Apocalyptic Survival Fiction

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.

The world ended. She rose. When the outbreak turns the White House into a bloodbath, 25-year-old Speaker of the House Rowan Monroe becomes the last surviving member of the American government—and the first pregnant woman to declare war on the end of the world. Armed with a radio signal, a rifle, and a rage only betrayal can birth, Rowan doesn't just survive—she builds. Beside her stand four men: a brooding soldier with a missing hand, a worshipful NSA analyst with dangerous secrets, a fallen lover turned warlord, and a wounded doctor who never expected to become a father. Together, ...

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...

When society ceases to exist, who can you trust? After the collapse of the nation's power grid, America is under martial law - and safety is an illusion. As violence erupts around him, Morgan Carter faces one of his most difficult decisions yet: whether to stay and defend his home, or move to a more isolated area, away from the prying eyes of the government. He and his family are hesitant to leave their beloved Lake County, but with increasingly suspicious activities happening in a nearby refugee camp, all signs point towards defecting.

TRUST NO ONE The unthinkable has happened. A decades old genetic altering bio-weapon has been discovered and released catapulting the world into a war…a war between mutants and humans. Kevin and Paul are like many of those trying to survive the mutant onslaught and find a haven. As they journey towards a safe zone, they will discover they can trust no one and that it’s not the mutants that pose the greatest threat; it’s fellow humans.

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. ...

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?

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.

United: Book 2 in the America Overrun series, continues the saga of the Duncan family struggling to survive in a collapsed world and fighting the evil forces that are surrounding them. After being forced out of their homes, the Duncan family and their group seek refuge in a quarry. They soon find out that they are in the path of a local criminal kingpin and his gangster army.

As Nick fights for freedom, Chris defends her family with impossible choices. Gabby exposes dangerous secrets in a refugee camp, and Cha races against time to prevent further catastrophe — the real battle for survival has only just begun.

For Alex, being left home alone for the weekend means the freedom to play his computer games and hang out with his friends without hassle from his mother. Then the Yellowstone supervolcano erupts, plunging his hometown into a nightmare of darkness, ash, and violence. Alex begins a harrowing trek to search for his family and finds help in Darla, a travel partner he meets along the way. Together they must find the strength and skills to survive and outlast an epic disaster.

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 ...

The battle against one enemy from abroad has just ended while another on the ravaged streets of L.A. has just begun for Will Reisner and his team. A deadly game of pursuit is underway as Reisner and his fellow operators evade the Paras hunting them as they make their way through the burned-out shell of the city while awaiting a rescue that may never come. Volume 3 in the pulse-pounding Emergence Series picks up immediately after the events of the second book and will have you clutching the edge of your seat.

It's been two weeks since the EMP. Getting out was just the beginning. Staying alive is proving harder than anyone could have imagined. Max knows people will come from the cities. He knows they'll be ready to fight, to do whatever it takes to ensure their own survival. Will he be able to lead the others in the defense of the farmhouse, even when he's still recovering from his injuries? Georgia is in charge of hunting. Each trip into the woods brings her closer to danger. It's just a matter of time before she runs into people who will do anything to get her gun and her gear. How dangerous do things have to get before she stops trying to provide for her kids? John is Max's estranged brother. He'd always made fun of Max for worrying about being prepared. Now, he's trapped in his upscale apartment with no gear and no food.

Pilgrimage is a stand-alone post-apocalyptic story of survival. It was previously published as three separate novellas: Crossing, Refuge, and Advent. High School teacher James Rockwell is vacationing in Maine with his family, when an earth-changing explosion sends them on a race for their lives. Their first step is escaping an island in the midst of a tsunami, and it only gets more dangerous from there. Can they find their way home as civilization crumbles around them? And if they do, what horrors will they find?

Scarred and carrying heavy burdens, Dom and his family have reunited, but their reunion is bittersweet. His son is on the side of the pirates—the same pirates who just attacked him. The happy ending he’d hoped for is an arm’s length away… for now. Getting to The Strufe Foundation is still his goal, but before he can push forward, he must make peace with his family, and that proves more difficult than he planned. Making matters worse, people at the camp have made themselves at home, but what initially looks like a noble goal reveals something sinister is afoot. Once again, pushed to ...

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.

We are entering another ice age. In less than a year, my brother and I will freeze to death, unless we starve first. Experts have created biodomes, built tunnels, and rationed food and fuel to make the end more tolerable, for a bit. When Lon of planet Kaipra contacts me, claiming he has the key to our survival, I have to listen. He’ll help humans survive the ice age, but at the ultimate cost—I must agree to leave my brother, my friends, and the entire planet I call home to travel across the galaxy with him. Can I trust him? What are his plans with me? And do I even have a choice? ...

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 ...

🔥Two novels. One haunting journey through collapse, survival and the fragile thread of humanity. From New York Times, USA TODAY, Amazon top-15, #1 Amazon Thriller and Dark Fantasy Bestseller Tamara Rose Blodgett / Marata Eros ✨ For fans of The Last of Us, The Road, and Station Eleven 📦 Includes the first two books in the Through Darkness Chronicles — plus an exclusive sneak peek at Book 3: Through a Dark Mirror. ⚔️ What happens when survival is no longer enough? A devastating EMP collapses the grid. Water dries up. Society disintegrates. And three separate groups—SEALs, ...