only available a few years pre-plague.Unfortunately, the decision to send Frank was not thought out. Frank had his own additional plans.For what he believed was the good of the community and mainly his family, Frank manipulated circumstances to bring back his brother, Robbie.Upon his return, things had rippled so much, that Frank went back again to try once more.These are the stories of the what occurred during these ripples. Revisiting the plague once more, only this time with Robbie’s influence.The Lost Ripples show why and how things turned out and changed the way they did. Complete with author notes and explanations.

    All three of these stories are prequels to the series and describe events leading up to and including the zombie apocalypse. It is not necessary to have read Voyage of the Dead, Flotilla of the Dead, and Deluge of the Dead to enjoy Interludes in Hell. In fact, reading this compilation first will give you a better feel for some of the characters that appear later in the saga without giving away any spoilers in the series. Conversely, if you are already a fan of the series, you won't want to miss these stories that flesh out characters you will recognize from Volume One and set the stage for Volume Two of the Sovereign Spirit Saga. This collection contains: 1) LUKAN (also available separately). Silent death is walking the world and Lukan is it's name. Discover how and why the zombie apocalypse was unleashed on the world. 2) Land's End (new release). An Australian yachtsman is enjoying his visit to a resort town in Mexico when TEOTWAWKI changes everything. How will he and his crew cope with the outbreak of the zombie apocalypse? 3) Into the Breach (new release). Did you ever wonder how the military would respond to a zombie outbreak? Follow a unit of Marines who are sent into the midst of a city that is eating itself alive.

    People are forced to do without the whole electric power grid and most all vehicles. The story follows a group of family and friends facing and over coming all the obstacles connected to this event to not just survive but to thrive. The story contains no bad language or sexual situations but does contain some violence. It is an easy read that I hope you will enjoy.

    The change for them and the country is a large one.

    But they didn't come back alone...A new power is rising on Earth, throwing society into turmoil. Only those involved in the October 15th "incident" have any hope of stopping it. And if they don't, Earth may soon fall all over again.The fourth season of the indie horror hit Yesterday's Gone explodes with action, terror and beer-battered...well, you know the drill.

    He's a brilliant biologist and geneticist, a leading researcher in the constant fight against disease and death. He works in secret on a miraculous organism with the potential to change the world.But he isn't the only one.Victim Zero is a story about life and loss, self-awareness and the hard choices between what is right and what is necessary. As the world spirals down and the dead begin to rise, Kell must learn the difference between surviving and living.Set in the world of Living With the Dead, Victim Zero tells the story of how The Fall began. From before the outbreak itself, during the crisis and beyond, this novel chronicles the journey of a man who holds the weight of the entire human race on his shoulders.

    With her is Sam, a wolf puppy she found starving on the streets. He becomes her companion and a reason to continue when giving up sometimes seems like the more attractive option. Still dazed with shock and grief, she hopes for the world to go back to normal soon.She is discovered by Justin, an ex-soldier who is intent on making his way to Florida before the winter sets in. Justin coaxes her out of her hiding place and convinces her to join him on his journey, because a warmer climate will be their best chance against the extremes of Mother Nature.Together, they begin a perilous journey through a nation laid to waste by the disaster. Challenges abound along the way. The weather, injury, and shortage of supplies all help to slow them down. In time, they discover that they aren’t the only survivors. Some are friendly but some have had their minds destroyed by the high fever. Then there are those who simply take what they want, leaving Carly and Justin with no choice but to defend what is theirs.But their journey is not without joy and love. Together, they face every struggle, including an unplanned pregnancy. Despite the perils of bringing a child into a world of chaos, their baby is a new beginning for themselves and a symbol of hope for the other survivors they find along the way.This is the story of their journey to find a place to begin a new life, and a home in each other.

    It's not an accident. The contagion turns the infected into raging cannibals. London is ground zero for the coming zombie plague.Meanwhile, in the heartland of America, a strange autistic boy and his family face disease, deprivation, looters and lawlessness in a country that's steadily falling apart. As civilization comes apart and spirals down, young Jaimie Spencer's hidden abilities emerge. Mute and obsessed with Latin phrases and English dictionaries, the boy's talents develop so he becomes a dystopian hero like you've never seen.The first lesson of This Plague of Days? In times like these, don't just worry about the infected predators banging on your door. The uninfected can be just as dangerous, especially if you trust them.As the serial develops, two bands of survivors (one from America, another from Britain) come together to fight the virus, a common enemy and extinction. The world as we know it is coming to an end. They'll fight for our future. They won't just fight zombies.Our fate lies with the unlikeliest of heroes.

    Scavenging parts and repurposing components, a country gunsmith assembles what is supposed to be a conversation piece - a trinket to show his friends... a toy really... a small rail gun. The invention is so much more. After nearly destroying his West Texas shop, Dusty realizes he has stumbled upon science that could alter the future of mankind. The size and shape of a common rifle, his device is capable of producing unimaginable energy. The simple, gentleman rancher is faced with a dilemma of the ages, the survival of the human race. The resulting technology can produce limitless, clean energy, or if used as a weapon, inconceivable destruction. Nothing so monumental stays secret for long. Powerful men and desperate governments learn of the discovery, and it quickly becomes evident that whoever wields the rail gun can dominate the entire planet. Book One of a new series, The Olympus Device by author Joe Nobody takes the reader through a fast paced adventure that explores the dichotomy of corruptive power versus ultimate benefit.

