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Betrayal from Within: Surviving the Black--Book 4 of a Post-Apocalyptical series (Surviving the Black #4)


Zack Finley - 2020
    It thrusts the reader into the lives of a Tennessee family extended by friendship and the bonds of shared values. The community struggles to move forward after being shattered by loss and facing an uncertain future. The people of Breckinridge Valley prepare for spring with hopes for a new beginning, even as conditions deteriorate around them. “Betrayal from Within” picks up the tale where “Bittersweet Homecoming” left off. The action in this new full-length novel by burgeoning author Zack Finley is nonstop. The story builds on the solid foundation established by the first three books of the series.The Surviving the Black series presents one version of a possible future sparked by a solar Coronal Mass Ejection. One where America suffers a catastrophic failure of its electrical grid that triggers the cascading collapse of the national supply chain. It exposes the dangers of industrialized farming, centralized production hubs, and just-in-time distribution when the power goes down.This series features well-researched survival tips against the backdrop of rural America.Caution: This is the fourth novel in a series expected to contain a total of five books. It relies heavily on story elements introduced in the first three novels and is not meant to stand alone.

The Thanksgiving Program


Hannah Miller - 2021
    

A Train Story: flash reads by Himanshu Goel


Himanshu Goel - 2020
    But there is more to the stranger than what appears on the surface. A Train Story is a flash read (bite-sized stories) by Himanshu Goel, author of Tulsi and A Rational Boy in Love.

The 26th Protocol


Tim Heath - 2021
    Yet underlying the whole system, a human cancer grows.Blythe Harrell is a man very much on the inside of the system–but the more he sees, the more broken he understands things to be. Yet to challenge anything is to challenge it all. Even his own place at the very top.When he discovers his wife is expecting, their unborn child carrying one of the last incurable diseases–a death sentence to most–he’s forced to confront the truth about the world around him.

Starting Over In Key West: Darkest Day: A Florida Keys Romance Series. Prequel


Amy Rafferty - 2021
    

The Drowned Cities - Free Preview (The First 11 Chapters)


Paolo Bacigalupi - 2012
    

Bite of Frost: Tertiary Effects Book Three


William Allen - 2020
    

Whorl


James Tarr - 2016
    Aside from actual confessions more crimes have been solved by fingerprints than any other type of evidence, and this discovery could throw legal systems around the world into chaos--if it becomes public knowledge. Powerful government forces in the FBI and beyond immediately try to remove all the evidence--which includes the idealistic lab tech who made the discovery and Dave Anderson, the young man whose dream it has been to become an FBI Special Agent. The racially divided gritty dystopia that is modern Detroit provides the backdrop as forces move against Anderson--but young men drawn to law enforcement are rarely blank pages, and Anderson already has more than his share of secrets. The question is, who can he trust with them?

MAC WALKER'S PATRIOT OMNIBUS


D.W. Ulsterman - 2014
    He protects those he loves with a ferocity and purpose few can overcome. If challenged, he takes a "kill first, question later" approach. His life has taken him around the world and back again, to a home that is no longer his, in a country that would see him dead. He seeks both truth and purpose in himself and others, at a time when the traditions and values of old do battle against the emerging tyranny of the present. He is Mac Walker, and this is his story, spanning decades, available here as a single download for the first time ever, allowing readers to save up to 50% over purchasing each of the Mac Walker stories individually. SEVEN STORIES - ONE LOW PRICE! "Being a 77 year old widow and knowing I would never fall in love again, I'm afraid that Ulsterman's writing has caused me to fall in love with his fictional character, Mac Walker! What a MAN!" -Patricia Tadlock “All of the Mac Walker books are great! Once you start reading, you cannot put them down! If I could meet any character of any book, it would be Mac Walker!” --Lyn R. Toney “Excellent read. Readers can certainly relate to Mac Walker as a truly believable hero.” -Cavalry

The Diary of Nancy Grace 2


Starlette Summers - 2011
    Will she find that love and understanding that she’s been seeking? Will Martha get what she deserves or will Krystal take over for good?

The Obsolescence Trilogy: Complete Series Box Set: A Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction Thriller


Chris Muhlenfeld - 2018
    They were away from the chaos, and they thought they were safe. They thought wrong.What will they do?All across the country cities are in crisis.Logan and his family look out from their Manhattan penthouse. The world is crumbling before their eyes. Unprepared, he’s got to do something. They can’t stay. But how can they leave and where will they go?Someone has a solution.It’s Logan’s domestic android.Can he believe a machine?You won’t believe the twists and turns, but you’ll love the adventure.Get it now.

The Prepper, Part 1: The Collapse


Karl A.D. Brown - 2013
    As the world careens towards nuclear and economic disaster, Alfred, acting on his instincts, awakens and becomes a prepper. After four US cities are destroyed with nuclear weapons, the US economy crumbles and the family struggles to survive in a world where food shortages, looting, rioting, and a deadly breakdown of the social order has become the norm. In a time when there is no government, infrastructure, or friends to count on, the Aimes family realizes that all they have is each other. "The Prepper Part One: The Collapse" is a stand alone novel.

Outcasts of Earth


James David Victor - 2019
    Murderers. Thieves. That’s what makes the Outcast Marines special. And expendable. A Military Science Fiction adventure from #1 Bestselling author James David Victor The Outcast Marines are the worst of the worst. If you’re conscripted, you will likely spend the rest of your days going on desperate missions that no one else can, or will, do. That’s an option Solomon, Jezzie, Malady, and the other Outcasts gladly took, though, because the alternative was certain death on a remote prison moon. And it’s a good thing too, because sometimes it takes some truly bad guys to save the day. Outcasts of Earth is the first book in the Outcast Marines series. If you like science fiction with “heroes” who are anything but, the Outcast Marines will suck you into their battle to save humanity, from itself and the rest of the galaxy. Download Outcasts of Earth and see how the “bad guys” save humanity in the 23rd century! Always FREE on Kindle Unlimited

The Country Saga Boxed Set


David Estes - 2015
    In a changed world where the sky bleeds red, winter is hotter than hell and full of sandstorms, and summer's even hotter with raging fires that roam the desert-like country, the Heaters manage to survive, barely. Due to toxic air, life expectancies are so low the only way the tribe can survive is by forcing women to procreate when they turn sixteen and every three years thereafter. It is their duty as Bearers. Fifteen-year-old Siena is a Youngling, soon to be a Bearer, when she starts hearing rumors of another tribe of all women, called the Wild Ones. They are known to kidnap Youngling girls before the Call, the ceremony in which Bearers are given a husband with whom to bear children with. As the desert sands run out on her life's hourglass, Siena must uncover the truth about the Wild Ones while untangling the web of lies and deceit her father has masterfully spun.

The Country Doctor


Franz Kafka
    A short story from Franz Kafka, celebrated author of dark haunting tales of transformation and the horrors of life.Sometimes translated as "A Country Doctor."