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Day of Reckoning: Surviving the Solar Storm, Book One


John Winchester - 2020
    As the world around him plunges into anarchy, can he rise to the occasion? Jim’s love for his family and will to survive are put to the ultimate test.

The Battles of Rock Harbor: A "Bugging In" Tale of the Apocalypse


J.B. Craig - 2018
    Even worse, this lifelong prepper has almost all of his preparing supplies at home in Atlanta! Torn between heading home, and rescuing his daughter at College, he opts to "bug-in", as everyone in the family has been trained, and knows to get to the river house if anything bad happens. He's terrified he'll pass them if he goes in either direction. Instead, he decides to pull together the full-time residents of this weekend community, even though only a small percentage of the homeowners are on the peninsula when the lights go out. What follows is a tale of leadership, survival, combat, romance and heartbreak as this veteran combat engineer uses every trick up his sleeve to hold off those that would take what they want from the community of Rock Harbor, VA. As the days go by, he builds an unexpectedly resilient team of retirees, stay-at-home mom's, Honduran construction workers and some neighbors from around the peninsula. This book of survival has some fishing stories, some romance, lots of things that go BOOM, and a group of interesting and diverse characters who are all just trying to survive when the United States is attacked. He builds a pack of Sheepdogs to protect the residents against the Wolves, who are constantly trying to conquer this seemingly unprotected community.

Flight of the Wild Geese: A Grid Down Journey of Redemption


Liam Morgan - 2021
    The complex fabric of modern society unravels in mere days as panic ensues. Riots, looting, and anarchy begin in the inner cities but soon spread to the suburbs. But even before disaster struck, Adam was a tormented man.As a former Green Beret, he had seen enough war and suffering for a lifetime. Living as a recluse in the woods of Maryland, he thinks he can ride out the coming famine by relying on his well-stocked liquor cabinet and food supply. Nevertheless, the onslaught of hundreds of thousands of starving refugees compels Adam to flee. His journey turns out to be cathartic, helping him to regain his warrior ethos. With each passing day, his strength and hardiness increase. As his metamorphous continues, Adam approaches the point of turning feral until he comes upon a lone Amish woman in the woods of Pennsylvania who needs his help, but perhaps he needs her help even more. Together, they face the worst of Mother Nature and even more threatening, the worst of human nature.”Through the onslaught of murderous reprobates, deprivation, fierce weather conditions, and Adam’s own personal demons, the two sojourners are challenged to evaluate their own faith and belief in providence.““Flight of the Wild Geese is a gripping disaster thriller which combines enough spiritual and intellectual reflection to rationally engage the reader, while taking the reader on an exhilarating journey. This was an enjoyable faith-based story of redemption.”

After the EMP: The Chaos Trilogy


Harley Tate - 2018
    As an air marshal, he doesn’t have time for commitment. When his plane emergency lands outside of Eugene, Oregon, he knows it’s the beginning of the end. When he sets off on his own, he’s ready to face the future alone. Rescuing a kid isn’t part of his plan. When you have nothing left, can you find the will to survive? Dani’s only fifteen, but she’s no stranger to hardship. When the pangs of hunger drive her to the brink, Dani makes the difficult choice to steal. She knows she might get caught. She never expects a stranger to save her. The end of the world brings out the best and worst in all of us. Colt and Dani will have to fight to survive in this post-apocalyptic world. Joining forces isn’t part of the plan, but desperate times call for desperate measures. With danger around every corner, will they find the strength to trust each other? Or will the past ruin any chance of seeing the future? The EMP is only the beginning. The Chaos Trilogy comprises books four through six in the After the EMP series, a post-apocalyptic thriller series following ordinary people trying to survive after a geomagnetic storm destroys the nation’s power grid. It can be read first, although reading in series oder will provide a more complete timeline.