    With his family dead, sixteen-year-old Cameron Landry is a reluctant survivor, haunted by nightmares and bound by promises. When he and his worst enemy, Devon, are both selected for shipment to a civilization called Salvation, Cam suddenly has nowhere to run. Devon is a mutant, stronger and faster, and his hatred for Cam grows with each passing day. As Cam makes friends, and finds a surprising ally in Devon's twin sister, Tara, he learns a secret that could change everything. But Devon is on the hunt, and Cam is running out of places to hide. The Plague Legacy is a dystopian thriller series set in a future that has reversed the world to earlier versions of civilization. The story focuses on Cameron Landry, an orphan who is dealing with the loss of his family, most recently his revered older brother Dom. As Cam tries to forge new friendships and navigate the awkwardness of his first experiences with teen romance, he is also running from the aggressive mutant bully Devon Miller. Against a background of burned homes and a rusting ship, Cam has to find the strength within himself to survive. Cam and his friends are on different sides of the mutant and immune societal divide-even though they are teenage orphans who are largely left to govern themselves, they live in a post-apocalyptic society that has taught them to believe that there are distinct differences in the categories of human beings. In this dystopian novel, Cam forges a tentative relationship with an adult mentor, a Regulator who might not be what he seems. Officer Smith escorts Cam and his friends across the ocean to their new home-Salvation, where they are destined to be sold as slaves. Mutants for the glory of the arena, immunes for the dirty work. Some of the themes that are introduced in this book are dealing with the guilt of grief and loss, basic human survival, defining friendships, young adult romance, and emerging leadership. These themes will be further developed in the future dystopian novels of this series. Even though this is post-apocalyptic fiction, much of the premise for Acquisitions is realistic. The book's context is based on historic events and situations, the first of which is the Children's Crusade during which the Pope shipped plague orphans out of Europe under the guise that they were going to the Holy Land as righteous soldiers. As this action adventure series develops, the context in future books also includes the culture of the great Roman Empire and the gladiators as well as the King Arthur structure of the german comitatus. This setting lends the book the flavor of both science fiction and fantasy. Altogether, The Plague Legacy: Acquisitions is a thrilling read for teens and adults alike, packed with action, adventure and dynamic characters who will move into your heart. Be part of this impressive new series as it takes its place among the best in young adult dystopian fiction. About the Author Christine Nielson Haggerty grew up in rural Utah with three brothers, a sister, several chickens, a goat, and an outhouse. She always loved the escape of science fiction and fantasy and the art of writing, and her passion is to craft stories of strength and survival. Christine taught high school language arts for several years, encouraging perfection of the language in her young adult students. Now she appreciates her background in classic literature and history as she draws on the past to write about the present and the future. Her favorite genres to write are young adult dystopian fiction and young adult urban fantasy. Categories dystopian thriller dystopian novel dystopian fiction young adult YA romance YA Fantasy science fiction and fantasy dystopian novels

    Surrounded by a fortress of steel walls, and protected by a fierce and loyal Council of Royal Knights, Tisaia seems relatively safe to the average State worker and citizen. A plentiful supply of Biomass powers the cities, and food is abundant, but security has come at a terrible cost. The State will do anything to protect its resources, even if it means suppressing the rights of its citizens and deporting immigrants into the Wasteland - a virtual death sentence.Captain McNeill is one of the most respected Royal Knights in Tisaia. Plagued with scars, a robotic arm and cancer, his men call him the Bionic soldier. For two decades he has hunted the rebels inside the great Tisaian steel walls and in the tunnels snaking deep beneath the cities. He has followed them into the Wastelands and the skeletons of cities from the old world. But the one rebel he can’t seem to kill is Obi Hepe, the leader of the infamous Squad 19. After the death of three of his men, McNeill receives a unique opportunity to capture Obi. As he leads his men into the tunnels beneath Tisaia, he finds there may be more to the mission than he was told. And quickly he finds himself fighting in the battle of his life.

    What happens when the world dies and you are the only one alive? What do you do? Where do you go? Why do you keep walking? What are you looking for and what will you do when you find it? To find out, embark on a journey through desolation with Sam One - the old man of the desert.

    Governments have collapsed. Cities have become graveyards filled with unspeakable horror. People have resorted to scavenging from the dead, or taking from the living. The entire industrialized world has become a wasteland of abandoned cars, decaying bodies, and feral animals. To stay alive, U.S. Deputy Marshal Mason Raines must forage for food, water, and gasoline while outgunning those who seek to take advantage of the apocalyptic anarchy. Together with his giant Irish wolfhound, Bowie, he aligns with survivors of the town of Boone in a life and death struggle against a gang of violent criminals. With each deadly encounter, Mason is forced to accept his place as one of the nation's few remaining lawmen. In a world now populated by escaped convicts, paranoid mutants, and government hit squads, his only hope to save the townspeople is to enforce his own brand of frontier justice.

    Three years later, intelligence officer Kevin Anderson and his team are sent to find the nuclear arsenal of the Islamic Republic of France. When his team is betrayed by the politicians who sent them, Kevin is out for blood. Hunted by an army, Kevin must kill the Senators before the next team is sent to their deaths.Without resources, or support, it's almost certainly a suicide mission. But Kevin will gladly make this sacrifice, for his codename is Winterborn.

    This story follows a man trying to survive in world that is much harsher than the one he grew up in but one in which he is determined to overcome all obstacles.

    Decades post-apocalypse, a man sets out on a perilous voyage into the undead badlands.

    With its evocative use of real locations haunted by zombie-like infected and atmospheric depictions of the trials of life at sea drawn from the author’s own experiences, For Those In Peril On The Sea provides a new and unusual take on the traditional post-apocalyptic genre. From the back of the book: After a six week voyage across the Atlantic, they couldn’t wait to get to shore. When they got there, they found the land would never be safe again... There was nothing to suggest it would be anything more than a routine delivery. Four people thrown together by chance, sailing a newly-built catamaran from South Africa to Miami. But while they were away, something happened, something none of them could ever have imagined. When they get back to civilisation, they find it no longer exists. The land is no longer safe. Their only option is to stay on the boat and try to survive. Join Bill, Rob, Jon and CJ as they travel around their frightening new world. One where they must struggle against the infected that now rule the land, the elements and each other.

