Apocalyptic Survival Fiction

The Dead Didn’t Rise on Their Own… They Were Sent. When a long-buried fragment of the Tunguska meteorite is unearthed, an ancient and deadly pathogen is unleashed upon the world. What begins as a fever and body aches soon spirals into an apocalyptic nightmare as the infected transform into ravenous, near-indestructible creatures. Civilization crumbles in weeks, and the remnants of humanity are forced into desperate survival. Three years later, Major Brian "Finn" Finnegan and his team of battle-hardened survivors fight to keep their last refuge alive in the Florida Keys. With supplies ...

EMP blasts started the apocalypse during Tom and his family's return flight to San Francisco from Hawaii. Surviving the crash only caused them to confront the chaos of the apocalypse head-on. Their fellow survivors were helpless and lacked the skills to survive. Tom, his sister, and their grandma survive the perilous trip from San Francisco to their ranch in Southern Oregon using their prepper skills to keep them alive during the anarchy around them.

Robin dreamed of attending Yale and using her brain. Kory lived on the streets of Seattle and relied on his brawn. Without the asteroid, they never would have met. For three years, Robin and her grandfather have been hiding, trusting no one. When a biker gang moves into town, Robin can no longer scrounge or tend her garden. Because her grandfather is dying, he urges her to join her extended family—800 miles away in a bunker city in South Dakota, but she doesn't want to leave.

Rendered homeless by a devastating tragedy, Noah, Cassie, Ethan, and the rest of the ragtag band of survivors are on the move, searching for a new home. The struggles they've faced since the virus decimated the world have left them exhausted in mind, body, and soul. Can they survive the dangers on their journey to find a safe haven before strife tears their group apart?

The Yellowstone Series, a new disaster thriller from critically acclaimed author Bobby Akart, takes the listener on a thrill ride as a cataclysmic event of extinction-level proportions ticks away like a time bomb, awaiting its moment. Millions of people visit the Yellowstone National Park every year, blissfully unaware they are on top of the greatest killer man has ever known - the Yellowstone supervolcano.

When three strange alien ships appear above New York City and monsters from nightmares flood the planet, Gage is quite literally one of the last people to know. He’s stuck in a prison infirmary with an attractive, though aloof, nurse, and their only connection to the outside world is a TV giving increasingly conflicting reports of what’s going on in the world at large. Given a mysterious stone by his dying cellmate, he starts… changing. Healing faster than he should be able to, surviving things no human should be capable of surviving. And then he discovers his other power, nearly ...

Leaving home can be a dangerous journey. . . Not leaving home can be even more dangerous. A worldwide terrorist attack hits all of the major cities, causing an EMP. Austin is fortunate enough to survive the devastating, apocalyptic event. But with a collapsed economy, and terrorists roaming the streets, he soon realizes the real trouble is far from over.

Four audiobooks in one box set: Last Stand: Surviving America's Collapse, Last Stand: Patriots, Last Stand: Warlords, and Last Stand: Turning the Tide. John Mack, a prepper and former soldier, struggles to save his family and community after an EMP (electromagnetic pulse) takes out the country's electrical grid. With most electronics, communications, and transportation destroyed in a matter of seconds, the nation quickly collapses into anarchy. Threats emerge from enemies both foreign and domestic.

James, Alice and their family fight against the encroaching darkness by making peace where they can and showing no quarter when none is offered as they do all they can - and more - to survive.

An EMP shrouds the world. Fear and uncertainty fuel chaos. Humanity is no more. Mike McCall has always felt like an outsider. He’s always felt the pull of a life in the wilderness, closer to nature, without the excess of modern life. The only emotional ties he has are to his brother, and his future sister-in-law. After a fun night takes an unexpected turn for the worse, an apocalyptic event changes the course of his life and the lives of everyone in the world. As an EMP blankets the city in darkness and gives way to paranoia, Mike sits in a busy ER, where emotions are running high, ...

