Family Survival Fiction

X-Men meets Heroes when New York Times best-selling author Scott Westerfeld teams up with award-winning authors Margo Lanagan and Deborah Biancotti in the final book of an explosive trilogy about a group of teens with amazing abilities. After the shocking conclusion to Swarm, the zeroes are scattered, on the run, and desperate. They're up against challenges from within and from the world around them, and one thing is certain - an epic showdown is guaranteed.

In a world scorched by ruin, where faith is rare and mercy rarer, Eden walks the wasteland with nothing but a prayer on her lips and fire in her soul. She rescues the broken, buries the dead, and listens for the quiet voice that still speaks in the dark. When she finds a wounded stranger bleeding out in a graveyard, she doesn’t flinch—she prays. Silas Ward is a soldier with blood on his hands and no reason to believe he deserves saving. But Eden doesn’t ask if he’s worth it. She just stays. What begins as a fragile alliance in the ashes becomes something holy—fierce devotion ...

One year ago, a solar flare scorched the Earth and destroyed life as we know it. With their parents gone and their supplies running low, grieving stepsiblings Millie and Rose leave home with their infant half-brother in search of Millie’s grandma, a Seminole elder—who Millie knows in her gut is still alive, even if Rose isn’t so sure. Along the way, they meet a group of other surviving kids calling themselves the Lost Boys and their lone adult leader, who reluctantly agree to help them brave the hostile wasteland to make it to Millie’s grandma safely. But the landscape isn’t the only threat.

Hiding is no longer enough…she needed answers… What did Jackson see on the video…and how does he tell Simon… Daman and Niall are asking all the right questions...will they survive to find the answers... Mick Johnson might be dead but his killer is unknown and the clues leading to them are non-existent. Completely non-existent…which according to Jackson never ever happens… Elijah Sullivan, the father she adored all her life left clues…Ava just has to unravel them even as she comes to terms with her feelings about Harper…and his for her. It’s the middle of the twenty-third ...

Erik Carlson's life is going great. He's just passed his Hunter Safety Course and is scheduled to make his first hunting trip with his best friend, Patrick, that very weekend. His plans are shattered by the news that his parents, who are Army Reservists, have been unexpectedly called for duty in Iraq. With almost no warning, Erik is shipped off to North Dakota to stay with grandparents he barely knows. Though his grandmother is warm and welcoming, his grandfather, Big Darrell, is cold, gruff, and distant.

Millie (Meike) Mosbach and her brother, David, manage to escape to the States just before Kristallnacht, leaving their parents and little sister in Berlin. Millie attends Bryn Mawr on a special scholarship for non-Aryan German girls and graduates to a magazine job in Philadelphia. David enlists in the army and is eventually posted to the top-secret Camp Ritchie in Maryland, which trains German-speaking men for intelligence work. Now they are both back in their former hometown, haunted by ghosts and hoping against hope to find their family.

North Korea is known as the most repressive country on Earth, with a dictatorial leader, a starving population, and harsh punishment for rebellion. Perfect place for a family vacation, right? Yet that's exactly where Mia Andrews finds herself, on a tour with her aid-worker father and fractious older brother, Simon. Mia was adopted from South Korea as a baby, and the trip raises tough questions about who she really is. Then her dad is arrested for spying, just as forbidden photographs of North Korean slave-labor camps fall into Mia's hands.

School Library Journal calls this moving tale by Myron Uhlberg a "remarkable homage to New Orleans". A Storm Called Katrina follows Louis Daniel, a 10-year-old boy from New Orleans’ Ninth Ward who loves to play the horn just like his idol, Louis Armstrong. The morning after the devastating hurricane rips through his neighborhood, Louis - with his beloved cornet in tow - must brave the rising flood waters and seek shelter with his family at the Superdome.

Murder. One of the Allerdon sisters has been charged with a pre-meditated killing and taken to jail. It doesn't seem possible - but it's happening. What was supposed to be a typical summer is anything but for this seemingly ordinary family. Shortly after they arrive at their cozy family cottage on the river, Lander meets and is smitten with a handsome young man, and they begin to date. Miranda has a bad feeling about her sister's new boyfriend. And when the family must deal with an unimaginable nightmare, Miranda can't help feeling that the boyfriend has something to do with it.

When a treasure hunt turns deadly, will solving the clues be enough? Enter a world where a family’s dark past is weaved with its unassuming present. From the small city of Sterling to the massive city of Chicago, the O’Neill’s family vacation has more in store than they could ever imagine. Following the loss of his wife in a car accident last year, Jim O’Neill takes his son Jay and daughter Adrianna on an adventure to his late grandfather’s house. He soon realizes that the mysterious treasure hunt his late grandfather organized is putting his family in peril. Upon facing down ...