    He wasn't dumb, but he'd never be invited to join Mensa either. He'd liked to have married a beauty queen, but his average looks certainly did nothing to attract any. Neither did his vanilla personality. No, Scott was average in every way, except when it came to luck. He was a very lucky man. And that's how he managed to discover what the Mayans really meant about the world ending on December 21st, 2012. Scott learned that the Mayans never said the world was going to end that day. What they said was that day marked the beginning of a period that would see the end of civilization as we know it. The Mayans called it "The last period of progress." Scott knew that big changes were coming. The Mayans left several clues about the pending disaster. He just didn't know when. He didn't know if he had two days to prepare, or two years. To protect his family, Scott threw every resource he had into preparing for the end. And some resources he didn't have.This is Scott's story.

    But when Koa, a Civilian-born insurgency, bombs an Alchemist summit, the truce is shattered. Now, Koa is rising. War is coming. And all sixteen-year-old Zeika Anon can do is keep moving as she watches the lords of alchemy slowly overtake her home.But when clashes between Koa and the Alchemic Order put a final, deadly squeeze on the remaining Civilian territories, Zeika finds herself in the crosshairs of fate. She must walk the line between survival and rebellion against the Alchemists. On one side of the line awaits death. On the other, the betrayal of her civilization, her loyalties, and herself.--The first volume in THE BOOKS OF EZEKIEL series, THE GIVEN is a fast-paced, post-apocalyptic survival tale, set in the streets of a dying city that has been crushed by alchemic law. Layered with the elements of gritty crime drama, dark urban fantasy, hard sci-fi, and horror, THE GIVEN is a wild ride to the end of a young girl’s sanity as she struggles with an impossible choice: to keep one step ahead of a war… or to be consumed by it.CONTENT WARNING - Contains coarse language, intense violence, adult / suggestive themes, and aberrant behavior. Reader discretion is advised.

    And something doesn't seem right about his story of having been ambushed by Blackfoot warriors. After escorting them to the nearest Army post he discovers the Army is looking for an imposter—and murderer.W.R. Benton and newcomer Grady Clark team up to bring another rip-roaring mountain man western to life in this new book. This story is inspired by real historical examples of blacks, both freed men and runaways, that moved west before and after the Civil war. About the AuthorW.R Benton is a retired U.S. military senior Noncommissioned Officer with over twenty-six years of active duty service. He grew up in the Missouri Ozark Mountains, where hunting, trapping, camping, and other outdoor activities were the norm. Additionally, he spent more than twelve years teaching survival and parachuting procedures to U.S. Air Force personnel as a Life Support instructor. Mister Benton has an Associate's Degree in Search and Rescue, Survival Operations, a Bachelors Degree in Occupational Safety and Health, and a Masters Degree in Psychology near completion.

    This is a story that follows the lives of two twenty-something’s before and after a severe flu pandemic sweeps around the globe as they try to cope and build a new life while living and traveling through the United States.Contains no graphic violence, sex, or foul language just an easy reading story.

    That was until a strange viral outbreak started bringing the dead back to life and those reanimated dead started attacking the living.After a few harrowing days, Grant and a handful of other survivors find themselves trapped inside the Alamo, surrounded by a horde of the undead with their options narrowing. If the zombies don’t get them, starvation, or a military strike will.With their backs against the wall, they must learn to use their ingenuity to find a way to escape and then to survive.

    A relative handful of humans survive, hidden in deep subterranean enclaves that offer some protection from surface radiation. Although the main attack is now seven years in the past, one alien ship remains in orbit, and the conquerors are not content merely to let humanity lick its wounds.Humanity is greatly diminished, but a few tens of thousands survive, sheltering in huge compounds deep beneath the ground, prepared many years ago against the possibility of nuclear attack by some rogue country.Five heroic individuals in Compound A-3 take it upon themselves to find a way to save humanity, for in a matter of a few more years, attrition due to radiation will finish the job that the aliens began with their initial attack.Sethra, a computer programmer and electronics expert, joins forces with Byron, a roboticist with a talent for acquisition and reallocation of others’ belongings, as well as with the compound’s chief medical doctor, Eddie, and two brave women, one of which is more than she seems.How do you defeat aliens while hiding in your last refuge hundreds of meters beneath the irradiated crust of the Earth, especially when the aliens are far more sophisticated?

    A little hard-of-luck and going through a rough time at work, but nothing he can't handle.That was until the creatures rose. The dead started walking. Feasting on human flesh, their hunger insatiable. The police are gone. The government has collapsed. The world as Riley knew it has changed, forever.In this new, terrifying world, Riley is forced to think quick and act fast in order to survive. His morals will be pushed to the very limit, forcing the question: can humanity survive the onslaught of the dead, not only on the outside but on the inside?There will be blood. There will be tears. In the Dead Days, nobody is safe.With fast-paced zombie action and gripping scenarios, Dead Days is a truly unmissable slice of serial fiction. Download the complete first season now and catch up on Riley and Ted's journey through a harsh and terrifying world...

