Disaster Thriller

EARTHQUAKE. TSUNAMI. DISASTER. Off the coast of Australia, a massive submarine landslide triggers a tsunami of unprecedented scale, hurtling towards the iconic Queensland Coast. Thousands are in the path of destruction, and time is running out. For Amy Jacobs, it’s an ordinary morning—until she notices the ocean pulling back unnaturally during her walk along the boardwalk with her two young children. She knows something is terribly wrong. Mark Jacobs is across town getting a haircut when he receives the emergency alert: head for higher ground. With nothing but flat terrain in sight, his...

In the six months since the first case of a terrifying new epidemic - when a healthy baby wouldn't take a breath at birth - the country has been thrown into turmoil. The government has passed sweeping new laws to monitor all citizens. And several young pregnant women have vanished without trace. As a midwife, Lainey's mum Emma is determined to be there for those who need her. But when 17-year-old Lainey finds herself in trouble, this dangerous new world becomes very real. The one person who might help is Emma's estranged mother, but reaching out to her will put them all in jeopardy.

On a night out, four friends witness a stranger in trouble. They decide to do nothing to help. Later, a body washes up on the banks of the Thames - and the group realises that ignoring the woman has left blood on their hands. But why did each of them refuse to step in? Why did none of them want to be noticed that night? Who is really responsible? And is it possible that the victim was not really a stranger at all?

It was a day like no other for Sheriff Tom Cooper. Reports of animal attacks had been coming in since dawn, and it looked like they might never stop. Once the news channels began filling up with accounts of similar attacks from around the world, it became clear that this was no local phenomenon. For whatever reason and by whatever mechanism, it seemed that all of nature had chosen that one particular day to declare war on mankind.

Jared Diamond's COLLAPSE inspired this alternate history that takes place during the American Civil War, and tells the story of eight people who come together after the battle between the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia. Using the money they earned by tricking the U. S. Government into buying more Monitor-class ships, they attempt to escape the war and retreat to "paradise," Easter Island. However, this paradise has been transformed by the natives into a human ecological disaster and monument to pagan fertility rights and even cannibalism. Through the inventiveness and labors of the main ...

The Narrows are the most shark infested waters of the Caribbean, a three kilometer wide strait steeped in folklore that exists between the islands of St Kitts and Nevis, upon which ships full of people risk passage every day. In 1970 the Christena ferry disaster claims the lives of over 233 passengers, and a young man named Marcus is part of the daring rescue operation, battling abnormally aggressive sharks and stormy seas to rescue victims.

A year ago, criminal defense attorney Carling Dent woke up in a conference room with a bullet wound, a murdered client and no memory of what happened. Since then, she's grown reckless. She's gained a reputation for representing defendants no one else will, and her own partners are beginning to question her conduct.

It starts quietly enough. A tick-tick-ticking you can hear in your ear. Tinnitus, you think. It will pass. But it doesn't. It gets worse—and then you pass it on. Before you know it, it spreads. Elsewhere across the globe, it emerges: small outbreaks at first, but then suddenly it's a plague—and only days later it is already killing people. In an increasingly affected north London school, teacher Kit Chaplin is struggling to understand what he is witnessing. Even Lilly Slater, his partner and an eminent vaccinologist, can't work out what's happening.

The day started out like any other; Diane and Jack started their morning routines and equipped their everyday carry items. Survival is for the prepared. But when disaster strikes the US, Jack's lifetime of preparing will be put to the test. Grabbing their two dogs and their bug-out bags, the duo must escape their hometowns and find a safe place to seek shelter. What really happened, and will Jack's years of prepping be enough to keep them all safe?

How do you win a war when the worst battle is being waged inside your own mind? Pulled from the brink of death, CIA Operative Elle Anderson now faces the fight of her life. Physically and emotionally battered, she struggles to recover from her capture by terrorists but still has a job to do, and the clock is ticking. If she fails, we lose. The terrorist responsible for her torture is alive, and the network is regaining strength. It’s time to finish what she started. Rejoining her team despite reluctance from her medics, Elle moves to take control of her operation.

Human beings can survive for about forty days without food; for about three days without water; for about eight minutes without air. But they can’t live for one single second without hope. That’s what my dad taught us. He said we had to be prepared for what was coming. He said it was better to be ten years too early than one minute too late. That’s why he did what he did, on that morning.

