Apocalyptic Thriller

When the end of the world arrived, it came not with a bang, as most expected, but with more of a "pfft" instead. Humanity has been torn asunder and brought to the edge of total annihilation in less than an hour. For those who died, it was a quick death, so fast that their brains didn't have time to process the pain signals from their nerves. For those who survived, the true horror is about to begin as they struggle to not only stay alive, but come to grips with the shocking realization about what - and who - was responsible.

In the present day, as the man-made apocalypse unfolds, three strangers navigate the chaos. Lila, a doctor and an expectant mother, is so shattered by the spread of violence and infection that she continues to plan for her child’s arrival even as society dissolves around her. Kittridge, known to the world as "Last Stand in Denver", has been forced to flee his stronghold and is now on the road, dodging the infected, armed but alone and well aware that a tank of gas will get him only so far. April is a teenager fighting to guide her little brother safely through a landscape of death.

TOP 40 TIME TRAVEL SCIENCE FICTION BESTSELLER IN ALL OF KINDLE! #1 International Bestseller in SIX categories and #1 Hot New Release in EIGHT categories in Canada When esteemed scientist James Blackwell finds himself behind bars at StormRidge Correctional Facility, his singular goal is escaping, not back into society through the prison gates, but into another world through a wormhole. With help from other inmates on the inside, and powerful political allies on the outside, James locates the wormhole beneath the prison campus. When four other inmates discover the horrible injustices inside ...

Fallon Swift, approaching her thirteenth birthday, barely knows the world that existed before - the city where her parents lived, now in ruins and reclaimed by nature since the Doom sickened and killed billions. Traveling anywhere is a danger, as vicious gangs of Raiders and fanatics called Purity Warriors search for their next victim. Those like Fallon, in possession of gifts, are hunted - and the time is coming when her true nature, her identity as The One, can no longer be hidden.

A young girl with a power she doesn't understand. Is she humanity's last hope or its harbinger of doom? Angelica and her companions rise from the ashes of the Battle of Houston, contemplating their next move.After their great victory, they should feel at ease, but Angelica’s newfound powers sense a darkness calling to her from the north. An evil awaits the young girl and her friends, ready to test their beliefs. An evil a thousand times more powerful than the Master they had faced. Can they stand against this dark power, and more importantly, who is the lone warrior that follows their ...

Not too long from today, a new, highly contagious virus makes its way across the globe. Most who get sick experience nothing worse than flu, fever, and headaches. But for the unlucky one percent - and nearly five million souls in the United States alone - the disease causes "Lock In": Victims fully awake and aware, but unable to move or respond to stimulus. The disease affects young, old, rich, poor, people of every color and creed. The world changes to meet the challenge.

Five days ago, the epidemic of rage began. Four days ago, the rash of senseless murders swept the nation. Three days ago, the president addressed the country and begged for peace—even as the murders increased tenfold. Two days ago, the killers began to mobilize. One day ago, the power went out. And tonight, the killers are reading the names of those to be killed over the Emergency Broadcast System.

Ana da Silva always assumed she’d die young - she just never expected it to be at the hands of Famine, the haunting immortal who once spared her life so many years ago. But if the horseman remembers her at all, he must not care, for when she comes face to face with him for the second time in her life, she’s stabbed and left for dead. Only, she doesn’t quite die. If there’s one thing Famine is good at, it’s cruelty. In spite of themselves, Ana and Famine are drawn to each other. But enemies or reluctant lovers, if they don’t stop themselves soon, heaven will....

The visionary creator of the Academy Award-winning Pan's Labyrinth and a Hammett Award-winning author bring their imaginations to this bold, epic novel about a horrifying battle between man and vampire that threatens all humanity. It is the first installment in a thrilling trilogy and an extraordinary international publishing event.