    Surrounded by a fortress of steel walls and protected by a fierce and loyal Council of Royal Knights, Tisaia seems relatively safe to the average State worker and citizen. A plentiful supply of Biomass powers the cities and food is abundant, but security has come at a terrible cost. The State will do anything to protect its resources, even if it means suppressing the rights of its citizens and deporting immigrants into the Wasteland - a virtual death sentence. Sasa is one of the young immigrants left for dead outside the safety of the Tisaian steel walls. It is only by a dash of luck the rebels find her. They bring her back to Camp Salvation where she is put to work as a technician, working to purify the camps water in the rain gardens. But more than anything she wishes to fight. Obi Hepe is the commander of infamous rebel group known as Squad 19. After meeting Sasa he is faced with a tough decision; teach her to fight and risk seeing her killed like so many others, or risk having her run away. With the Royal Knights hunting his squad deeper into The Wastelands, Obi realizes he may not have a choice. He is going to need every gun he can get in a final battle for Camp Salvation.

    A stalemate has held for the past fifteen years. Having created a new virus, the West are about to embark on the final stages of testing before releasing it on over half of the world’s population. Working as a lab technician for the man responsible for creating the virus, Wilfred has decided that he needs to put a stop to the testing. Stepping into the middle of chaos under the pretence of following orders, he soon realises the naivety of his plans. With hell unfolding around him, he’s left with a choice between his morals and their orders. To follow his morals will anger those in power. To follow his morals will more than likely lead to his death. In the Name of Science won a short story competition with HarperCollins in 2012. This is an extended version of that short story.

    This story takes place mainly in two widely separated rural areas when a complete collapse of the American Dollar happens and how members of a family cope with the aftermath in their areas.

    "The eyes on the first of its three heads had a serpent's split pupils, puke green. The eyes on the second head (which grew not beside the first head, but on top of it the way a cyst would) were as red as a poison frog's. The third head was stacked on top of its brothers, but this head was not worth talking about. It was a baby's head—and it was dead." Fortunately, there's one man who can stop the beasts: Zachary Zemeritus. Unfortunately, he's near dead and in pieces in a hospital across town. Central Park has been turned into an Air Force base, and the rest of New York City is in flames. Zachary's friends are the most recent victims of this nightmare. Too bad Zachary doesn't know any of this. As the hero of this tale, he might have been able to do something about it.

    Not everyone knows what to do.Lacking any survival knowledge, she finds herself in the shelter of the city's Liberty Tunnels with a group of strangers, none of which know much more than she does. The odds are against them. Panic, hunger, and sickness are rampant. The tunnels increasingly become more dangerous.With limited skills, Abby must pull it together, not only get her and the girls out of the tunnel shelter, but to survive long enough to make it home one last time.

    He's an Inquisitor, a man who makes a living rooting out and executing those people who have been charged with treason. Guilt or innocence mean little to him--he has quotas to fill after all. Yet when he unwittingly stumbles upon a secret involving someone high up in the new American government, he becomes a target himself. Unfortunately for Phil, there's nowhere to run that the government can't find him. In the year 2122, in the perfect state of America, the government owns everything...from the shoes you wear, to the apple you eat, to your next door neighbor. The government owns everything and is everything. Under these conditions Phil can trust no one but the man he's slated to murder next.What the readers say about A Perfect America:"A Perfect America is the rarest thing: a perfect dystopia.""Prepare to be scared for your future...""...a very scary place. In this world, humanity has been replaced by conformity."

    It is the age of adulthood, the age of initiation, in her village the Outer Rims.For a long time, Raine thought her existence would forever be confined to the walls that surround the Outer Rims. She will live and die without ever overcoming her struggle to prove herself as the only woman Askari – or soldier – in the Rims. She will never know the quickening of her heart as a man touches her face, and she will never know the comfort of a mother’s embrace.But that was before they came for her, whisking her away to an unknown world – a kingdom where the people are segregated by blood and race, where the minds of soldiers are affected by brainwashing and mind control, where the three-blooded King is worshiped as God. The segregation law divides the kingdom into three races, and the mixing of blood is a sin punishable only by death. Here, Raine is exposed to both the highest potential and the deepest perversions of the human mind. She is introduced to technologies she has never seen before, and discovers the existence of genetic experiments she feels should never exist.Amid all this, Raine learns a secret about herself – a secret that both endangers her life and elevates her to an important position within the Resistance that fights the prevailing system of rule. Raine must struggle with questions of blood and identity, of love and hatred, as she and her friends fight for the future of a kingdom she never even knew existed.Tani Mura, while immersing us in a completely different world, brilliantly weaves us through themes of identity, religion, and violence that are eerily familiar and all too relevant to each and every one of us today.

    In the five-part Early Years, the titular German shepherd’s survival skills are honed as he faces down increasingly diabolical villains in the shadow of the coming Armageddon. Then in the four-part Apocalypse Saga, Bones confronts his destiny as devastating events conspire to decimate humanity and open the door to a new age.

    What would YOU do... How would YOU react? "If you want to know what everyone else is talking about before it is old news read these books!!!!! If you want to read a good book that has you sitting on the edge of your seat wanting more and more, READ THESE BOOKS!!!!! I think you get the idea :)” Volume 1 - Mason wasn't prepared when the devastation began that afternoon. No one was. He now needed to get to his family before the infection did.Volume 2 picks up with Mason has he ventures out in hopes of obtaining the supplies needed for his family's journey out into the unknown. He soon finds out that this decision may well lead to his own demise. "This is the BEST SERIAL I have read since the GREEN MILE." Volume 3 follows Mason and the others just as Volume 2 concludes with the battle in the park. What will become of the injured members?We learn how the infection started and where it all began. The effects appear to reach every corner of the planet. Can the group survive? Do they even want to?Volume 4 begins two weeks into the group's "Vacation" at the stadium. Feeders are no longer a worry... or are they? "What can I say other than Mr. Olah has written one of the BEST Zombie stories I have EVER read." Volume 5 starts with the group leaving the Stadium, Beaten and Battered heading for the beach house. Will they find their way and what awaits them?Volume 6 picks up as the group touches down at the Blackmore Research Facility! Mason and the others fight to reunite April and her family only to find out what their fighting for has turned against them.The Dead Years Volumes 1 Through 6... Like NO OTHER!!! Scroll up and Grab a Copy Today!