The Old Man and the End of the World: Book One: Things Fall Apart


William Harrison - 2021
    

Darkness Rising Box Set: The Complete Series


Justin Bell - 2019
     When a terrorist plot results in the detonation of several nuclear devices across the West Coast, the Frasers are thrown into disarray and their strained familial relationships are tested as they watch society collapse around them. Tens of millions of people are killed, injured and driven away from their homes as the result of a sinister plot that the government and its citizens are struggling to understand. With their older daughter lost in the chaos, the Frasers must somehow pull together to support each other and fight to reunite their family. Darkness Rising is a thrilling post-apocalyptic series that follows the survivors of a massive terrorist attack that isn't quite what it seems. As you learn more about the Fraser family and a few brave government agents who are attempting to unravel the horror and mystery behind the attacks, you'll soon discover that not everything in the apocalypse is as it appears to be. Written as a collaboration between Justin Bell and #1 bestselling post-apocalyptic author Mike Kraus, Darkness Rising is a gripping, unique and timely take on the post-apocalyptic genre, and is one that will leave you breathless with every turn of the page. This complete edition of Darkness Rising features all six books in the series, each one full of action, suspense and drama as the Fraser family struggles to survive the end of days.

The Last Disaster


Kellee L. Greene - 2018
    She and her family had kept themselves hidden and isolated from the dangers of the outside world.When the storms returned, everything her parents had built over the years was destroyed. Even though she was afraid of what waited outside, she was left with no choice but to venture out and survive the brutal winter in an attempt to find a new home.Now, with nothing but a few supplies and the clothes on her back, she must figure out a way to get safe again.Alone.Afraid.Nothing will ever be the same.---The Last Disaster is the first book in a new series set in the Ravaged Land world. You do not need to have read the Ravaged Land series to enjoy this one, but each book within a series must be read in order.

The Feral Children 2: Savages


David A. Simpson - 2019
    The fierce winter and the battle with Gordon and his gang are fading memories until new friends emerge and old enemies resurface to shatter their fragile existence. They thought they were doing good. They thought the hard part was over. They thought they were the only survivors left in a zombie ravaged world. They were wrong. Fur and fangs, claws and steel will be put to the ultimate test as the tribe seeks justice and revenge against those who won't leave them in peace. To survive, you have to fight.

The Last Light of Day


Ryan Schow - 2019
    America is changing fast.  Cities are becoming dangerous.  Time to bug out…Security Engineer, Logan Cahill, and a woman who may or may not be his girlfriend, Skylar Madigan, live together, but only because it makes their conspiring that much easier.  Logan, like Skylar, is tormented by the notion that time is running out for America. As the nation spins perilously out of control and foreign forces make their foothold in the country known, Logan is tasked with investigating the mysterious Harper Whitaker, a programmer he believes to be working under false pretenses.  Is she caught up in cyber espionage, or something darker?  And how does Skylar fit in with this?  Has she been using him to get to Harper?Things are not as they seem, and the lid is about to blow off the whole city, maybe even the country.  The question that plagues Logan is the question of when, and how.  When does he bug out?  How will he survive a total collapse of society?  The good news is, Skylar has a plan and Harper just might be a part of it.  Will they be able get off the grid before all hell breaks loose?  The apocalypse is coming, which means the end is near…

Dead South


Zach Bohannon - 2020
    Society is broken, and most who remain have banded together in small camps and communities.Jon South is not like most other survivors.After losing his wife and son nearly two years into the pandemic, Jon now wanders the country roads and woods of rural Tennessee, a vigilante taking his revenge out on the undead monsters that took his family from him. He lives in solitary, and with nothing more to live for, he plans to die alone, sooner rather than later.But after coming to the aid of a pair of strangers out in the woods being attacked by men, Jon learns that he might have been fighting the wrong monsters the entire time.

All We Have


Sean Patrick Little - 2018
    There are crops to plant and harvest, and animals to feed. There is the daily grind of life after a viral apocalypse where things they used to take for granted, like food, water, and safety, are no longer a given, especially with predators prowling at the perimeter of the farm. It is two against the world, and all they have is each other.

