Apocalyptic Fiction Disaster

“Sighs of Despair” is book three in “The Fifth Phase” series. According to Toynbee’s Theory of Decay, a civilization experiences distinct phases during its lifecycle. But the average person is far too busy to concern themselves with the course of an entire civilization. There are phone calls to make, texts to send, emails to answer, trending online videos to watch, and bills to pay. Tom and Morgan Crenshaw are two such people. They’re struggling just to maintain the coin shop they own and operate in the suburbs of Chicago. But a series of economic, political, and global terror ...

The three arks have reached the end of their journey... but the survivors haven't. Earth is a new, dangerous place, one that will not be survived by all . Only those who band together will truly have a second chance for life...

In the penultimate book of the Comet Clement series, all three arks face the impending decisions to return to a new Earth. Aboard the underwater seacraft, Tyler Ainsworth plots to take back control and rid his craft of unwanted passengers once and for all... In space, President Marshall is urged to push forward with one final deceit to better the odds of more space station passengers surviving a return to the Earth below... Underground, the Russians are ready to return to the surface while Americans at the facility prepare for a lengthy journey back to their home country. But one young ...

In the midst of a mysterious environmental crisis, as London is submerged below flood waters, a woman gives birth to her first child, Z. Days later the family are forced to leave their home in search of safety. As they move from place to place, shelter to shelter, their journey traces both fear and wonder as Z's small fists grasp at the things he sees, as he grows and stretches, thriving and content against all the odds.

In one night, everything changes... The Adventurers find themselves in the middle of a deadly competition, from which there can only be one winner... and one survivor. Who will walk out of the Stadium with their life? The New Gatherers near the end of their journey, only to find the true danger beginning. Will Heather and Colin make it into the Base and find the medicine needed to save Emily's baby? The Base is in a state of chaos, and Jaclyn learns her father remains the ruthless leader he's always been. Will freeing a pair of prisoners make the Base safer or more dangerous? As characters ...

Earthquakes rock the land and ash begins to fall. What happens when chaos erupts all at once and there is no way out? Jace, panicked, seeks to find his pregnant girlfriend, while Cami and Theo navigate a growing attraction confusing their precarious situation. Two groups seek to emerge from the destruction and find a place to survive.

After surviving a terror attack that took her husband, Lucy is trying to rebuild her life for her two teenage children. She makes the decision to move them all to an off-grid mountain community. Away from the insanity their life had become, their temporary solution becomes a permanent way of living. Lucy believes she is giving her kids the perfect life, and a way of living that they truly want. Until the day her son, Vincent, decides to leave without saying a word. Lucy and her daughter, Avery, leave their secluded life to search for him in the nearby town.

The grid is down. The nation is in chaos. One man holds the key to stopping a silent war. After a devastating cyberattack cripples the U.S. power grid, Major’s quiet farm becomes a haven for those fleeing the collapse, including the local sheriff and his family. But as the terrorist network tightens its grip on the country, refuge turns into battleground. When Major’s young granddaughter reveals a chilling ability to sense threats before they strike, she saves them from a brutal ambush and exposes a traitor hiding in plain sight. Now, with a growing community depending on him and a ...

Life has hardened Stanley Wagner, and he has spent the past decade preparing himself against the uncertainties of life. After an EMP destroys the nation's power grid, every ounce of that strength will be tested.

Three terrorist attacks are launched from freighters against the United States. Only one fully succeeds, but in the blink of an eye all of the country west of the Rocky Mountains is transformed into the technological equivalent of the 18th century - no electricity, no computers, no electronics of anykind, or any of the amenities of modern life that depend on them. This is the story of ordinary and extraordinary people, high and low, who struggle to survive in a mortally wounded nation, as America's enemies within and without circle for the kill.

