Apocalyptic Survival Fiction

Ben Riker devoted himself to protecting his family when the EMP was detonated. Since that day, he has fought, scavenged, and clawed his way back from the brink of death. And as the end of a war with the enemy responsible for the country’s devastation draws nearer, Ben wonders if he can outlast the fight that has claimed so many lives.

This author's books have over 4,500 four- and five-star ratings on Amazon Nine Years after, the first of this series was selected by Amazon Kindle Reader's in 2023 It was also named a "Book to read" by Amazon editors Most post-apocalyptic novels deal with the immediate aftermath and they are gory. This one is different. I wondered about what happens long after "the day." A different take on an old theme, but still in the universe of the "Years After" series. This one is long time later. The main character was born small and weak, so faces the world from that viewpoint instead of being the ...

Five days ago, Tyler and two strangers battled roving gangs and survived a perilous journey home to Montana after an electromagnetic pulse crippled the country. His brother, Corey fought off inmates to save the community of Whitefish from being destroyed. Now, as the town falls apart in the aftermath, the survivors must deal with conflict, looters, and defend their family from local danger.

The EMP was just the beginning. Destruction and chaos have devastated the nation. The unknown enemy who detonated the EMP continues to wreak havoc in communities across the country. Ben Riker, a prepper surviving with his friends and family in the North Carolina mountains, is closer to unmasking the enemy and understanding their plans. But Ben will discover the enemy is more tenacious than he anticipated as they seek retribution against Ben and his family.

The Day America Died: New Beginnings. This novel explores what could happen if North Korea, Iran, and a few of our other enemies join together to destroy the USA with air burst nuclear weapons to create an Electromagnetic Pulse that would destroy our electrical grid and most electronics. The USA would immediately be plunged back to the 1850’s. Most people would die within the first six months. Zack Johnson is no hero; in fact, he has been lost since his divorce, but he does have some valuable prepper skills to help him survive.

When Alaric Mason flies a new client into a remote area of the Pacific Northwest to study a population of grizzly bears, it’s supposed to be a routine trip. But when an EMP is detonated during the early morning hours, Alaric must lead himself and his client out of the dangerous wilderness and to his family before the chaos of the EMP reaches his homestead. Life has hardened Joanna Mercer, and she has spent the years since her husband's death preparing herself against the uncertainties of life. After an EMP destroys the nation's power grid, every ounce of that strength will be tested.

We are entering another ice age. In less than a year, my brother and I will freeze to death, unless we starve first. Experts have created biodomes, built tunnels, and rationed food and fuel to make the end more tolerable, for a bit. When Lon of planet Kaipra contacts me, claiming he has the key to our survival, I have to listen. He’ll help humans survive the ice age, but at the ultimate cost—I must agree to leave my brother, my friends, and the entire planet I call home to travel across the galaxy with him. Can I trust him? What are his plans with me? And do I even have a choice? ...

Laurel was working in the ER, stabilizing a patient, when the unthinkable happened. An EMP hit. The power went out. And it never came back. In the devastating aftermath, she must turn South Minneha Hospital into a place of refuge, a beacon of hope for her fellow survivors. But a beacon attracts predators, too… Predators like Arlo Staaf, the brutal leader of a ruthless gang. Desperate to save his dying son, Arlo takes over the hospital and gives Laurel an impossible ultimatum: save his terminally ill boy, or watch everyone she cares for die.

Learn to kill or wait to die. In 3066 the world is a different place. Massive coronal ejections, nuclear fallout, and chemical poisons have reshaped the land. New life forms have evolved at an accelerated rate into creatures God and nature had no hand in playing. A few remaining settlements of mankind struggle to re-establish civilization. They’re failing. But beneath the ground, buried deep in a lost and forgotten installation, humanity’s ancestors are about to awaken. The freaks, mutants, and monsters roaming the blasted earth above are about to discover what real terror is all about.

EMP blasts started the apocalypse during Tom and his family's return flight to San Francisco from Hawaii. Surviving the crash only caused them to confront the chaos of the apocalypse head-on. Their fellow survivors were helpless and lacked the skills to survive. Tom, his sister, and their grandma survive the perilous trip from San Francisco to their ranch in Southern Oregon using their prepper skills to keep them alive during the anarchy around them.

