Action Horror

In this collection of five short stories, Jonathan Maberry fills in the blanks in his action-thriller Joe Ledger novels.

The words on the pages of this book don’t just tell a story, they are a warning. They speak of a future that is not far off, a future where the faith of millions is threatened by Satan. They speak of a time when persecution and violence are the norm, and the very act of believing in Jesus can mean a death sentence. The characters in this tale are just fictional constructs, but they are also representatives of the faithful. They are the ones who will stand strong in the face of adversity, who will fight for what is righteous no matter the cost. They are the ones who will be tested to the ...

It is 1944. A message from Paris warns Allied Intelligence of something big in the works - something which might have serious implications for D-Day. The only way to get more information from the agent in Paris - now closely watched by the Gestapo - is to send in a personal courier. Russian émigré Michael Gallatin is picked for the job. In retirement as a secret agent since a grisly episode in North Africa, Gallatin is parachuted into occupied France, on a mission which will take him to the festering heart of the Third Reich on the scent of doomsday.

They are the most fearless animals on earth. Now they are bigger, faster, and hunting in a pack. Welcome to Everglow Palms, a retirement community where the days are slow and the nights are quiet. For ex-combat medic Lexie, it’s a peaceful new life as a camp counselor—a way to forget the past. But the tranquility is shattered when a research experiment goes horribly wrong. A swarm of genetically engineered honey badgers, bred for size and extreme aggression, has been unleashed. They are intelligent, relentless, and see humans as a threat to be eliminated. When they descend on the ...

Middle School ninja Nate Noonan heads to the first field trip of the school year. This year the kids are headed to Snow Spook Mountain. With rumors of an evil snowman roaming the dark mountainside, Nate hopes taking down the monster might be his best chance at earning the Stone Sword rank. Will Nate succeed or is the mystery behind the mountain too much for one young ninja to handle?

Five months after the release of the West Nile Virus designed to eliminate the alphas, the human race seems like they may have turned the tide and regained a foothold on survival. Only strange developments along the East Coast's dead zone may prove otherwise as the super-alpha has formulated a plan that will bring devastation on a massive scale. With new special operations teams and international alliances, Will Reisner and his crew take the fight to the enemy once more in this explosive follow-up to The Alpha Solution.

Five friends on one last adventure. A waterfall hidden so deep in the wilderness it has no name. A bond of friendship forged over four years of university. It was supposed to be the perfect final trip. But some places are meant to be forgotten. When a cryptic old man at a remote gas station warns them away from their destination, they laugh it off as a sales tactic. Their confidence is their first mistake. As they venture deeper into the oppressive silence of the British Columbia backcountry, they find signs that they are not alone. Strange claw marks too high for any bear , a deer carcass ...

🔥 Revised & Reloaded – May18th 2025 Update This version of Book 3 has been fully edited and tightened to deliver the sharpest, cleanest read yet. Previous reviews refer to the original edition. The Hunted Become the Hunters... But What They Find Might Be Worse. Dr. Elise Holloway and the broken remnants of her team survived the horrors of Site Sierra, but escape is only the beginning. Hunted by the ruthless Kestrel organization and stalked by unseen forces within the ancient forests, their only hope lies with Dr. Aris Thorne—a brilliant, perhaps unstable, scientist hiding secrets ...

The bestselling, First Wave Post-Apocalyptic Zombie Survival Series is now available as a boxed set with all three action-packed volumes. “Sawyer has filled his books with fast-paced action scenes and educational survivalist skills.” Bookkaholic Book Magazine “I thought JT’s books were fabulous reads.” Thrillwriting.blogspot.com Volume 1, First Wave Special Forces veteran Travis Combs just wanted to forget his weary years of leading combat missions while taking an extended rafting trip through the Grand Canyon. As he and his group complete a 22-day trip on the Colorado River, they...

My name is Frank Moon, and my life is completely in the toilet. Most of my friends, along with a large portion of New York City, are dead following the arrival of a bizarre meteor. The otherworldly phenomena brought with it a sickness—a disease—the likes of which this planet has never seen. A nightmarish species of super predator was born that day, something I call the Unseen. But at least I still have Jill, though, it was close…really close. Now, my wife and I find ourselves back in our old stomping grounds of South Florida, hellbent on locating our parents. Sadly, our triumphant ...

Four teenagers awaken in a scorched cornfield with no memory of how they got there. All they know is that there were five of them when they found the carcass of the mutilated cow. Forty years later, Eric Devlin sends a cryptic email to the other three survivors: I remember everything. Karl Doering has spent the majority of his life trying to understand what happened that night and learn the fate of his missing friend. When a local girl goes missing, Karl realizes he and the other two survivors are her only hope.

