Apocalyptic Fiction

The zombie apocalypse has driven humanity up into the Adirondacks. Enter Westlake, hardened career criminal on the path of "the Villa", a legendary mafia hideout where he can escape the devastation. When he's ambushed by the undead, an old FBI "friend" and his squad of survivors rescue him...and then force him to reveal his secrets. The jokey myth of the Villa suddenly becomes salvation for the settlements scattered around Saranac Lake. Reluctantly, Westlake is saddled with an oddball team to navigate mine fields, trip wires, and flesh-eating zombies to find their safe haven.

The message on the radio promised salvation from the zombie apocalypse. Would they find safety after the siren sounds? Anna and her mother hid inside their home while flesh eating monsters roamed outside. Their food and water stores reached their end. They sat with no power, no weapons, and no hope. Anna fiddled with an old battery powered radio, but the same message played endlessly on every frequency. A message of deliverance from their death sentence. When the alarm sounds, will they find the help they hoped for? Salvation or a fate worse than the zombies? Dead Summer is fourth story ...

In the near future, children are tested for the defective gene. Those who possess it are taken from their homes, torn from their families, and sent to the Death House. Standing alone on a remote island, it looks like a 1940s boarding school. But a school prepares children for life, and these children are destined to die. Idling their time away in pointless classes, supervised by cold matrons, their days have no purpose, because neither do their futures. When the sickness hits, death comes quickly. Until a van arrives with a group of new kids, and everything changes.

Una plaga apocalíptica enloquece a los seres humanos convirtiéndolos en bestias insaciables de carne. En medio del caos, cinco supervivientes deberán unir sus caminos para sobrevivir al fin del mundo.

Once a fearsome warrior of the new order, Kane discovers a secret that has damned humanity since the dawn of history. Now banished as an enemy of the state, he joins forces with Brigid Baptiste, keeper of the archives, and Grant, brother-in-arms and innovative weapons specialist. In the place that was once called New Mexico, Kane finds the first hidden clues to humanity's future.

Arto has a problem. For one, he's a robot. He’s awoken with no memory of who he is, with nothing but a mysterious letter, in a world bereft of those fleshy, talky things that made him. So why is he alone, and where have all the people gone? He stumbles upon a lost, cheeky kitten and selects it as his best friend for the adventure of a lifetime, trying to make sense of all this existence stuff. Just as Arto begins to fear he's the only sentient thing left on the whole planet, a cantankerous robot falls from the sky. She says she's his sister.

Twenty years ago, life on Earth was annihilated. Now, the few remaining colonists on Mars scratch out their living in the worn husk of New Houston, a once vibrant settlement. Outside its walls, a perpetual storm rages - acidic snow and rain - the result of a failed attempt to terraform the planet decades earlier. The human race, once numbering in the billions, has dwindled to five hundred or so souls. David Adler has survived in these circumstances by keeping a low profile and minding his own business. But when he gets a knock on the door from his old flame, Oksana Levi, everything changes....

It's been two years since the zombie uprising devoured 99% of the world's population - and the vampires have come out of the shadows to claim the spoils. It's Emily Campbell's job to destroy vampire communes and rescue their human herds, but when a mission goes wrong, and she faces certain undeath, she would rather die than ever let them transform her. The problem is that when she makes a desperate suicide attempt, not only does the Grim Reaper fail to take her life - he also somehow loses all his powers in the process.

It’s not a matter of if, but when. The end of the world as we know it has come. The governments have taken control of everything and there is a new world order emerging. The question is where will people turn in their moment of need when plagues, earthquakes, starvation and a one world order demand total allegiance? Ben and Elira are a couple planning to be married soon. Ben is a business entrepreneur, and Elira works for the US Department of Defense in their computer technology division. Most of the news networks and television broadcasts have been seized and are government controlled. ...