The story of Ash Ekansh 'Ash' Kumari was not a popular or well-liked man. He'd never been. That made him a hard person. Discovering alcohol only made him harder. He was dead to the world, and the world was dead to him. Until the world truly did die. Follow along as Ash tries to survive the events that threaten to wipe out mankind in Vagabond. Vagabond also offers a view from the other side. Maddie and her family left their farm to join other members of the order at Gaia, their supposed safe haven as the world experiences the Syndrome. The fight for survival is just beginning.

In the wake of an unprecedented meteorite strike, chaos reigns as survivors grapple with devastation unlike anything seen before. Anchorman Nick Alvarez faces the daunting challenge of finding his way home to his family in Louisville, while his wife Chris battles desperate circumstances on the farm, balancing survival with the urgent need for medical aid. Their rebellious daughter, Gabby, finds herself entwined in a world of trauma at a FEMA camp, where she becomes a beacon of resilience—and a target for danger.

Millennia have passed since men ruled the world with technology: the seas are impassable, energy sources have dried up, and humanity has slipped into isolation and barbarity. But magic has begun to reemerge in a few, gifted people, raised as witches by their fellow sisters. They however are far from safe. Repeating a dark time in humanity's history, witches are no longer able to live a simple life without fear of reproach or ending up tied to a stake. In a world so ravaged and torn, who wouldn’t want to control the forces of magic? The Codex of the Witch was released in Italian in 2015, ...

Six months after the EMP, and the collapse of the US, no one is safe. In Lake Placid, Elliot and his family have survived the winter, but lost their home and are still struggling to stay alive. But when Maggie learns about a compound in East Texas offering hope and safety, and Gary drops a bombshell that could divide the group, tempers flare, and a decision must be made. Who will stay and who will leave? In a dangerous new world where survival isn't guaranteed, Elliot, Rayna, Gary, and the others must face off against the most desperate, ruthless, and brutal of society.

With a four-legged companion and no food in the pantry, Grant Walton faces an uphill battle. His wife is still missing; downtown is a smoldering crater; and radiation is killing more people every day. Torn between searching for his wife and gearing up for what's sure to come, Grant is forced to put more than his morals to the test. Leah Walton escaped a nuclear bomb that flattened her hospital and vaporized her friends. Now she's racing to find her husband miles away. She'll have to rely on the kindness of strangers to survive and hope none of them kill her in the process.

Distance is set in the same timeline as Deep Winter, Shatter, and Remnant, the first three books in the series, but is set in the Midwest, and follows the story timeline of the first three books, and provides a very different perspective as the storyline unfolds.

Cassy has joined with Frank and his group, and the group members declare themselves a clan, pitting themselves as a group against the rising tide of darkness around them. Then the death of one of their own creates new tensions that may tear the clan apart before it ever reaches the promised oasis of Cassy's homestead farm. Worse, they are followed by a man bent on their destruction, who would take her farm for his own group if he can find it.

In Enclave: A novel of the Zombie apocalypse, an act of industrial espionage results in the release of a virus that brings the recently dead back to life… with a horrible need to feed on human flesh. Aided by an insane cult, determined to end all life on earth, to leave it a dead world, a war, between the living and the dead has swept across America and the globe. Now, in Enclave 2: Hunters, Enclave 10, not ready for civilization to collapse to quickly, burdened with a civilian populace it was never meant to have, has to face the dual threat of the Zombies and their Lazarite allies, while...

The nation is in turmoil, resources are rare, and the desperate are terrifying. After two dangerous weeks on the road, Elliot and his family arrive at the compound in Texas. But with a war on the horizon, and threats at every turn, they soon discover their journey may have been in vain. Caught between a rock and a hard place, the decision to fight may no longer be an option. Meanwhile, trouble is brewing at the FEMA camp, and Gary is in for a shocking surprise. Can Elliot and Rayna trust a dishonest group of strangers to save those they love?

When an EMP collapses society…rabid packs of ex-convicts and gangs ravage an off-grid Texas……turning Houston into hunting grounds. Double-crossed and incarcerated for armed robbery, Alex longs for a second chance. And revenge. Then the EMP downs the Texas grid, providing Alex an opportunity. Despite the buildings aflame, bullets flying, and absolute barbaric conditions, Alex seizes the chance to track down the traitor who crossed him and find Wendy—his daughter.