    Instead of continuing on to Orlando to visit the theme parks, the Brownells and thousands of their fellow Californians are herded into an underground silo, where they're told that the outside world has been destroyed by a nuclear attack. That the silo is now their home, and always will be. But people don't change, simply because they're trapped underground -- as Lexie and her family soon discover. Hopes and dreams, determination, compassion, and loyalty all survive... as do one man's need to surround himself with stolen goods, and a boy's despair at being bullied. This is your chance to read all three parts of the Year One story in a single volume! Join the Brownells and the other California survivors as they adjust to life in the silo... unaware that they're being watched. And judged.

    Just what do you do when the apocalypse happens ... and you end up as a zombie and not one of the lantern-jawed heroes?

    One of these assaults unleashes a deadly virus within the Pentagon, which sets off a chain reaction of events that the United States may not overcome.When the virus mutates beyond anything the terrorists expect, the nation's capital is plunged into a violent zombie outbreak that threatens to infect everyone in the region. A desperate, misguided attempt to stop the potential global epidemic backfires as the undead survive the brutal pre-emptive strike and continue to wreak havoc on the human population when they reemerge from the bowels of the ruined city.Grayson Donnelly, a former Army officer who is stranded in the Midwest during the outbreak, is forced to fight for his life and for the survival of his adopted community while his fiancée Emory is trapped in the Washington, D.C. quarantine zone. She struggles to come to terms with her own survival while living in a government-operated refugee camp just outside of the city.Both Grayson and Emory must learn to adapt and do whatever is necessary in order to survive in a nation that is nearing anarchy as the terrorists' heinous scheme takes on a life of its own.

    Disconnected from the grid, the silo appears to be dead, rotted from the inside. What Maya finds is a silo that is anything but deceased. Shut off from the outside world and other silos, Silo 23 has evolved into something unexpected, and something more fearsome than Maya could have anticipated. Greatfall: Part 1 is the first installment of Jason Gurley's dark serial novel, inspired by the world created by Hugh Howey in Wool.

    The ruling Josephites clone the only seeds that grow in the post-apocalyptic climate, allowing their Prophet to control who eats, who starves, and who burns in the ritual fires that atone for society. Subsisting on the fringes, Archer risks violation and death each day as she scours the forest for game to feed her people. When a Josephite refugee seeks sanctuary in her home, Archer is driven to chance a desperate gamble—a gamble that will bring down the Prophet and deliver seeds and freedom, or end in a fiery death for herself and for everyone she loves. Seeds are life . . . Seeds are power . . . Seeds are the only hope of a despairing people. What will Archer do for the seeds of freedom, and what will she justify in their name?

    That's what everyone called it "The end of the world." It sounds so final doesn't it? Maybe that's why people were so freaked out. Well, that and the monsters.The world is struck by a terrifying plague. Those who don't succumb are twisted into monsters from childhood nightmare. Only a tiny number, a fraction of a percent, are immune. Mankind, the dominant species on the planet for thousands of years, is reduced to hiding and cowering in the dark.Two children, tortured by their own illnesses, react differently. Their bodies change. The disease that destroys everyone else molds them into the only hope for human kind.This is the story of X. The Virus, The hope.

    The story centers on three people that are strangers to each other but find strength when they come together and try to live their lives in the bleak new world they now have to survive in. This story contains no foul language or sexual situations but does contain some violence. An easy read of a story following a set of events that could happen at any time.

    

    This book contains the entire series: Outbreak, Integration, Invasion, War and SurviveA mysterious virus emerges after a meteor lands near a remote village in Peru. Authorities brought in to investigate discover the horrific virus, not only kills, but it reanimates its victims, turning them into the walking dead.Believing they have contained the outbreak, samples of the contagion are brought to the United States via infected military and other victims. The virus breaks boundaries and the infection spreads initiating the ground invasion of the War against the Undead.The war begins as the numbers of the undead increase and civil unrest begins. The fate of the world hangs in the balance as it is not only man against the undead, but man against man.

    The dead now walk the streets of this once great city. Abandoned within the quarantine zone, Constable Dogan will need all his specialised skills to escape the growing army of flesh-eating corpses. A desperate group of survivors join him on a terrifying journey to the safe zone, hoping to find strength in numbers. They soon discover however that the cannibal corpses are not the only danger stalking the streets.

    Together they fight to survive the apocalypse with a unique technologist's perspective. Zombies are massing in hordes numbering in the millions. The Government has an agenda. Ruth Ann has stone cold hunter's skills and Doug has a data center. Containing a number of twists and observations possibly not seen in the genre before, Get Off My L@wn takes you through more than 40 days post breakout and tells a complete story.We all know that one zombie's bellowing will attract others. What happens when this process continues indefinitely? How can a military mount an effective defense of humanity without nuclear weapons? Would you have to sign a waiver of liability in order to receive help from the Government?Where's the best place to form a refugee camp to house hundreds of thousands? How do you keep those people happy? What will happen to the nature of Congress as a result of the Zombie Apocalypse?All these questions and much much more are answered in this thoughtful book.Thank you to the many hundreds who downloaded my book during its first free promotion. Please consider writing a review of this, my first effort.

    They can't wait weeks for Kade's leg to heal. Their next objective is to reach Paula Ivanova's mother's house, northeast of downtown L.A. In retrospect, it was probably a mistake. The problem is, mistakes so often fail to reveal themselves during the making. It seemed like a good idea at the time. Book 1, L.A. Dark, is available on Amazon [ASIN B00CQU5SEK] Book 2, Blood Loss, is available on Amazon [ASIN B00DGT48IC] Book 4, The Prophet's Niece, is scheduled for release in April, 2014.