A gripping maritime adventure novel set in the vast Atlantic Ocean during the late 1800s. Step into an epic saga of seafaring peril and heart-rending bravery with "Shipwreck in the Shadows." This meticulously crafted historical fiction takes you on a journey aboard the Pacific, a noble vessel caught in the clutches of an Atlantic tempest. As the storm rages, Captain Osborn, the Seagrave family, and their seasoned crew are thrust into a fierce battle for survival. The narrative unveils the daunting aftermath of a devastating shipwreck, where William, a young boy on the cusp of adolescence, ...

"Sometimes even to live is an act of courage." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca Freddy 'Fritz' Becker is a loving father, devoted husband and dedicated parole officer who is strictly by the book. Ethics, codes of conduct and law and order are the governing principles of Fritz's life, until that life is turned upside down when he's charged and convicted of murder. Forced to question his long held beliefs, he is suddenly thrust into another calamity when a super-EMP is detonated over North America. Faced with this new situation, he must not only struggle to survive, but find a way to clear his name....

Previous title: To the Land of Nod Before there was Sasquatch... before Bigfoot had a name... there were the "Ape Men"... Neanderthals, homo erectus, australopithecus, and others—ancient species, now lost to time, who once roamed the Earth. Set against the mythic backdrop of the Garden of Eden, this is a historical thrill ride like no other, where long-extinct bloodlines collide, legends awaken, and the roots of our modern monsters are revealed. Prepare to uncover the primal truth before myth became ancient history... DESCRIPTION: Banished for the first murder in human history, Cain flees...

What if the president of the United States was the leader of a murderous motorcycle gang? Dive into a world where treasure hunts become deadly, houses are set aflame, and motorcycle gangs are connected to a Civil War-era homicidal leader. After a mysterious treasure hunt at the O’Neill’s ancestral home in Sterling, Illinois goes horribly wrong, Jim O’Neill takes his two children, Adrianna and Jay, on a getaway to Chicago. Seemingly leaving both the treasure hunt and the Quant motorcycle gang behind, the O’Neills embark on a quiet family vacation in the windy city. As Jim’s ...

Neither Elizabeth nor her little brother, Matty, have ever been north of Georgia. They’re used to sandals and shorts, not boots and parkas. So when they fly to New York City to spend the holidays with their cousin, Ashley, they want to experience one thing: Snow! Ashley can’t wait to show her cousins how magical Manhattan is at Christmastime. But instead of a week of fun, what they get is an arctic blast that knocks out the power and plunges the skyscrapers into darkness.

The vicious attack on their wagon train killed almost everyone - except David and his younger sister, whom he calls Queen of Sheba. The two are stranded on the deserted trail and have to live by their wits and whatever supplies they can scavenge. And although David is seriously hurt, he knows that frail Queen of Sheba is counting on him. He can only hope that their parents are somewhere up ahead - if he can find them.

The Kidd siblings have grown up diving down to shipwrecks and traveling the world, helping their famous parents recover everything from swords to gold doubloons from the bottom of the ocean. But after their parents disappear on the job, the kids are suddenly thrust into the biggest treasure hunt of their lives. They'll have to work together to defeat dangerous pirates and dodge the hot pursuit of an evil treasure-hunting rival, all while following cryptic clues to unravel the mystery of what really happened to their parents - and find out if they're still alive.

Coy King's life used to be simple before everyone started falling in love. Now his younger brother is happily settled, and his twin brother, Cam, has decided to bring his girlfriend to their ranch--a stranger he met on the internet, no less. For the first time in his life, easygoing Coy is not happy. To make matters worse, Cam gives Coy the task of retrieving the dreaded woman from the airport. From the moment Ivy lays eyes on Coy, she doesn't like him, and the feeling is mutual. But a chance encounter with a moose leaves the duo stranded in a freak Montana snowstorm. Coy believes their ...

The mystery of the island deepens as members of the Robinson family disappear, and strange animals are discovered. Sarah Robinson and her family are shipwrecked on a remote and mysterious island. Their food is running out, and their fear is escalating - there is no sign of rescue. The mysterious girl they found unconscious at the beach is healing, and what she tells them about the strange island and especially about someone called the Keeper has the family on edge.

In the heart of the Serengeti, where golden grasslands stretch as far as the eye can see, an extraordinary adventure unfolds. Meet Asha, a devoted ostrich mother, and her son Toto, whose lives are about to change forever. When drought threatens their homeland, Asha makes the courageous decision to leave the safety of their flock in search of greener pastures. Together, mother and son embark on an epic journey across treacherous terrains, facing dangers they never imagined. From narrow escapes with hungry predators to daring ravine crossings, Asha and Toto's bond is tested at every turn. ...