Edge of Disaster: An EMP Post-Apocalyptic Survival Prepper Series (American Fallout Book 2)


Alex Gunwick - 2017
     At the end of EDGE OF COLLAPSE, Luke managed to get within sixty miles of his family's Bug Out Location. As he struggles to make it home, he faces new threats. He teams up with a mysterious stranger to battle the lawless world. Without power, food, or water, they face a grueling uphill battle against the forces of darkness. He'll have to get creative if he wants to survive, but nothing will keep Luke from getting back to his family. Nothing. Not even the people who stand in his way. Liz struggles to defend the cabin from the preacher and his men. With too much land to cover and not enough resources, she reluctantly teams up with other people in the canyon. Their thread-bare agreement might not hold up under pressure, but it's better than nothing. Post-apocalyptic America is a desolate, dangerous world on the edge of disaster. Unable to trust strangers, family is more important than ever. Liz will do whatever it takes to protect her kids. One day Luke will return home, but until then, she's ready to take up arms against anyone who threatens them. EDGE OF DISASTER is BOOK 2 in the thrilling post-apocalyptic survival prepper EMP fiction series: AMERICAN FALLOUT.

Shut In


Nathan Jones - 2019
     Ellie Feldman is on the way home from a business trip, looking forward to seeing her kids, when her plane is grounded on the tarmac in Hawaii. No one wants to tell her what's going on, until finally she learns of the virulent disease spreading over the globe. Now she has to find a way to get home to her family. Back at home her ex-husband, Nick Statton, thinks his problems revolve around financial hardships and helping their children as they continue to adjust to the recent divorce and going from parent to parent with shared custody. Then he discovers there's something far worse to worry about. As the nation descends into chaos around them, she must face the challenges of being out in a society falling apart, while he and their children face those of being shut in.

Thrown Away: The Complete Post Apocalyptic Series


Glynn James - 2019
    Now in one complete edition! Thrown Away is a post-apocalyptic survival saga that drags the reader, kicking and screaming, on a journey through a world hundreds of years after civilization fell. Long after the world has died, one man goes on a journey to save a single soul and ends up changing the lives of countless others. For Jack Avery, living among the ruins of the outer zone and scavenging to survive is not the worst of nightmares. Something haunts him far more than any hunter patrol. In one short moment, two years before, something happened that changed him. This story is about his journey through the apocalypse, but also through his own regrets and doubts. Are there second chances? Can Jack find the answer to his torment among the shattered ruins of the past? Part 1 – In a Fallen World Part 2 – Into the Junklands Part 3 – Recycled Part 4 – Reconditioned Part 5 – What Lies Below Part 6 – What Lies Ahead Part 7 – Another Man’s Gold Second series coming soon!

The Long Night Box Set: The Complete The Long Night Series - Books 1-6


Kevin Partner - 2019
     Modern technology designed to heal has been sabotaged, leaving hundreds of millions dead. For the survivors, each day brings new horrors as the world descends into madness, all while powerful forces seek to take advantage of the turmoil. One man will stand apart in the chaos, seeking to reunite with his family as he becomes embroiled in a desperate attempt to save those few who survived The Long Night. From #1 best-selling post-apocalyptic author Mike Kraus comes a brand new, never before seen take on the end of the world, ripped straight from the headlines. When the leader of the largest healthcare company in the world drops dead on national television, over ninety percent of the civilized world follow in his wake. Health tracking implants called BonesWare were supposed to predict disease, prolong life and lead to a healthier, more robust society. Until they didn't. Now, for the few who remain alive, the question of their continued survival rests on the shoulders of one unlikely man. Solly Masters is having a rough night. He lost his job, his marriage is on the rocks and his wife and son are halfway across the United States on the eve of the holiday season. After witnessing The Long Night, when nearly every living soul around him drops dead at the same moment, his fleeting troubles suddenly become unimportant and one goal coalesces in his mind: get to his family, no matter the cost. Raw survival turns into something more when he comes across a man who claims to know what happened - and predicts that the rest of the survivors will soon follow in the footsteps of those who already died. Thrust into a pit of intrigue, corporate sabotage and greed, Solly must weigh his responsibility to his family with the knowledge that he just might be the key to preventing The Long Night from leading to the extinction of the human race. The Long Night is a collaborative work between Kevin Partner and Mike Kraus. A unique take on the apocalypse and on the post-apocalyptic genre, The Long Night box set is the complete post-apocalyptic series in one convenient box set.