    Sometimes it is the only day we believe that miracles can actually come true. Imagine wishing for that Christmas magic, when circumstances are so very dire.The Last Christmas gives you three stories of Christmas in a very different time … the end times.UndeadA father thinks only of his family and strives to provide one last Christmas full of life in a world full of the undead.Baby, It’s Cold OutsideFollowing a global climate event, a woman struggles against the elements to get her child to safety by Christmas.The Last DayFather Daniel confronts his faith when mankind faces a rogue planet destined to strike earth on Christmas Day.

    Designed to mimic the information packet given by Beginnings upon entrance, the Companion is filled with information regarding every aspects of Beginnings. From housing to industry, the companion also includes resident information and pictures, a map of the town, Containment registration form and so much more.A perfect 'Companion' to any Beginnings Series' reader.

    Ben and his small group were only hours away from their destination. Just three more hours and he could have handed the four researchers over to government personnel, but an unfortunate military operation leaves them stranded in South Carolina. Three more hours and the burden of responsibility would have been lifted from his shoulders. The dead are dangerous enough, but the living are proving to be an even greater threat. As banks and distribution networks collapse, ordinary citizens resort to desperate measures and Ben's group make a tempting target. As they fight their way forward, they are faced with a hard decision. Do they stop where they are and try to build a new life out of the chaos or do they push on?Our species is ultimately doomed, but a new one will take its place, if it can survive the fall of its predecessor.(approx 24,000 words)

    In Part I, an independently-hired researcher watches a mysterious plague decimate an island and takes notes with a gun-toting guard at his side. but the brisk waters of the Puget Sound can’t keep it from spreading to the mainland. In Part II, follow the infection from chapter to chapter and person to person. A frightened neighborhood cat, a harmless fishing trip, a room full of infected preschoolers. perhaps someone will deliver it right to your front door. How kind. Featuring short stories that showcase the many ways in which a disease can overwhelm a city, The Spread will get you thinking of how mundane acts can become deadly. No matter your precautions, the spread will reach you. Of that you can be sure.

    Color, creed, and social standing mean nothing as the virus infects millions across the planet.Sharon: a zoologist from Nebraska, USA, has worked with the virus, and has seen the effects on the human mind. She knows more about the virus than nearly anybody alive, and far more than she wants to. Gerry: from Ontario, Canada, he gets his first taste of the virus from inside a prison cell. Locked up after an anti-government riot, his prison guard transforms before his eyes into a flesh craving zombie. Lucia: a chemist from Pittsburgh, USA, flees from a furry convention dressed as a giant squirrel, and escapes from the city in a Fed-Ex van. She’s a girl who knows when to run and when to fight. Paul: thinks he can sit out the apocalypse in his apartment block in Dublin, Ireland, until the virus comes to visit, bursting his bubble and leaving him with no choice but to face reality or perish. All four begin perilous journeys in mind and body as they face daily trials to survive: Four threads, four different parts of the world, one apocalypse!

    The program broadcasts the lives of teenage orphans with superhuman powers. Adah Trevino is the star of the show, but she has no idea the whole world is watching her. She believes she's the survivor of a nuclear apocalypse. Will Harrison tunes in on a daily basis. Like millions of other males around the country, he is head-over-heels for the gorgeous star, but his attachment to Adah goes far beyond superficial attraction. The two have a past that links them together, which leads Will to suspect Adah's life is in real danger. He is determined to do whatever it takes to set her free, even if it means putting his own life at risk.

    America allows in foreigners from other devastated areas to assist with rebuilding. As a result, a new wave of immigration occurs, and now Americans are in the minority. They are discriminated against and blamed for global warming. When a foreigner named Julian becomes president of the United States, he devises a plan that will prevent Americans from standing in the way of his tyranny. He forces them to attend the Earth Education Program, where they are supposed to learn how to take better care of the environment.The story follows John and Annie Weber, an American couple, who discover that the program is more malignant than it appears. As a massive genocide takes place, John and Annie struggle to survive in this new world.

    While the short stories are available on their own, Gears and Spears is simply a way to grab them both at a discounted price. Geartown: Zombies happen. But when Dalton James leaves for what he considers vacation, signing on with a rookie smuggling crew for what should be an easy job located in the Drifts, everything begins to go wrong. Now, armed with a trusty sidearm and extensive military experience, Dalton must answer the bell against a horde of Zombies. Otherwise, the whiskey will have to wait. Roman: A legendary battle of swords looms as complete dominance of the Skyla System hangs in the balance. Roman Raines is destined to face Vampire champion, Vladris, in an epic battle that will forever change the landscape of things to come. Get ready for clashes of steel, steeds spawned of hell and an unbelievable twist in the Gunship story! *Illustration by Paree Erica

    She was born HIV+ and was orphaned by AIDS at the age of 10. She tells a story of survival through her works. Her first publication, COMPENDIUM: A Horror Novelette, is available now. She is currently in the process of finishing her first novel, a work of young adult fantasy. Stay tuned for a publication date. Roxie is also working on compiling a collection of poetry about growing up with HIV to accompany her memoirs. She is a self-taught artist who currently works through the digital medium to create pieces that speak to her. Her style is ever-evolving. Her art prints are available through her Society6 page. Join her on her journey.