A neutron star is on a collision course with Earth. The tremendous gravitational pull of this dense, intergalactic object will rip the planet apart. Fortunately, world leaders have come up with a plan to ensure continuation of humanity, and they have fifty years to do it—time that will be used to fast-track antimatter propulsion technology and send a hundred thousand survivors into outer space in search of a new home. Garrett Long and his team of astrophysicists have been tasked with this near insurmountable feat. As Exodus begins, Garrett has only five years to perfect his late ...

The end is coming, and it’s coming fast. Visitors from beyond the stars arrive, bearing with them portents of the Earth’s destruction. With his unique abilities, Kyle is offered an opportunity to secure his place in the world beyond. But will his skills prove enough, or will he be just another casualty of the apocalypse?

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Be Careful What You Know is a dystopic novel in the tradition of 1984, Brave New World, and other classics of the genre. It looks to contemporary USA society, sees many of its worst social and economic forces and amplifies them. Within its pages are specific references to current goings on, but the book as a whole is a warning against unbridled materialism as the sole force truly driving government.

Those who trusted in the government’s promised oasis found only death and want. Can Anna find hope in a hopeless world? In this post-apocalyptic world, Anna, a teenaged orphan, has lost everything she once knew. She struggles to stay alive amidst a landscape overrun by zombies and other survivors, where death and destruction are the norm. Every choice Anna makes could be the difference between survival and succumbing to the surrounding dangers. Will Anna thrive or succumb to the threats of the apocalyptic world? Dead Autumn is the fifth story in the Operation Z world. If you liked the ...

When the undead plague first arrived, leading scientists thought it was an airborne variant of Rabies. By the time humanity figured out what they were dealing with, it was too late. The Zombies had already won. Two years later, humanity is all but a bittersweet memory in the ebb and flow of the universe. One man, fueled by vengeance, has found a way to survive them, if only for a little while longer. Haunted by the ones he had left behind, he stalks through rural America. Going town to town, searching for supplies and putting down any zombies who stand in his way. In a small town in ...

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 ...

In a world ravaged by the undead, survival isn't just about brute strength—it's about the will to keep humanity alive. Big Jim Richards thought he had seen it all. But as he fights to maintain a fragile order in a chaotic new reality, he'll face threats that challenge not just his leadership, but his very soul. Flesh-eating monsters lurking in every shadow, nature itself turning against the survivors, and ruthless raiders eyeing their hard-won sanctuary. Just when hope seems within reach, an old enemy emerges from the ashes of the past, threatening to topple everything Jim and his people ...

Science Fiction Stories 3 is a mesmerizing anthology of science fiction short stories that transport readers to extraordinary realms, exploring dystopian futures, post-apocalyptic landscapes, and thrilling adventures in space. Discover the Unexpected Delve into the surreal with "You'll Haunt My Dreams," where dreamscapes and reality blur for Shelton and Tevis. Navigate a treacherous political landscape in "Recount," as characters face mysterious census takers with ulterior motives. Unravel the enigma of "Recipe For Death," a story that blends culinary arts with lethal consequences. Confront...

In Stolen Treasure, the final book in the best selling Collapsing World series, Specialist Clark and Emma know that their time is running out as they fight against the onslaught of a war in an attempt to save the lives of Jack, Lucy and Penny. But they are not the only ones fighting for survival; David and Tasha have finally escaped the destruction and chaos of Birmingham, and find themselves working with two other families caught up in the same tragedy. Little do they know that their newfound relationship with the Tiller and Burrows families might actually put them into more danger. Stolen...

Clay Jaeger and his family have faced down hordes of mobs, evil forces, and deadly Dungeon Lords since they came to the IZ, but this is the first time all of Civilization has been turned against them. Framed for heinous crimes they didn’t commit, Clay, Alex, and Joe will have to fight back with every resource the wasteland has at its disposal. If that includes taking over a dungeon and turning it against their enemies, so be it. This time, it’s not just the Jaegers’ lives on the line. This is bigger than them. The freedom of every wastelander and mob in the IZ is at stake.