Apocalyptic Dystopian Thriller

Nathan, Denny, Jess, and Tori, together with Sergeant Banks and his Marines, have met a new ally with knowledge of a possible EMP attack on the west coast. Their plans to head north and rally on Buchanan remain the top priority. Colonel Charles Buchanan and his men have at last joined forces with General John James at the secret military installation in the Black Hills of South Dakota and have been advised of an impending attack from a sizeable UN force.

Night Portals is a metaphysical anthology series that explores the hidden secrets of life around us. Twelve "What If" short stories from the mind of Ernie Howard. Immune is the third story in the series. Jakob the motel clerk opened a door one day. A door that should have stayed closed. Being immune to a virus that will kill off most of the world's population seems like winning the lottery at first. That is until you realize you killed most of the people you loved just by being around them. Sometimes the virus is in your mind. What would you do if you were the last person on Earth?

The year is 2052. Climate change has had a predictably devastating effect: Venice submerged, cyclones in Oklahoma, megafires in South America. Yet it could be much worse. Two decades earlier, the global protest movement known as the Upheavals helped break the planet’s fossil fuel dependency, and the subsequent Nuremberg-like Toronto Trials convicted the most powerful oil executives and lobbyists for crimes against the environment. Not all of them. A few executives escaped arrest and went into hiding, including pipeline mastermind Robert Cave.

EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS THREATEN HUMANITY AS GLOBAL WARMING REACHES NEW LIMITS. CAN MANKIND CONTROL THEIR DESTINY? Following the Battle of Malacca, Plasticity Island expanded rapidly and seceded from the United States of America to become The Republic of Gyreland. Brent Brodie and his team take on the challenge of reducing Global Warming, surviving rising ocean levels, and controlling violent weather patterns. From the thermosphere to all the major oceans and continents of the world, the action never stops. No Country is immune from the struggle for fresh drinking water, food, and ...

Dane Talbot uses a world of civil unrest to her advantage, and avenges all those who've done her wrong. In the near dystopian future, a quiet firefighter, Dane Talbot, achieves the coveted position of smokejumper, only to soon realize the nation is filled with domestic terrorism and worsening by the day. She sees an opportunity at last to right the wrongs of her past and seeks revenge. But the lawless world of vigilante justice works both ways. Will Dane achieve her goal or will she regret she ever tried.

In the wake of a costly but successful attack to liberate the town of Porter from the New Order, local police officers and military veterans work tirelessly with the people to repair their ravaged community. When a power struggle erupts between two rival gang leaders, one of them concocts a ruthless plan to reign supreme. A plan that could permanently tip the balance of power in his favor against everyone - including the police.

When a bizarre string of unusual corpses washes up on the beaches of San Diego during Halloween week, Detective Lindsey Brant requires more than her usual set of skills to solve the mystery. Joining forces with horror writer James Archer, the two will have to survive a scourge of undead, international killers, unscrupulous reporters, and rogue spies if they're to unravel the long-buried mystery of a deadly virus that could bring humanity to its knees. But their greatest threat to the case may just be surviving each other. See if the two will succeed in saving the world in this irreverent ...

Resist and Evade follows Sam and Jane Archer as they continue their nightmarish journey through an increasingly hostile and unrecognizable landscape. Torn between a fundamental duty to protect family and their sworn service to community, the Archers reach a critical decision point -- with all or nothing stakes. As local police officers and military veterans start to retake their communities from a gang of ruthless criminals, unbreakable bonds will be forged and unthinkable sacrifices will be made.

In this dystopian horror tale, it’s not what’s for dinner but who? Do you dread the daily grind of making dinner? Shopping, preparing, and the dreaded clean-up after eating? What if one pill could provide perfect nutrition in an instant? YUM is the answer. Just one pill a day and you're good to go. No more hunger or hassle. Total gratification. This is Madam's mission at Nutri-Corp: to change the world forever. But will it improve things or make them worse? And if YUM makes life so easy, what's for dinner at Madam's Nutri-Corp's dinner parties? And just what is being hunted in The Hunt?

John is an ordinary individual striving to survive as best he can. He lives off the grid and makes money wherever he can find it. But everything changes when he discovers the horrifying truth about his reality and realizes that he may be the harbinger of death for untold billions. “Destroyer of Worlds takes you on an incredible ride into a world where ancient secrets and cosmic forces collide. With non-stop action and a fast-paced plot, this sci-fi adventure keeps you hooked from start to finish. It's like a wild rollercoaster ride, blending action, fantasy, and supernatural elements in ...