    It shows the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse have already ridden out during the past 2,000 years of wars, famine, and persecution. The author does not merely make that assumption, he analyses the text to show what the four horsemen are. We are now in the period of the global birth pains of the earth, and the Trumpet judgments are next. This book proves there will never be a world government ruled by a dictator, but there will be WW3. The author discovered missiles and rockets described in detail, even the warhead, which is called a "head that kills" with fire, smoke, and sulfur. And contrary to popular teaching, America is in fact found in Bible prophecy, and is a major player, as you would expect. Even the Statue of Liberty is described as a woman lifted up between heaven and earth and put on a pedestal, with a covering made of soft metal. Yes, it is really in the Bible! The visions of Daniel also have a new interpretation. The passage in Daniel 9:27 that is supposed to refer to a 7-year peace treaty is being grossly misinterpreted. The original Protestant view of that verse is the correct view. Daniel's vision of the four beasts and the statue with ten toes both show that there will never be a world government. Those passages are not being correctly interpreted. The Bible text never says that the ten toes will rule the world, but only the fourth beast from which the horns come. Likewise, it never says the ten toes will rule the world, but actually says they will break apart. The book also proves that the Jews must convert before Christ will return. Yes, it is plainly stated in the Bible several times! Which makes one wonder how the opposite view could become a popular doctrine. Though this book was not written against the pretribulation Rapture, the correct interpretation of Bible prophecy does prove the pretribulation Rapture theory is false, which is seen repeatedly throughout the book. The author even found the smoking gun that kills the pretrib Rapture theory! He even presents a new interpretation of the two witnesses, showing that Revelation points us to the Old Testament, and that the symbolic meaning of the two witnesses is Christianity, which is why they cannot be killed until they have finished their testimony, which represents the end of the Gospel Age. They will be killed in a global terrorist attack organized by the beast and false prophet. But this is just book 1 of 2, covering Revelation 4-12. The beast and false prophet are covered in detail in the next book (Rev. 13-22), including the global Wrath of God. Michael D. Fortner analyzes the text of many Bible passages by examining the Hebrew or Greek, and consulting commentaries such as Barnes Notes on the Bible. He takes the view that the symbols of the Bible have a literal meaning that God wants us to understand, and sites the passage in Revelation 1 where Jesus tells John the meaning of the seven candlesticks. The author is a journalist and historian, with a God-give ability to figure things out and to think outside the box. Table of Contents Introduction Chapter 1: Keys to Understanding Bible Prophecy Chapter 2: Five Seals of History Chapter 3: The Sixth Seal: Signs of The End and Birth Pains Chapter 4: The Chosen Chapter 5: Daniel's 70 Weeks Chapter 6: The Great Tribulation Chapter 7: The Statue of Liberty Chapter 8: World War III Begins Chapter 9: Daniel's Ten Toes Chapter 10: Daniel's Four Beasts Chapter 11: The End Arrives Chapter 12: 2 Thessalonians Chapter 13: The Abomination of Desolation Chapter 14: Matthew 24 Chapter 15: A Brief History of Christianity Chapter 16: Final Thoughts Scripture Index Selected Bibliography

    Dennis F. Larsen presents a Post-Apocalyptic story of struggle, endurance and survival. 'The Living Hunger' is book one in the series with book two projected for early 2014.A hardened war veteran collides with a venomous leader and rogue assassin, turning Northern Utah into the next great battleground.Sergeant Farrell Jenson survives a world lost to nuclear and biological warfare only to find his home destroyed and family missing. He joins forces with Gary Merrill, a local business leader, and Major Melanie Ghostkeeper, a Marine Medic, to begin the process of rebuilding. A small group of survivors unite under a banner of freedom and hunker down in Bear River High School. Friendships and love are forged in the hot fires of adversity as they fight for their very lives, amidst a world turned upside down, where death is the new way of life.A festering evil is combing the land, led by one man, Don Bullock. The rotund, venomous leader spearheads a community with a taboo, underlying secret that will pit good against evil in a dramatic show of force and violence between the two groups. Solomon, a rogue African assassin, launches a one-man assault on the Bear Riverites, seeking blood and retribution to satiate his bloodlust and quench his need for flesh.Each side gambles all to control a newfound drug with the potential to save mankind. This new ‘currency’ trumps all, where money is worthless and food and women are king. As the struggle escalates and new battle-lines are drawn a host of unwitting participants are pulled into the fray, fighting for all they hold dear.Book One of The Living Hunger Series begs the question: ‘Which side will render your support and where will your allegiances lie?’

    Jim Wade, and his son David. Both have survived the crash, but not unscathed. Food, fire and shelter are all a priority. Following the death of his father, it is up to David to figure out what to do next, and how to survive, on a remote Alaskan mountain - in winter! This is a story of survival, resilience and of the spirit to live. It is both authentic and accurate, having been written by a former Air Force life support survival instructor. For ages 10 and up. * Revised edition, as of 8/14/13 (Corrects some text size issues with certain ereaders)

    In the world after everything else, corpses walk the roadways and the living must find ways and reasons to survive. Sonya has one goal in mind: travel halfway across the country to find her father. Chase, the son of wealth and privilege, must find a way to live for others and himself. Marilyn, from the happiest of homes, will have to reconstruct a family in order to learn to survive. Through their struggles to become the people they need to be to survive, they face the creepers, their name for the dead. But the creepers aren't the biggest threat. The biggest threat comes from the living.

    After glory in the Fogerian War with the parasitic E'Clei, Vaughn is raised to the rank of Captain, and given command of The Reetus for the duration of the conflict. Long after the war, Vaughn is married and lives a simple life, mining his remote moon for a precious mineral and raising his son. He arrives home from a routine business trip to find dead members of an ancient human cult called The Maxists littering his moon. Vaughn goes on a quest to find out what happened. The action heats up when he discovers his son is still alive, and has being held heart of E'Clei territory. Going to get his son could disrupt the shaky cease-fire between the Fogerians and the E'Clei, igniting an all new war. Leaving his son in the hands of the parasites he spent so much of his life fighting is not an option. How far will he go to retrieve his son and exact justice from those responsible?

