Apocalyptic Survival Fiction

New York City has been decimated by war and plague, and most of civilization has migrated to underground enclaves, where life expectancy is no more than the early 20s. When Deuce turns 15, she takes on her role as a Huntress, and is paired with Fade, a teenage Hunter who lived Topside as a young boy. When she and Fade discover that the neighboring enclave has been decimated by the tunnel monsters—or Freaks—who seem to be growing more organized, the elders refuse to listen to warnings.

Ross and his nine-year-old son are on their way home when the train suddenly stops moving. Trapped in the pitch black dark subway tunnel, the passengers soon realize they are unable to get a cellphone signal. As far they know, the power outage appears to be widespread. Needless to say, the airports and train stations are forced to shut down. Ross and Porter need to get back to the rest of their family. But how can they get home when their house is over two-thousand miles away? How will they purchase supplies after the economy completely collapses? How can they barter for food and water when...

Melanie is a very special girl. Dr. Caldwell calls her "our little genius". Every morning, Melanie waits in her cell to be collected for class. When they come for her, Sergeant keeps his gun pointing at her while two of his people strap her into the wheelchair. She thinks they don't like her. She jokes that she won't bite, but they don't laugh.

Nuclear WWIII has been staved off, but the United States is far from its former glory. The EMP attack that crippled America was just the beginning. The nation now lies in ruins, torn apart by chaos and political upheaval. As the Raydon family sets out to locate their lost loved ones, they soon find themselves embroiled in a battle for the very future of the country they call home. With Texas having seceded and taken half the South with them, the fight for control over the Gulf of Mexico has reached a fever pitch. Meanwhile, Major Styles and his team are hot on the trail of a new threat that...

Killing the sadistic warlord known as the Dog Tongue took everything Gus Berry had, including the woman he loved. Now, all he wants is to get away from the bloody scene of their final showdown. But when he heads west in a stolen truck, a brutal snowstorm forces him to turn back—and seek refuge in the Dog Tongue’s former headquarters. Though it’s littered with human carnage, the abandoned luxury hotel has a lot to offer a guy like Gus. But in addition to soft beds and working toilets, he encounters still-lurking dangers both living and undead.

Who knew that escaping reality might just be the way we destroy it? Will Robin does what no one should: pluck microchips from people’s heads. In an age where AI has been fully integrated with human life, Will clearly sees what everyone else doesn’t; that it’s a ploy for control and power. What started out as using his skill to exercise his own free will quickly became a passion and a mission to free the world around him. Even if it’s just one pluck at a time. When the government gets wind of this, they target Will, and it sets off a cascade of events that threatens to take the one ...

“A seemingly fresh take on the genre” – Reader Review Jack always loved zombie stories. He never thought he’d be trapped inside one. When a strange infection hits his quiet town, the world ends in hours. The streets run red. The dead rise. And Jack—an ordinary guy armed with nothing but sarcasm and survival instinct—must outrun horrors no fiction ever prepared him for. But the undead are just the beginning. Something darker moves through the chaos. Smarter. Hungrier.

A nuclear bomb has detonated in Atlanta, and an EMP has wiped out the U.S. power grid. The societal fabric of the country is falling apart, and an invading force is making their presence known. With time and resources running out, the separated Burrows family is desperate to find each other. Bug Out, Book 2 in the Worst Case Scenario series, follows Ian, Leah and Grace Burrows as they try to individually cope with the new world reality controlled by an invading force and the physical challenge of simple survival. Can they find a way back to each other? And if they do, should they stay, or ...

With the aid of a canine brigade, can a charade keep the apocalypse away? Author A.R. Shaw delivers another far too plausible post-apocalyptic scenario challenging human survival. Sloane Delaney struggles to keep her daughters safe in an apocalyptic dawn. Aided by a pack of abandoned dogs, they maintain a dangerous charade to keep looters at bay.

Cyber-security analyst Kate McCarthy knows something ominous is about to happen in the US banking system. She has a place to go if things get hectic, but it’s far from the perfect retreat. When a new breed of computer virus takes down America’s financial network, chaos and violence erupt. Access to cash disappears and credit cards become worthless. Desperate consumers are left with no means to purchase food, fuel, and basic necessities. Society melts down instantly and the threat of starvation brings out the absolute worst humanity has to offer.