Plague Nation is the gripping sequel to the apocalyptic thriller Plague Land, by the best-selling author of the Timeriders series, Alex Scarrow. Eighteen months have passed since the events of Plague Land. Leon and Freya have seen no sign of the virus, clinging on to the hope that two hard winters may have just killed it off. When news of a rescue ship arriving off the coast comes in, the pair are on the move once again. But all is not as safe as it seems. The virus has been busy. It has learned and evolved. And now it is reborn....

Jeanie and Ben arrive in Paris just in time for a festive New Year’s Eve celebration with local friends. They eat and drink and carry on until suddenly, at midnight, all the lights go out. Everywhere they look, buildings and streets are dark, as though the legendary Parisian revelry has somehow short circuited the entire city. By the next morning, all hell has broken loose. Fireballs rain down from the sky, the temperatures are rising, and people run screaming through the streets.

Out they came, away from natural predators, nesting in damp corners and in the tops of trees, crossbreeding with common cousins and laying thousands upon thousands of eggs. 'Then...the eggs hatched and an army of hungry caterpillars spread their tiny toxic threads on every breath of wind.’ The threads spell doom for humanity - half of it, at least. All around the world, men are dying in their sleep or turning into rage-fuelled killers. The world, as we know it, ends. However, humanity adapts and society moves on.

“We were born in darkness. But we were made for the sky.” Beneath the crushing weight of the ocean lies Dome-7 — a perfect society sealed from a ruined world above. For generations, its citizens have lived under artificial skies, taught to fear the surface and forget the past. Every memory, every parent, every lesson is manufactured. Every question is punished. But on his sixteenth birthday, Kael sees something he shouldn’t: a flicker behind the ceiling. A glitch in the sky. And in that moment, the truth begins to unravel. Joined by Sera, a brave and fiercely loyal friend, and Milo,...

Deeply dark and comic - a post apocalyptic tale . Those who survived the supernova blast, fight for survival, the Earth devastated, its ozone layer destroyed. Dusty storms rule the days while the night’s freeze, taking civilization back to its knees. Pockets of humans now exist in a dystopian society spread across the wilderness. Friendships are difficult and just under the burning sun, freedom uncertain as enemies lurk on the unforgiving highways. Are these the struggles of a post-apocalyptic world or is something more sinister at work under the cover of misery and destruction? Some are ...

HE'S WANTED FOR TREASON. SHE'S ON THE RUN FOR MURDER. IN A WORLD WHERE CHOICE IS BLASPHEMOUS, CAN TWO TRAITORS FIND SALVATION BEFORE A HIT SQUAD TAKES THEIR HEADS? Tyson dreads his upcoming birthday. When he turns twenty-three, he must participate in the Marriage Lottery… or face execution. Committing treason, he unthinkably rips out his tracking chip to attempt the impossible… escape Soteria. Brie Kallas is searching for the same desperate freedom. On the run for murder, she faces the toxic syndrome and barbaric vigilantes of the Earth’s surface, while trying to outwit the ruthless ...

Apocalypse – the complete and final destruction of the world…. The world as we know it is in turmoil. The virus continues to attack all humans, leaving a wake of devastation and destruction. There are those who have proven resistant to infection and those who have remained isolated to prevent it. Others that were once part of our civilization have not been so lucky. The governments of the world had worked together so far, but not at protecting society as we were led to believe. Instead, they worked in unison to preserve their power, at the cost of many millions of lives. But there is ...

When a warning of an imminent attack on the US appears online, Jack assumes it's a hoax. He's an IT manager on a work trip in LA, looking forward to getting back home to Texas. But after the electrical grid is wiped out and a nuclear bomb levels downtown LA, his world starts crashing down. He's got only minutes to save himself. And the worst part? He's a thousand miles from Annie, his wife.

2033. Une guerre a décimé la planète. La surface, inhabitable, est désormais livrée à des monstruosités mutantes. Moscou est une ville abandonnée. Les survivants se sont réfugiés dans les profondeurs du métropolitain, où ils ont tant bien que mal organisé des microsociétés de la pénurie.

"By Dawn's Early Light is a heart-pounding sci-fi thriller that weaves nuclear devastation, shadowy conspiracies, and relentless courage into an unputdownable race against time—perfect for fans of The Stand and The Day After Tomorrow." – NewInBooks.com The world shatters before dawn's first light. Nuclear explosions erupt across America, turning cities into desolate wastelands and silencing communications. Dr. Sasha Cohen, a relentless FBI forensic pathologist, finds herself navigating the chaos alongside her assistant, the resourceful Jake Campbell. Their routine investigation collides...