Apocalyptic Earth

For years, writers and filmmakers have speculated about the possibility of the Earth being invaded by aliens from another planet. But what if the aliens have been watching us, infiltrating us via human collaborators or even surgically altering themselves to look human?

Lando’s romantic evening isn’t going to plan. During it, he’s received exclusive access to a secret update of his favorite virtual reality game. So now he has to slip away from his hot date and install the new version directly to his neuralink before the offer expires. However, while he’s uploading, the aliens obliterate Earth, and when he wakes, the world has changed. There’s a cultivation system in his mind that’s like he’s online, but not, at the same time. Earth is a wreck, the sky’s turned green, and every animal is out to kill him.

Das Ende der Welt steht kurz bevor - zum allerletzten Mal. Noch ist es Essun nicht gelungen, ihr letztes lebendes Kind zu finden - und den Mann, den sie einst geliebt hat, bevor er zum Mörder ihres Sohnes und Entführer ihrer Tochter wurde. Stattdessen wurde Essun gefunden: von ihrem ehemaligen Mentor, Alabaster Tenring, dem Zerstörer der Welt. Und er hat eine Bitte, die nur sie erfüllen kann. Doch wenn Essun tut, wonach der Mächtige verlangt, könnte dies das Schicksal der Menschheit endgültig besiegeln. Meilen entfernt wächst derweil die Macht in Essuns Tochter unaufhaltsam.

Paramedic Maya Talbot assumes her children to be safe at Grandma's. However, nothing could have prepared her for the chaos created when a strange obelisk rises from the ground and generates an impenetrable dome over the city. Riots, looting, and violence run rampant. The situation in Nashville deteriorates, and then they arrive, thrusting Maya into a desperate race to escape the dome and save her children from the dangers on the ground and from above. When darkness falls, the intergalactic visitors manifest our worst fears and threaten the future of humankind.

With the world in chaos and the aliens swarming the domed city of Nashville, Maya Talbot continues on her quest to find her children while destruction rains down from above - the aliens have arrived and the invasion has begun. With a crew of unlikely allies and a mother's incredible determination, she must find her kids and get to safety before it's too late. But what if Maya can't outrun the alien invaders, and what if there isn't anywhere left for the survivors to hide? The race is on and the clock is ticking because the aliens seem bent on annihilating the human race and destroying the planet.

The Nation begins to rise from the ashes of the old world... The attack came fast when it came. Mike only remembered the details after the fact. Molly had the right side, Tim the left, Mike had taken a lead of fifty feet or so right up through the middle of the tall grass. It left him blind for the most part. The grass was higher than his head in most places, unless he walked right on the hump in the middle of the old road, and that was not an easy task. He found himself spending too much time concentrating on the next footfall. So he came down off the hump and walked slowly beside it. ...

Plague outlines the sudden rise of the dead, chronicling the spread across the country. It follows Adam, Beth, Billy and Pearl as they head north looking for an antidote that can bring the plagues to end. It also sees the first babies born to the Nation, the formation of both the Fold and Alabama Island, and the loss of one of the founders of The Nation without whom the Nation may dissolve.Plague steps back to the first days of the catastrophe that nearly destroyed the world and takes a look behind the scenes at the government and military agencies that were involved in manipulating the ...

Beth had stopped at the edge of the housing development. It was dark, lit only by the headlights of the truck. Cars and trucks sat neatly in driveways. The streets were empty. Heavy dust seemed to blanket the whole scene. Little trails cut from place to place. “Spooky,” Billy said. “Volcanic ash?” “Probably... What do you think the trails are?” Billy frowned. “It has to be the dead.” “It doesn't have to be the dead... Could be small animals raiding house to house... No garbage any more so they have to get into those houses and get what they can or starve... Or it could be ...

Luke has vowed to avenge his father and protect Sagebrush from the drifters in the Dead Lands. Kaia lives in the mountains, safe from the murderous soshos who roam the desert below. But when her cousin goes missing, she is determined to find him, no matter the danger. In a world ravaged by sand and storms, Luke and Kaia’s lives collide in a whirlwind of treachery, passion, and fear. Can enemies sworn to vengeance set aside their hatred, or are they doomed to perish like the world around them?

Coryn Williams has grown up in the megacity of Seacouver, where her every need is provided for - except satisfaction with her life. After her parents' suicides, her sister, Lou, fled the city to work on a rewilding crew, restoring lands once driven to the brink of ecological disaster by humans to a more natural state. Finally of age, Coryn leaves the city with her companion robot to look for her sister.