Shane Black is trapped in New York, and vicious protesters are burning the city to the ground. He has no gun, no way out, and he’s 1,000 miles from home. America’s financial doomsday. A wayward son. The epic struggle to survive. Country music icon Shane Black is this year’s headliner for the New Year’s Eve bash in Times Square, but when violent riots break out, he’ll need more than a six string to escape the maelstrom. After decades of abuse as the world’s reserve currency, the US dollar’s day of reckoning is at hand.

She stole a hero's power. Now she must replace him. In Ancora, a walled city born from the Purge's ashes, superpowers are currency and secrets are wealth. Master thief Danielle Langston's made an art of invisibility. Until now. When a routine job goes nuclear, Danielle ends up with more than she bargained for—the powers of Eternal Phoenix, Ancora's greatest protector. With Eternal Phoenix out of commission, a cabal of supervillains takes control. Their endgame? Another Purge—with humans as the target. Thrust into a role she never wanted, Danielle reluctantly steps up. Her only ally is ...

Project Bluechip: Watertown NYComplex C: Patient WardTest Subject: Clayton HunterCompound SS-V2765Gabe Kohlson moved away from the monitors. “Heart rate is dropping, don't you think...” He stopped as the monitor began to chime softly. Before he could get fully turned around the chiming turned into a strident alarm that rose and fell. “Dammit,” Kohlson said as he finished his turn.“What is it,” David Johns wheeled his chair across the short space of the control room. His outstretched hands caught him at the counter top and slowed him at Kohlson's monitor.“Flat lined,” Kohlson...

One event, big enough to wreak havoc on America. Three men. Seventeen days. One goal: Survive long enough to reach their safe haven. During the first 17 days of the collapse of America, three men travel through the mounting destruction, seeking asylum in the Rocky Mountains, but finding, instead, the nucleus of who they are as men. A jaded special operations soldier, a self-doubting family man, and a once-pampered teenager make their way from three corners of the country toward a survival compound in the state of Utah.

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.

An unknown and extremely aggressive virus has taken hold around the globe, threatening to completely eradicate the human race. But there is hope. The governments of the world have begun to gather their top scientists, brilliant doctors such as James Malloy, in secure, underground laboratories called Arks, located in discrete areas of every major country. Here, under heavy guard by soldiers like Sergeant Jill Sharp, efforts are coordinated to find a vaccine that will combat the virus and save humanity. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction, however, and as the brilliant minds ...

Former United States Department of Defense contractor Charlie Owens resigned from his position with the government to live a life off-grid. After building a cabin on a small island in the Pacific Northwest, the detonation of an EMP sets into motion a series of events that will test Charlie and his family in ways he never imagined.

In the wake of an unprecedented meteorite strike, chaos reigns as survivors grapple with devastation unlike anything seen before. Anchorman Nick Alvarez faces the daunting challenge of finding his way home to his family in Louisville, while his wife Chris battles desperate circumstances on the farm, balancing survival with the urgent need for medical aid. Their rebellious daughter, Gabby, finds herself entwined in a world of trauma at a FEMA camp, where she becomes a beacon of resilience—and a target for danger.

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 ...

Civilization is gone. The world as we know it is over. Staying alive is all that matters. Finding those responsible for the viral outbreak becomes paramount for the survivors. Bringing them to justice in this altered reality is another problem. With the remnants of the United States government safe at Site R, the mission parameters have changed. ODA-141 and the SEALs of Shark Platoon receive orders to head north. Their target: Alaska. Somewhere in that frozen land lie the answers to the Reset Virus and possibly a cure. Elsewhere in the nation, survivors eke out an existence amid the chaos ...

Ezra Barker is a traitor. When the Merg invaded Earth, he didn’t fight or even hide. He cooperated, helping them as they seized control of the planet and began their pillaging of its resources. While others toil away in mines and quarries, Ezra works an office job, helping his boss, The Senator, rule over the swath of territory given to her by the Merg. Sergeant Hayes is a brutal enforcer of the Merg’s rules. As an officer in the Health and Safety Department, he follows Merg orders, arresting, interrogating, and executing at their command.