Apocalyptic Science Fiction

Bartering their expertise to a nautical band of brilliant technomads, Ryan's group finds trouble waiting in the steaming, fetid swamplands of the Louisiana Gulf. Merciless storms and pirates strand them in Haven. But the barony's inviting name masks a ville hijacked by fear, territorial conflict, and monstrous horror. With the gravely injured Krysty Wroth's fate uncertain, a desperate Ryan aids the strange but hospitable Baron Blackwell in his effort to save Haven from a genetic blood curse. He'll succeed, provided his luck - and his options - don't run out first.

When a man with power believes he's God, mankind doesn't have a prayer. When Constantine Jedidiah Goodfellow shot up through the senate, people were all-too surprised and delighted to see someone in the prime of life wanting to heal wounds, bring people together, and bring peace, so they elected him President. His aim, however, was to bring the exact opposite. The year is 2113, and Christianity is under siege. A massive virus has torn across the planet and killed off half of the world’s population and its leaders.

The post-apocalyptic world isn't that bad. Sure, there are mutants. But, for the people of New Hope, daily life isn't so much a struggle of finding food or medicine as it is trying to find a new shortstop for their kickball team. This makes it difficult for a post-apocalyptic warrior to find work. Thankfully, an army full of killers is making its way to the peaceful town and plans to raze it to the ground. Only a fully trained post-apocalyptic nomadic warrior can stop them.

Science Fiction Stories 2 is an anthology of science fiction short stories that transports readers to extraordinary worlds, exploring dystopian futures, post-apocalyptic landscapes, and thrilling adventures in space. Discover the Future Experience the tension in "The Deity Above" as Larry Michaels navigates the eerie silence of his office building, uncovering unsettling secrets. Join the quest in "Salvation Quest" where Larry Drake battles against cosmic forces and personal demons on a perilous journey. Feel the impending doom in "The Encroaching Meteor" as humanity faces an existential ...

The Gateway Project was going to save our world by opening up a doorway to infinite versions of our planet. But the threshold has gone completely out of control, sending all those other Earths onto a collision course with ours. Now, our reality is cracking apart. Abby Corman did not open the Gateway, but she is the only one who knows how to close it. But an alien Hunter and her pack of deadly hellcats have stepped into our world, and they will stop at nothing to kill Abby.

Thanks to Caleb’s and Bristol’s bravery, Cocke County has been freed from the Koontz family’s greedy grip. However, in a world that is being savaged by an economically induced famine, the local criminal cartel is far from the only threat. To combat the growing crisis, President Teivel signs the Restore America Act into law. The new legislation grants emergency powers to FEMA enabling them to set up shelter and sustenance centers in all major metro areas. The Restore America Act mandates that all citizens report to the nearest relief center or face involuntary relocation.

Mankind has ceded the night to the corelings, demons that rise up out of the ground each day at dusk, killing and destroying at will until dawn, when the sun banishes them back to the Core. As darkness falls, the world’s few surviving humans hide behind magical wards, praying the magic can see them through another night. As years pass, the distances between each tiny village seem longer and longer. It seems nothing can harm the corelings, or bring humanity back together.

Rendered homeless by a devastating tragedy, Noah, Cassie, Ethan, and the rest of the ragtag band of survivors are on the move, searching for a new home. The struggles they've faced since the virus decimated the world have left them exhausted in mind, body, and soul. Can they survive the dangers on their journey to find a safe haven before strife tears their group apart?

Yet another brilliant entry in Kenemore’s zombie canon - Cap’n Hook meets the undead. Set in the Caribbean of the eighteenth century, the epicenter of piracy, voodoo, and the dark arts, The Code of the Zombie Pirate reveals all the secrets to selecting, customizing, and managing a motley crew of pirates-cum-zombies.

This is the way the world ends: with a nanosecond of computer error in a Defense Department laboratory and a million casual contacts that form the links in a chain letter of death. And here is the bleak new world of the day after: a world stripped of its institutions and emptied of 99 percent of its people. A world in which a handful of panicky survivors choose sides - or are chosen.

The long years of near-utopia have come to an abrupt end. Peace and order are now figments of the past. Corruption, deception, and insurgency humwithin the once steadfast leadership of the Hives, nations without fixed location.

In the aftermath of a devastating EMP attack orchestrated by a cabal of Iran and North Korea, America is descending into chaos. Cities have become fiefdoms, refugees flood the heartland, and suicide attacks and guerilla warfare are the new normal. As the nation struggles to hold onto its sovereignty, Major Aaron Styles is tasked with finding out what's coming next. With a team of elite soldiers, Major Styles embarks on a mission that takes them to the far-flung corners of the world - from Macau to the Philippines, Russia, China, and Canada - in a race to head off even more attacks and the ...

The best-selling Extinction Cycle series by Nicholas Sansbury Smith first introduced listeners to a world ravaged by an engineered virus that turned men into monsters. Now, for the first time ever, comes a collection of Extinction Cycle short stories that explore the human spirit and the fight for survival in the face of overwhelming odds from some of the leading voices in the post-apocalyptic genre.

For many billions of years, humans - having conquered the curse of aging - spread throughout the entire Milky Way. They are able to live all their dreams, but to their great disappointment, no other intelligent species has ever been encountered. Now, humanity itself is on the brink of extinction because the universe is dying a protracted yet inevitable death.

The worst has happened. Texas has fallen. It's up to Ava to get it back. Without the support of the Lone Star State, the Alliance has no hope against the powerful and corrupt regime which has hijacked the majority of the United States. Still mourning her loss, Ava has seen more death and destruction than she ever bargained for. She's finished with fighting, but she may hold the key to America's survival. An unexpected visitor implores her to take on one last impossible task.

One catastrophic event. A desperate race for survival. When a massive solar storm wipes out power and communication across the globe, the world plunges into chaos. In the remote Oregon mountains, military veteran Rex Hays thought he was prepared to weather the collapse. But nothing could prepare him for what’s coming. While hunting, Rex saves a teenage girl, Zoe Mills, from a mountain lion attack. Injured and with no memory of why she was in the wilderness, Zoe becomes the center of a deadly mystery. Strangers from out of town are searching for her, and they’ll stop at nothing to find her.

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.

Leisel and Evelyn lost everything. Husbands. Families. Friends. Lives that made sense. All they had left was each other and a friendship that could withstand anything...even an apocalypse. Until one fateful night when the marginal safety they'd come to rely on comes to a vicious and brutal end, and they find themselves face to face with a much altered, much crueler life.

Thousands of years in the future, Earth is a desolate ruin. The first human ship to return in millennia discovers an abandoned wasteland inhabited by only a few degenerate or mutated human outcasts. But among them is a boy of immense native intelligence and determination who grows up to become the force behind a plan to make Earth flower again.

In a world where 80% of the population is wiped out, survival comes at a price. Governments crumble. Freedom slips away. What would you sacrifice to survive? Meet Arora and Blaze, twin sisters genetically engineered to control electricity. Raised by Keane Corp., a ruthless conglomerate that now rules in the aftermath of global devastation, they’ve been molded into weapons. But when fate rips them apart, they’re thrust into opposing sides of the battle for what’s left of humanity. Separated and alone, they must navigate a shattered world, forging new alliances—and learning who they ...