The Witches meet the Time Crime Team! In a world on the brink of annihilation, the TCU team must race against time to prevent an apocalyptic catastrophe. As a meteorite hurtles towards Earth, threatening to unleash untold devastation, the fate of humanity hangs in the balance. Aided by powerful witches, Jaxon Axis and the other TCU team members delve into the mystery of what could have changed the present time and the future of the planet, desperate to uncover the secrets that hold the key to salvation. However, with the clock ticking relentlessly towards doomsday, each passing moment ...

In a future ice age, the rich live in warm luxury… …while the poor toil away in freezing misery. Until a girl with strange powers changes everything. Young Adara lives in Settlement Houston and survives by working at the HexPro Joule mine. She isn’t like the wealthy strolling through blizzards in their bikinis and first-class Symbiotes, which keep them balmy as a summer day. Her own life-support system is barely warm enough to get through her shift, but she’s tough, and mining heat cells provides her with a purpose. When a tragic mine accident imbues Adara with the ability to summon...

Cory’s family was his first concern. He had to get home, but Indiana was more than 2,000 miles away, and he had only one question: What dangers lie ahead? The warmth of the sun faded. When the temperature dropped, panic set swept the world. Fears of doom terrified the masses. Gangs roamed the streets. The girl he had helped had proved to be a valuable travel companion. Cory has no idea what Anna isn’t telling him.

Ungebremst rast die Innenministerin Dr. Patricia Kohlbeck in ihrem Dienstwagen in die Spree. Mit dabei: ihre Tochter Maja. "Du kannst niemandem trauen, sie stecken alle mit drin" ist das letzte, was ihre Mutter sagt, kurz bevor sie ertrinkt. Auch Maja stirbt - wacht jedoch wenige Stunden später unversehrt in einem Leichensack im Krankhaus wieder auf. Wie ist das möglich? Während Maja versucht, Antworten auf ihre Fragen zu finden, ereignet sich eine verheerende Naturkatastrophe nach der anderen.

It is Super Bowl Sunday in the year 2022. Five people are due to have dinner in an apartment on the east side of Manhattan. The hosts are a retired physics professor and her husband; they are joined by one of her former students and await the arrival of another couple, delayed by what becomes a dramatic flight from Paris. In the apartment, talk ranges widely. The opening kickoff is one commercial away. Then something happens, and the digital connections that have transformed our lives are severed.

Mi stia a sentire. Ci sono più di 600.000 persone strette intorno a quel vulcano… Un boato, una fumarola che esce dal Vesuvio e sarà il panico: tenteranno di scappare, si schiacceranno, si spareranno pur di allontanarsi qualche metro in più… Faranno qualsiasi pazzia per procurarsi un mezzo veloce… Non ho fatto ancora la stima dei probabili morti, ma si tratta certamente di cifre con almeno quattro numeri… E se non schiodiamo subito questa protezione civile dal Department of Homeland Security, in questa emergenza Vesuvio i morti li provocherà non il vulcano, ma il governo.

As the resourceful, relentless Li tracks her lost daughter across a disintegrating country, the journey will test the limits of her trust, her hope and her love. Unsheltered will leave you wrung out and gasping.

Sverige är vanligtvis en lugn plats. Till ytan, i alla fall. När ett stort norskt företag specialiserat på radioaktivt avfall upptäcks borra på svensk mark blir det hela en jätteskandal. Plötsligt blir det känt att en behållare med farligt avfall har tappats bort. Det visar sig snart att högt uppsatta personer visste om projektet, och har inte gjort något för att stoppa det. Men det finns en anledning till varför diskretion har varit nödvändig.

Molti credono che sia soffice e bianca, ma quando si è sommersi sotto di lei, la neve è nera come la notte. Lo sa bene Nanni Settembrini, guida e capo del Soccorso alpino, che anno dopo anno delle valanghe ha imparato un'unica cosa: sono un capriccio di neve senza spiegazione, ed evitarle è questione di secondi. Sembra confermarlo anche la telefonata che Settembrini riceve il primo giorno d'estate: dal monte Bianco si è staccato un seracco, e gli alpinisti scampati alla morte sostengono che altri non sono stati altrettanto fortunati.