Sandy's Diary - March 26th I should start calling this a diary not a journal. It's funny, but we started these to leave at the cave but then we brought them with us to keep for the children. Now it's becoming something more, although still for the children, so they can see who we were or are... or both. I was about to write when I found out we'll have visitors in the morning. I hadn't expected it so soon. I wonder if they are people we can make a part of us? I guess we'll all see tomorrow. I'm excited, but I was already. Susan and I, well we're together. As in living, as in sleeping ...

Night Portals is a metaphysical anthology series that explores the hidden secrets of life around us. Twelve "What If" short stories from the mind of Ernie Howard. Immune is the third story in the series. Jakob the motel clerk opened a door one day. A door that should have stayed closed. Being immune to a virus that will kill off most of the world's population seems like winning the lottery at first. That is until you realize you killed most of the people you loved just by being around them. Sometimes the virus is in your mind. What would you do if you were the last person on Earth?

As Conner walked he looked over the houses he passed. Most were partly, and some were completely destroyed. He felt as though he were in a bad dream. He knew he wasn't though, as he had closed his eyes to blink away the sights several times to no avail. He had also pinched his left cheek until his eye had begun to water. No good. It was still there. He had done acid once, but only once, back in the seventies, and he had heard about flashbacks, and this could maybe be one, and he had been drinking pretty damn heavily yesterday, and... He spotted a young woman sitting on the curb three houses...

Dr. Dora Adler’s life has been in disarray since the beginning of the zombie apocalypse, but when she gets bitten by one of the undead her whole world is turned upside down. Held captive in a secret underground lab, the tall, muscular hunk in the next cell is her only hope for salvation. Unfortunately, he claims to be a werewolf. Yeah, and she’s supposedly a witch.

Earth has less than two per cent of its population remaining. All large towns and cities have completely disappeared from existence, leaving behind the impenetrable translucent barriers that made this possible. The survivors of the invasion now share the planet with two alien species, the Guardians and the Ormsayer. The former have been here for as long as the human race has existed, monitoring the progress of the planet and its inhabitants. The latter arrived as an invading force and considered humans a food source – their only food source.

It is 1989 and the disease resulting from the testing of experimental bioweapons has ravaged much of the world. The UK and Europe are in chaos as the virus spreads uncontrollably. The US, nominally arriving in force to offer military and humanitarian assistance to their allies, are posturing dangerously with the east and failing to unite over the common enemy of humanity.

FORTY-FIVE YEARS AFTER A ROGUE MOON SMASHED INTO THE WORLD... THIRTY YEARS AFTER HUMANITY EMERGED FROM THE CAVES WHERE THEY TOOK REFUGE... A GROUP OF TEENS DISCOVER THERE IS MORE TO THE STORY. A FROZEN WORLD... A LOST LOVE... A DIMINISHING HOPE... Everything Jude has been taught, tells him that Eve was lost to him when he watched the gates close between them. But he refuses to give up on her—because, if there is anything he knows about the girl he reluctantly fell in love with, it is that she would find a way to survive. But would she be able to survive long enough... When their search ...

The fifth novel in the Great Blue Above series follows the surprising ending of the prequel, Before the Nothingness. In The Tunnel War, the Jonas family marches toward a final conclusion to their struggle for power. King Edmond and Prince Oliver must decide if they will work together as father and son, or work against each other as enemies. A shocking conclusion ensures that the City Below and those living in it will never be the same again.

THE FINAL CHAPTER IN THE GREAT BLUE ABOVE SAGA. . . Following the explosive battle versus the Board inside The Mountain, the survivors (citizens of the City Below, Tunnelers, the Swarm, Mountain host mothers, Mountain guards) band together with the help of a famous person from the past. Not only must they wrest control of The Mountain from their most dangerous enemy, they must also plan the best way to continue humankind. With a centuries-long plan unknowingly initiated, will Emma, Chad, Artie and Olly survive long enough to fulfill their childhood dreams of starting a new beginning in a ...

The Heat Wave drew a violence that was swift and efficient at breaking humanity. Abraham’s people have come to the rescue—only for those they deem worthy. Banished with the task of culling this planet and others, Abraham is pressured to meet his quota while the population on Earth dwindles. He is disturbed by what he witnesses. Until he meets Nova. Twice. She’s refused his offer of sanctuary because the promise of a floating city in the sky sounds absurd, even if it does offer safety and relief from the sweltering heat.