What happens when all means of transportation and communication suddenly vanish? What happens when you can’t call for help? What happens when the only person you can rely on is yourself? What happens when an EMP sends Washington DC back into the stone age? Find out now with this collection of addictive EMP thrillers.

When a widespread power outage takes place, people begin to speculate about what caused it. Most people begin to assume it will come back on again soon, although Lance decides to do some prepping, just in case. But after days go by without the power being restored, society begins to deteriorate rapidly. The majority of the population decide to stay in their houses while they wait for the daunting ordeal to pass. But since Lance and his son are homeless, living in a car, it won't be as easy for them. With the temperatures growing hotter, they must escape to a region with milder weather, ...

One year after an EMP destroyed all that people had come to rely on to survive, one man fights to keep his daughters safe from harm. But doing so will put him face-to-face with a society that is remarkably different from the one he used to know. It’s kill or be killed in this post-apocalyptic world, where surviving is no longer a guarantee of future safety and dying is not an option, especially for a man who has lost so much and still has so much left to live for. Can Andrew keep his daughters safe from harm or will he die trying?

Five days ago, Tyler and two strangers battled roving gangs and survived a perilous journey home to Montana after an electromagnetic pulse crippled the country. His brother, Corey fought off inmates to save the community of Whitefish from being destroyed. Now, as the town falls apart in the aftermath, the survivors must deal with conflict, looters, and defend their family from local danger.

Laurel was working in the ER, stabilizing a patient, when the unthinkable happened. An EMP hit. The power went out. And it never came back. In the devastating aftermath, she must turn South Minneha Hospital into a place of refuge, a beacon of hope for her fellow survivors. But a beacon attracts predators, too… Predators like Arlo Staaf, the brutal leader of a ruthless gang. Desperate to save his dying son, Arlo takes over the hospital and gives Laurel an impossible ultimatum: save his terminally ill boy, or watch everyone she cares for die.

James was no one special until he became an overnight millionaire. With his financial worries gone, he sets his eyes on a local waitress named Beth in hopes to explore a possible relationship. Then the world changed forever. After James narrowly escapes death, he takes refuge in his mountainside mansion with Beth and her attractive friend Claire. With fallout destroying the weather system and people going insane from an unknown neurotoxin, the world is more dangerous than it ever has been.

Lauren Russell often wondered why her father had been so adamant about teaching her skills that most other fathers wouldn't even consider teaching their daughters. Ever since she was little, she had been taught how to live and survive outdoors, and how to use firearms to protect herself and those around her. Some of the training had been a bit extreme. Or had it been? Many of her questions were answered the day the world as she knew it ended.

A perfect storm of a destructive meteor shower, cyber attack, and EMP blasts have left the USA and the rest of the world devastated. The grid is down, electronics are fried, modern transportation is dead, and thousands of huge rocks broke away from an asteroid and pummeled the Earth killing millions while destroying much of the infrastructure. Tom and his friends from Stony Creek, Arizona try to survive this perfect storm while a cartel hitman searches for Tom.

In the aftermath of an EMP that plunges the world into darkness, Susan will do anything to protect her younger brother, Ronnie. Battling through plane wreckage and chaos, their only hope lies in reaching a remote family cabin, but danger lurks at every turn. When they join forces with a former soldier on his own desperate search, the stakes rise as ruthless militias and a mysterious “safe haven” threaten everything. As trust fades and a dark truth comes to light, Susan must fight not just to survive, but to lead.

The virus delivers more surprises as it takes more lives. Who dies and who survives? The world is choking as each survivor faces more terror beyond just the sickness of others and themselves. As the virus moves across the country, who wins and who loses? Survive with Cady and her family or don’t… Either way, you won’t be able to stop reading. Three generations of women fighting to stay alive against all odds. Where they'll betray others, they have to stick together. ***Previously published separately as books 6, 7 and 8 of the 180 Days... and Counting series. Consolidated for reader ...