Predicting the future is easy. But which future? The possibilities are endless. The modern world ended in 2051. That was ten years ago, when Tony was eleven years old. Unbearable heat and frequent superstorms have rendered Arkansas unlivable. A refugee from Colorado, Tony is one of only three people left in the camp at Kings River. He should have gone north with the others. Why is he still here? Hannah thought she would live on the Missouri farm where she grew up forever. Now, she knows she must leave. Not because of the raiders. As far as Hannah knows, the raiders have already gone. The ...

In a world plagued by devastating storms, Gavin and his team find themselves thrust into a life-or-death struggle in the gripping second installment of the series. Captured by ruthless looters, their survival hinges on an impossible task: mending the shattered atmosphere before time runs out.

As a war journalist, Jonah Wall saw enough of humanity’s horrors to last a lifetime. He wrecked his marriage, alienated his two sons, and escaped by working on an oil rig in Alaska, as far from civilization as possible. But when he finds a spacecraft that was buried for millennia under the tundra, he is suddenly and reluctantly thrust into an unbelievable adventure. As the ship is being unveiled to the world, it mysteriously comes to life, taking Jonah, his estranged son, and a disparate group on a terrifying journey.

After a nuclear bomb levels Washington, DC, a teen embarks on a treacherous 200-mile trek through a harrowing wasteland populated by desperate survivors to get his disabled sister to safety. First of the acclaimed six books in the Ashes, Ashes series, these adventures follow Liam Harper and his friends on a struggle for survival that tests their physical endurance, the bonds of friendship and their humanity.

Raised in a privileged community of wealthy survivalists on an idyllic, self-sustaining Oregon ranch, Marlo has always been insulated. The outside world, which the ranchers call “the Disaster”, is a casualty of ravaging climate change, a troubled landscape on the brink of catastrophe. For as long as Marlo can remember, the unknown that lies beyond the borders of her utopia has been a curious obsession. But just as she plans her escape into the chaos of the real world, a charismatic new resident gives her a compelling reason to stay.

In a dying world, the battle for survival begins.Millions of years from now, the planet is dying. The oceans have dried into plains of ash. Strange, lethal creatures ravage the land. The surviving pockets of humanity eke out a brutal existence. But some humans have also evolved—into Magi, men who can move objects with a mere thought, and Strigas, women who can control others' minds. Once, Gorgons could do both, and were the rarest of all. But a devastating war eradicated the Gorgons, and their terrifying presence faded into legend. Miri, a powerful Striga and the chosen protector of her ...

Bryce had Alec put away for all the right reasons. But now that Alec has gotten out of jail, he wants revenge, and he'll stop at nothing to get it. After extracting his travel information from a mutual friend, he boards a plane with Bryce. But when an EMP takes place in Alaska, the plane is forced to crash-land. Now that Bryce is stranded in the same wilderness as his stalker, he manages to stay a step ahead of him initially. But after facing the hazards of the cold, wintry wilderness, he soon finds himself losing the advantage.

She started her day at her home in the mountains just like any other. There was nothing unusual about making the familiar drive down to Sacramento to go to work. Then in a flash Mother Nature decided it was time to create a new landscape. Follow the journey of a dynamic young woman, a mother and wife named Erika, as she is thrust into a world turned upside down by a series of natural disasters.

She must leave her home with almost no supplies when she is attacked by a neighbor. Now she's forced to set out on the Appalachian Trail with only her backpack, two guns, and a turkey carving knife. Will it be enough for one woman alone in the wilds? On a mission to find safety and a place to survive, Beth finds others in an unlikely trio struggling to find a new life. A young girl, mute with eyes blue as glass; a convict with a rage against evil; and a dog left abandoned by the merciless virus.

When the lights went out in August of 2036, no one was prepared for what it would mean. No one saw it coming, and no business or government had put in place plans sufficient enough to withstand the event. Sean Heevy, a loving husband and father of three daughters, was like everyone else, living his daily life. His family had started a trip to Hawaii without him, while Sean was making a detour to Los Angeles, and that’s where he was, 36,000 feet in the air, when the lights went out. Upon surviving his plane’s crash, Sean could think of just one thing: getting to his family.