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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 ...

Highly contagious, a deadly virus rips through the country like wildfire. No one is safe. Albuquerque, NM is quickly overrun. People drop like flies. And with no one left to keep things running, they'll soon be plunged into darkness. Matt's a normal office worker with an eye for being prepared. But now that a real catastrophe has hit, he quickly realizes that he's not prepared enough. Much of his gear is back at home, and he's trapped at the office. Will he be able to cross a city that's quickly descending into chaos?

What do you do when pirates kidnap you for a ransom and a mad scientist injects you with a powerful and inevitably fatal concoction of aether? You get revenge. Matilda Katrine Myra is no one special, but her pirate abductors don’t know that. When they boldly kidnap her from an airship and sweep her away into the deadly wasteland of mutants and poisonous radiation, her life becomes a day to day battle to evade death. And she’s much closer to death than ever. A mad scientist has injected her with toxic condensed aether, the air of the gods, and now she’ll need frequent doses just to ...

Worlds collide in Them: Society Lost, Volume 4 as former sheriff Jessie Townsend becomes entangled with characters from The New Homefront Series in the hills of East Tennessee. While Jessie continues his quest to find his sister after devastating attacks brought our modern, peaceful society to its knees, he encounters new friends and foes along the way, with not everyone being what they seem.

What is truth when nothing is real Hidden away in the Gulf of Mexico lies an island with a dark past. Once a haven for bootleggers and outlaws, Oyster Island now hosts the renovated Majestic Hotel & Casino. It’s not only the living that calls this place home. Ghosts, ghouls, and creatures of the night roam freely, haunting the island’s residents and visitors. One fateful night, a magical flying unicorn visits Odette Mouton and takes her on a wild ride to the island’s backside, where she discovers a time portal. Guided by a time-walking calico cat, she embarks on a journey that blurs ...

A deadly virus has ripped through the population. Society has collapsed. Matt, Jamie, and Judy are already hanging on by a thread. They've finally found shelter, but food, water, and security are still lacking. Splitting up briefly to look for supplies, Jamie winds up missing. Exhausted, Matt and Judy must decide what to do. Without any way to communicate with her, she could be anywhere, and anything could have happened to her. Will they risk their own lives to do what it takes to find and save Jamie?

Once upon a time, in a land blighted by terror, there was a very clever boy. The people thought the boy could save them, so they opened their gates and sent him out into the world. To where the monsters lived. In The Boy on the Bridge, M. R. Carey returns to the world of his phenomenal word-of-mouth best seller, The Girl With All the Gifts, for the very first time.

The Last Layover is a fiction novel based on real places and potential scenarios where an out of control government pushes America to the brink of financial and social collapse. This vulnerable state allows the unthinkable to happen, causing the comfort, security, and conveniences of our modern first world society to quickly come to an end.

In this fractured world, a sinister force is coming for Riley, and the only things keeping her safe are a perimeter fence and the people she loves. As her life is threatened, she must make impossible choices. But help comes from the most unlikely of places, and all Riley needs to know is: Who can she really trust? Meanwhile, a repentant killer searches for peace and salvation, but what he gets is the exact opposite. Now, he'll have to make the hardest decision of his life.

# The Turning Point: A Redwater Prequel Before she became the legendary protector of Redwater, Olivia "Liv" Granger was an elite special forces soldier at the height of her career. But one mission would change everything. Deep behind enemy lines, Liv leads her hand-picked team on what should be a routine asset recovery operation. Instead, they walk into a carefully orchestrated trap. Outgunned and outnumbered, Liv watches helplessly as her team is picked off one by one by an enemy that seems to know their every move. Wounded and alone in hostile territory, Liv must confront not only a ...

Nico Storm and his father, Willem, drive a truck filled with essential supplies through a desolate land. They are among the few in the world, as far as they know, to have survived a devastating virus that has swept over the planet. Their lives turned upside down, Nico realizes that his superb marksmanship and cool head mean he is destined to be his father's protector, even though he is still only a boy.