Zombies here. Zombies there. Zombies everywhere. Jeremiah (Tex) Jackson is tired of all the death and tired of all the killing but, what choice does he have when the entire world has gone to Hell in a handbasket? It’s kill or be killed, a man-eat-man world now. And if that ain’t screwed up enough, it’s a living-take-advantage-of-the-living world as well. It’s been nearly a year since the world changed. Twelve months since a man on a trip to a remote, South African jungle with the Peace Corps unknowingly brought a microscopic, organ-feasting organism into the US. Some people would ...

Dom Parcel loves his family, but somewhere between newlywed bliss and raising teenagers, the family dynamics changed. Desperate to fix their problems and save their tattered relationships, he plans a family vacation, hopeful it will pull them closer together. An unplanned trip out of town forces Dom to be away for a little while, but the short trip is soon rocked by an alarming EMP that causes widespread chaos. As the world descends into anarchy, Dom finds himself dependent on strangers for his survival. With no way to reach his family and no idea what dangers he’ll face, he braves the ...

You’d think that having a hard-ass soldier for a dad whose idea of bonding is camping, shooting, and running SHTF scenarios would have prepared me for an apocalypse. You’d be right. Sort of. I mean, can anyone really be prepared for a Boeing 767 to fall out of the sky, wiping out the majority of their neighborhood? How about charred corpses walking around snacking on their rescuers? Whole new f*cking world, am I right? My name is Melody Carter. I was a teenager and the only daughter of Major John M. Carter of the United States Army not so very long ago. Now, I’m a lone survivor, and a...

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.

This is a 2020 must read! “What’s up?” Simon asked him cautiously, following his gaze again. “I’m not…sure…” as he said it, Simon felt it too. Something about the men that he couldn’t place that hadn’t at first seemed obvious, but now seemed unmissable. Their pace. It was surprisingly fast for backpackers, even if they were in a hurry to get to the train station – which was in the opposite direction. The atmosphere abruptly shifted and the air around them grew cooler. In less than a second, the casual daytime ‘people-watching’ vibe vanished and was replaced by a ...

A nuclear EMP attack would shove the USA back 150 years. Death, chaos, and lawlessness would prevail.... Zack Johnson is no hero, but he does have some valuable prepper skills to help him survive. There is nothing like a nuclear apocalypse to help a man grow up and become a hero as he helps his family and friends survive. He is 2,000 miles from home; the grid and all modern transportation have failed. The country is degenerating into violence and dog-eat-dog scenarios. People are killing their neighbors for a scrap of moldy bread or a sip of water.

When a coordinated EMP attack takes out the nation’s power grid, a small town finds itself at ground zero of an all-out Russian invasion. With limited options and no time to prepare, the citizens have no choice but to turn to a mysterious drifter, Jack Bunker, for help. The former combat engineer has the skills to keep them alive, but he won’t be able to do it alone, not against an overwhelmingly superior force.

After a gunshot wound knocks Garrett unconscious, he awakens to the knowledge that the danger isn’t yet over. Protecting himself and members of groups is paramount, but regaining his strength will prove to be his most difficult challenge yet. When an unexpected situation arises, the group knows they must pool their resources and rely on each other to overcome the evils and pain they’re soon to face. Will the group’s collective strength be enough to combat the danger?

Those who trusted in the government’s promised oasis found only death and want. Can Anna find hope in a hopeless world? In this post-apocalyptic world, Anna, a teenaged orphan, has lost everything she once knew. She struggles to stay alive amidst a landscape overrun by zombies and other survivors, where death and destruction are the norm. Every choice Anna makes could be the difference between survival and succumbing to the surrounding dangers. Will Anna thrive or succumb to the threats of the apocalyptic world? Dead Autumn is the fifth story in the Operation Z world. If you liked the ...

This two-part collection begins with Fallout, following Ben Riker and his family months after losing their home due to a devastating EMP attack. The enemy responsible for detonating the EMP is planning something even worse, and Ben must stop the enemy before the country descends into nuclear winter. In Into The Dark, an EMP sends the West Coast back into the stone age, and Frank Tilley faces the startling chaos of a powerless world. With his trusty dog in tow, he embarks on a dangerous journey to save his grandchildren from a perilous fate.