Apocalyptic Survival Fiction

The frost may have thawed, but the fight for survival burns hotter than ever. In the second installment of the Afterlife series, Anna Mathers and Jamie Griffin are thrust into a fragile alliance between cryo-sleep survivors and the original settlers who braved the ice age without the safety of stasis. Tensions run high as mistrust lingers, resources dwindle, and secrets from the past threaten to shatter the uneasy peace. When an attack leaves both camps reeling, the survivors must unite to face a common enemy—or risk losing everything they’ve built. As alliances are tested and new ...

This is how the world ends. Not with a bang, but with many nuclear bombs detonated around the planet. It was no longer a topic of conversation around the dinner table as in years past. Nobody was prepared, including the world's governments. Yet the threat was always real, and the devastation was predictable. The damage was incalculable. Millions died at the points of impact. Nuclear winter spread across the globe. A rapidly cooling climate shocked humanity and all living things...to their death.

After repelling invaders in the south, President Latham and the newly formed government direct attention toward enemies in the north. As war-torn survivors cling to life, Will and Isabella are assigned to an Army cavalry unit tasked with a special mission. With the aid of new friends from Evening Shade, Missouri, they battle to save the country from Dempsey and his sinister forces bent on total control. Torn between protecting family and defending the nation, Will makes agonizing choices that place him in the center of the war and the fight of his life.

In an instant, Miami was devastated by a nuclear bomb. Millions fled the destruction as the lethal fallout descended. Now, the entire city is a hot zone. Hundreds of thousands of citizens are homeless, hungry, and growing more desperate with every passing hour. While the government scrambles to respond to the worst humanitarian crisis the US has ever seen, Dakota and Logan flee the hot zone. But the insidious radiation can't be escaped. It's already inside them.

It was supposed to be a ground-breaking demonstration: Melt, a newly created compound, promised to revolutionize waste processing. When things don't go as planned and the city begins to implode, Bill and Alice Everlee are caught on opposite sides of the divide. Stuck at ground zero as the city begins to sink around her, Alice races to discover what is causing the disaster and how to stop it - if she even can.

Nobody was sure who took down the power grid in Texas, but from the moment it happened, Alex knew it was his chance to escape. Four months into a four-year sentence for armed robbery, Alex had barely survived Huntsville Prison. Worried about Wendy and desperate to make things right with Vargas, the mobster his old partner, Trey, stole from, he needed to breakout.

A world reborn. A fragile peace. A future worth fighting for. In the gripping conclusion of the Afterlife trilogy, Anna Mathers and Jamie Griffin stand on the brink of a new era. Their community has begun to grow and thrive, blending the remnants of cryo survivors and original settlers into a shared vision of survival and progress. But as they take their first steps toward building a future, new challenges arise that threaten to unravel everything they’ve fought for. From the shadows of the woods to the edges of neighboring settlements, whispers of unrest grow louder. Rival factions vie ...

Rick Waters is trapped. He and another survivor are stuck in the middle of a devastated Las Vegas, forced to hide while a band of criminals wielding stolen military-grade hardware loot the city. Any hope of escape rests on Rick's quick thinking, though that may not be enough. Back home in Virginia, his wife and children are preparing their homestead for an early winter that has arrived. The heavy snowfall is accompanied by the revelation of a strange secret beneath their home that may make their lives easier or even more dangerous.

After being infected by the deadly Vita virus Dylan barely survives a harrowing journey through the zombie-infested United States. Finding refuge and a cure at a US military base, she believes the worst is behind her. Little does she know her nightmare is just starting. The stakes couldn't be higher. When the undead overrun the base, Dylan and a small group of survivors are forced to take matters into their own hands. Determined to deliver Dr. Lee and her research to her headquarters in Fort Detrick, Maryland, they set off into the unknown.

Frank is leading a force toward the invaders’ northern HQ when he learns a vital piece of intel that sends the entire Confederation down a path of chaos and destruction. Taggart must make one last ditch effort to defend the Green Zone from being overrun by the invaders. With New America’s leadership floundering, the fate of their future rests on his shoulders. Mark and Janice are struggling to stop an operation that would leave the entire Eastern Seaboard an irradiated wasteland, and they soon realize it may all come down to the talents of one hacker - Watcher One.