    Every aspect of life is dictated for citizens of the Federation’s lowest class, so Laryn and her sisters—despised misfits in the genetic caste system—are shocked when the Feds give them a choice: stay and face separation and the dangers of communal housing, or join a group of colonists traveling to a pastoral colony on the distant planet of Nequam. ‘Pastoral’ is just another word for primitive—a concept Federation citizens can hardly comprehend—but Laryn and her sisters decide to risk the unknown and board the colonial ship bound for frontier life. Quickly discovering that freedom means responsibility, they struggle to learn the skills required for a life of self-sufficiency. All of it is overwhelming, but nothing compares to the difficulty of sorting out the social and emotional challenges of their new culture. For Laryn things become even more difficult when a man slips past her carefully built defenses, and she is soon faced with the impossibility of choosing between the love of a man and the security of her family. Wrestling with her priorities and struggling to choose between her sisters and the newly-discovered wonder of love, it seems to Laryn that both sacrifice and loss are unavoidable as the Speedwell hurtles ever closer to her new home. Unpredictable and emotionally charged, Laryn’s story is about self-discovery and the harsh realities of choice. Desperate to find where peace and accountability meet, she must choose—but how will she decide?

    Some are in positions to try to make sense of what happened. Others have to focus on the immediate issues of survival. And as each story overlaps in timing but in different corners of the world, we begin to understand that no-one will be untouched, not only by the physical effects of natural disasters, refugee overload, martial law, starving people in the streets but also the psychological effects of suddenly, inexplicably losing all the things that had made life so easy for us all without us even noticing it. The novel follows five pockets of survivors; each have survived some calamity or other, only to discover that the electrics no longer work. And it's not just a case of waiting for power to be restored - anything with a microchip, compass or other magnetic element simply refuses to turn on again. As the five stories weave through the novel, so the flow of chapters is sporadically interrupted by stand-alone chapters that either tell stories of other survivors, describe different scenarios playing out in other locations, or simply offer thoughts about the nature of the global society that has so easily crumbled.

    As the alien invaders grow bolder, both survivors cross paths with desperate people and are forced to make decisions that may haunt them forever.Finally coming together, they must make their way to the mysterious "city in the dark" and hope salvation will find them there.The Widow and the Orphan is Book 2 in the thrilling science fiction epic, The Black Rain Journals.***For mature readers

    Technocratic elites have poisoned his world, enslaved his neighbors, and left his entire people destitute and depraved. Now this lone guided missile of a man is willing to shed the last tatters of his humanity to exact his vengeance.In this first volume of the Next Man Saga, J.M. Salyards presents a novel that sweeps from the apocalyptic Outlands to the palatial luxury of the corridors of power, and finds Harrow about to begin a war of annihilation. Before he can, he discovers allies who might bring him back from the brink. A psycho-spiritualist teenage boy and a disgraced princess of the elites may give Harrow a final tether to life, and as wills and fists collide, the unwilling hero must choose between a future beyond his victory, or death as his only chance for peace."

    

    The government is attempting to jump start the economy once more after a solar storm took down the grid and the economy ten long years ago. Politics and a religious cult leader who is a decedent of a Kudzu salesman threaten to upset the survivor’s plans to restart their lives as the stresses of rejoining civilization mount. This book contains several recipes and uses for Kudzu that help the community contend with the calamity.Perhaps no other part of the natural environment is more closely identified with the South than this invasive and fast growing vine and evidence of everything that is wrong with big government.

    People live forever, but children are a thing of the past. To meet the demands of want-to-be parents, children have been replaced with androids... very life-like androids. Josh, a twelve-year old boy, is hit by a truck, leaving him badly damaged. Instead of paying the outrageous cost to fix him, they dump him in the wilderness. Broken Things follows Josh and his journey to a home that doesn't want him anymore, through a setting that darkly mirrors our own. Along the way, he must face the fears of abandoned children, from the wilderness to the city streets, and the predators that dwell in both. His only salvation may rest in finding a single person that cares.

    Together with his friends, Zach learns to survive in a world turned upside down. In addition to the violent zombies, there are the lawless survivors which his group must contend against as well.

    Ten years after the global fallout, teetering on the edge of extinction, a man is fighting for survival. As the threat of inner-city violence spans outward, Miles Stone is left to his own ingenuity, along with the gifts of his unique partner, Alice. Together they begin to construct a weapon designed by the genius of old. But what horrors might await them upon its completion? This is his personal account of the events that will forever alter the fate of humanity ...

    Both seek to lay claim to the world's oldest and most powerful art— the high art of Alchemy— by any means necessary. The problem is, Azures now have the upper hand. They have marshaled themselves into the unstoppable Alchemic Order, a mating ground of magic and science, guilds and vassals, clans and kings. Worse yet, they are stripping the Civic Order and its Civilian territories of their resources, claiming rights to all that Civilians have ever owned, alchemical or not. Now, only the Articles39— a truce of thirty-nine codes of humane conduct during wartime— stand between the Civilians and extinction. This is the world that sixteen-year-old Zeika Anon was born into: the alchemic apartheid, a world of fear and doubt where Azures reign supreme, the Civilian practice of Alchemy means a death sentence, and where Zeika, for the sake of her family, must walk the thin line of oppression and peace. But when KOA, a Civilian-born insurgency, bombs an Azure summit, the shaky truce between the two Orders is shattered. Now, KOA is rising. War is coming. And Zeika finds herself in the crosshairs of fate. Now, she must walk a different line: the one between survival and rebellion against the Alchemists. On one side of the line awaits death. On the other, the betrayal of her civilization, her loyalties, and herself.