From the international bestselling author of The Cursed Thief and The Blood King comes a harrowing thrill ride through an apocalyptic New York City! My name is Frank Moon, and I’m surrounded by death. Until today, I thought I’d seen everything in my time as a cop. Nope, not even close. Believe it or not, a meteor just landed in Central Park! The damn thing brought along a hellish radiation too. The strobing red emission has altered the genetic code of the people who witnessed it enter Earth’s atmosphere. Lucky for me, I was too busy binge-watching my favorite TV show or I would’ve ...

Dylan Graves, host of the popular podcast Graves Encounters, is a professional skeptic who debunks ghost stories for a living. His latest target: St. Augustine, America’s Oldest City, a town selling its history by the slice in haunted tours. But when a routine investigation at the city’s lighthouse captures a monstrous growl of impossible size, and mysterious claw marks appear on his second-story window, Dylan realizes he's not hunting a ghost. He’s being hunted. Teaming up with a terrified historian, Dylan uncovers a 300-year-old conspiracy: a cursed Spanish soldier, betrayed and ...

It has been a year since the initial outbreak of an infection resulting from a failed terrorist attack. No corner of the globe was spared. Millions simply died during the early days of the outbreak, many more survived with most of those survivors turned into permanently brain-damaged feral creatures. All forms of modern society had collapsed, governments no longer functioned, and electric lights and running water become a thing of the past. A handful of survivors with natural immunity to the virus are alone in a world that now belongs to the infected. Hunter Ashcroft, a wounded vet of the ...

A deadly virus originating in China grips the Eastern hemisphere. Chaos reigns as the infection spreads throughout the world with alarming speed. The world's experts rush to cure it, but are they too late? CIA agent Will Reisner and his team head to the South China Sea on a mission - find a lost ship loaded with bio-weapons. But as they search, a terrible virus plagues the local population, leaving them worm-ridden and insane. Worse, the sick refuse to be contained and spread the disease by infecting the healthy. Will joins epidemiologist Selene Munroe in her desperate attempt to keep the ...

In La Veta, Colorado, Kenshiro found more than he bargained for. He found a friend. Not that he was looking for one, or even wanted one. But now, because of a dead woman’s note, Kenshiro has accepted the responsibility of keeping Elliott safe and whole. Now comes the hard part, actually doing it. After a devastating encounter with the undead that leaves the pair wounded, exhausted, and broken, Kenshiro begins to question his ability to keep the boy safe. Soon, the pair are forced to face the hard realities of the new world, and are forced back onto the forgotten roads of an undead America...

A crew of salvagers desperately evades law enforcement until their ship crash lands on an unknown planet in the process. The biggest mistake of their lives. Dense with mystery and horror, their new environment tests their reliance on each other, and an unprecedented tenacity for survival.

In a sleepy town called Oraromi, peace and tranquility reign supreme. It is the sort of town where nothing ever happens. That is until a young student who makes a habit of mocking a mad man who wanders around the town is bitten by the man after one such mocking episode. This marks the beginning of a strange illness that sweeps across the town killing many whose bodies simply vanish hours after death. A district police officer and his men investigate this strange phenomenon. Their investigations reveal a deadly secret, vile and evil, that is centuries old which could have grave consequences ...

*(Hello, I’m the Narrator, and welcome, my fiends, to a tale of twisted tragedy, petrifying producers, and stage fright so bad it could raise the dead, literally, they’re all over the place. They’re actually the production crew.)* *(Gather around for the opening monologue of ‘Tales From The Cryptkeeper William Shakespeare #1: Romeo Dracula and Juliet Van Helsing!’ and we can’t forget the subtitle ‘Part One: Cursed Starcrossed Lovers Who Are Really Having A Hard Time Of It’. For Pete’s sake! (Pete’s my non-related twin.) How do I put it? The book’s title is an ...

Betrayal! Elle has been locked away to prevent her from interrupting with Mason’s plan for Kenshiro. She has other problems to worry about though. Elliott disappeared in the dead of the night, and when Martin found him in the stairwell he was bloodied and unconscious. Nobody knows what happens to the teen, but when the boy finally wakes, what he tells her group will change the survivors of The Prescott forever. Meanwhile, Kenshiro evades Mason’s attempt on his life, only to find himself in an apartment building that is surrounded by the undead. While attempting an impossible escape, ...