The skies darkened and the temperatures dropped. Intense firestorms spread across the Earth at each point where the bombs detonated. Fallen trees and homes had become the perfect kindling. Oil and natural gas reserves together with coal seams and peat bogs smoldered for many months. From the initial firestorm and the spread of smoke to the destruction of the Earth's ecosystem, all living things were beginning to perish.

Setting out to meet the parents becomes an epic adventure in Rick and Tina's mind. Because of timing, they decide to road trip across the USA. Tina chronicles their experiences with a camera and Facebook Live videos while interviewing Rick.

Cryptic and threatening messages keep turning up, bad luck follows the couple on their trek across the country. To make matters worse, Rick fears a cyber breach, and somebody from both of their pasts is released from prison.

Watching over them, one dog, who's used to protecting the humans he owns. Opus. He is happily along for the ride to make sure they don't do anything they would regret, but when the fur starts to fly, he comes out of retirement.

A month has passed since a devastating EMP ravaged the nation's power supplies. Jack and his family are surviving on a sustainable farm in the middle of the countryside. Reunited with people he never thought he'd see again, Jack is determined to do all he can not to lose them once more. Logan and Emma are seeking shelter of their own. When they discover an idyllic farm in a perfect location, Logan is determined to make it their home - at any cost.

A hundred years after the world was plunged into a catastrophic ice age, Anna Mathers awakens from cryo-stasis to a green and thriving Earth—an Earth transformed by time, loss, and resilience. But survival is far from guaranteed. Amidst makeshift shelters and dwindling rations, the fragile society of survivors is tested by starvation, betrayal, and the lurking threat of others who lived through the freeze. While Anna navigates the politics of survival and the growing tension within their camp, her unlikely ally, Jamie Griffin—a former rival from a world long gone—stands by her side. ...

This author's books have over 4,500 four- and five-star ratings on Amazon Nine Years after, the first of this series was selected by Amazon Kindle Reader's in 2023 It was also named a "Book to read" by Amazon editors Most post-apocalyptic novels deal with the immediate aftermath and they are gory. This one is different. I wondered about what happens long after "the day." A different take on an old theme, but still in the universe of the "Years After" series. This one is long time later. The main character was born small and weak, so faces the world from that viewpoint instead of being the ...

A youthful Maya must harness her courage, cunning, and ancestral knowledge to protect her family and people in a world still reeling from an ancient apocalypse. Her unwavering determination becomes her greatest weapon in a harsh, primitive landscape where humanity struggles to survive. Maya’s elders instilled in her their wisdom, and she excels in mastering forgotten skills — combat, hunting, foraging, and wilderness survival. Yet even as she thrives in this unforgiving world, she dreams of reigniting the long-extinguished flames of human innovation. When an unexpected threat emerges, ...

The Yellowstone super-volcano nearly wiped out the human race. Now, almost a year after the eruption, the survivors seem determined to finish the job. Communities wage war on each other, gangs of cannibals roam the countryside, and what little government survived the eruption has collapsed completely. The ham radio has gone silent. Sickness, cold, and starvation are the survivors' constant companions. When it becomes apparent that their home is no longer safe and adults are not facing the stark realities, Alex and Darla must create a community that can survive the ongoing disaster....

A travel log of disaster and disease…as the world descends into madness and death. Margie’s survival is hampered by her husband’s health while Beth’s survival depends on her willingness to let go. Scott’s survival hangs in the balance as his fever spikes. Cady watches helplessly as those she loves face the hardest of trials and there’s nothing she can do to save them. As each person in Cady's life heads toward her, the deadliest of them all works his way north and faces his own mortality in the face of the end. None of it matters, if their humanity doesn’t stay intact. Let ...

New York City was filled with excitement, and the media had hyped the event as happening once in a hundred years. It happened before, and it was happening again. As the power grid failed, the Big Apple exploded as the thin veneer of civilization was laid bare as man fought one another for survival.

In today's world, law enforcement agencies across the country rely on forensic tools, DNA testing, and crime labs. But what if that technology was suddenly no longer available? No one in the small, west Texas town of Shadow Ridge knows what took down the power grid, or when it's going to be back up, but everyone knows exactly where they were the moment it went down. And now, with no electricity, no internet, and no modern technology, the men and women responsible for keeping the town safe are going to have to learn how to fight crime all over again.