In a world devastated by a relentless zombie outbreak, seasoned veteran John Mcgammon fights to protect what remains of humanity alongside his band of private security operatives. As they prepare for a pivotal client meeting with their fortified armored vehicles, ominous events unfold—mysterious crashes and the horrifying transformations of loved ones into ravenous smilers signal a more sinister threat. Battling not just the undead but also secrets buried deep within the chaos, John must confront terrifying realities and ensure the safety of Firebase Alpha, the sanctuary he has built. As ...

The City States are beginning to fall under the onslaught of The Evolved, and the outlying kingdoms won’t be far behind if the humans and cannibals caught in the path of destruction can’t find a way to work together and turn the tide. Meanwhile, the Russians and Chinese are done waiting and have begun preparations for the first wave of their invasion of America. When they finally cross the DMZ and land on American soil, will they find a kingdom of bones or a threat greater than anything they could have possibly imagined?

Abandoned by her lover. Reunited with her father. Ardently pursued by a man who has vowed to never leave her side. From within the protective walls of Sanctuary, Jasmine and her friends find themselves numbered among a throng of refugees fleeing a world under constant assault from all sides. The horrors of The Maya Virus were just the beginning as nations emboldened by chaos succumb to the temptations of nuclear warfare, religious zealots employ drastic tactics against their rivals, and Mother Nature herself seems determined to destroy all that remains. As governments crumble and factions ...

Gayler's worldbuilding is spellbinding...Booklife Prize The world belongs to the Neon God now. And it won’t let go.Across the globe, computers and phones ignite with an eerie neon glow, enslaving billions in an unbreakable trance. As civilization crumbles, four survivors must navigate a world ruled by a sentient, all-powerful AI—one that refuses to let humanity go. Jessie Aguilar has spent years underground, haunted by the horrors she witnessed. Now, driven by vengeance and aided by a rogue computer system, she plays a dangerous game against an intelligence that sees everything. Mason, ...

There are just 77 days before a deadly asteroid collides with Earth, and Detective Palace is out of a job. With the Concord police force operating under the auspices of the U.S. Justice Department, Hank's days of solving crimes are over...until a woman from his past begs for help finding her missing husband.

And Harlem was strange. The gangs had taken over. First fighting among themselves, then taking over the streets. The drug infested blocks just off the interchanges where the white folks had sometimes driven down into, pretending to be lost so they could buy their shit, take it back to their cozy, safe neighborhoods - probably a place just like this, Donita thought - and get high with their friends, closed down. The whole area blocked off, city buses pulled across the streets. They had tried to go there. She knew first hand what it was like. She and Bear had left that area after just a few ...

With the doomsday asteroid looming, Detective Hank Palace has found sanctuary in the woods of New England, secure in a well-stocked safe house with other onetime members of the Concord police force. But with time ticking away before the asteroid makes landfall, Hank’s safety is only relative, and his only relative—his sister Nico—isn’t safe. Soon, it’s clear that there’s more than one earth-shattering revelation on the horizon, and it’s up to Hank to solve the puzzle before time runs out...for everyone.

Deep beneath the labyrinthine city-prison of the Ward lies the Catanether, a twisted underworld of nightmares where madness becomes manifest. Tango Primary Five finds himself exiled to this underground abyss where the air is thick with the whispers of ancient horrors waiting to be awakened. In the Catanether, the tunnels twist like veins, pulsing with a dark energy that makes the Ward seem like paradise lost. In the shadows of this dark realm, fractured remnants of rival civilizations cling to survival against an all-consuming bedlam black fog, twisted flesh-cybernetic abominations, and ...

Most of the men are dead. Three years after the pandemic known as The Manfall, governments still hold and life continues - but a world run by women isn't always a better place. Twelve-year-old Miles is one of the last boys alive, and his mother, Cole, will protect him at all costs. On the run after a horrific act of violence - and pursued by Cole's own ruthless sister, Billie - all Cole wants is to raise her kid somewhere he won't be preyed on as a reproductive resource or a sex object or a stand-in son.