Apocalyptic Survival Fiction

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.

A deadly coincidence of timing. Our sun gives life. And takes it away. Nature has no mercy. A group of eighth grade girls are out on a backcountry wilderness camping trip, led by a wilderness expert and a group of chaperones. Along the return trip to civilization they discover they’ve been trapped in the wilderness by a life-altering event. One that proves to be deadly. After a few days their predicament becomes apparent. No rescue is coming, despite savage dangers. The campers must stick together and fend for themselves. Meanwhile, an even more sinister threat awaits them should they ...

I thought dying in prison was my only option… …then I was given a choice. I can either board an alien spaceship with 400 fellow criminals or rot in prison on a freezing Earth. The spacecraft's captain, a handsome alien who looks remarkably human, has been visiting me in my dreams for over a year. He has given me the companionship I need during my time locked up in solitary confinement, and the way he holds me in my mind makes me forget the Earth is on the brink of extinction. But was that nothing but my imagination? The alien in question doesn’t seem to know anything about the hours ...

Neal Grant watched silently as the cemetery workers buried his family. It was just him now, alone, something he’d never been before. First, his parents and siblings had passed and then his wife and three wonderful children. All of them were gone forever now - all dead at the same time because of a drunk driver and a foggy road. Little did Neal know that this was only the beginning of things to come. Soon he would realize that he had not only lost his family, but must also deal with a failing economy and a nuclear war.

The Riley family is preparing to start a new life as owners of the River Rock Hotel in Galena, IL, when the lights go out and the world plunges into chaos. Matthew Riley wants to believe that people will come together to overcome the challenge, but as panic sets in after the massive EMP event, he has to face the harsh truth that the only people he can trust are his family. His ailing father, David, has the skills the Riley family needs to survive in the dark new world, but with no medication for his heart condition on hand, his health is failing.

All life depends on the sun’s rays. The sunlight promotes life. Plants need light to grow. Animals need plants to survive. The power of the sun was the key to the delicate balance of Earth’s ecosystem. However, as the Earth’s atmosphere was changed by the aftermath of nuclear war, everything its human inhabitants thought they understood about survival was obsolete. They had to evolve with the catastrophic effects of nuclear winter.

A nuclear EMP attack would shove the USA back 150 years. Death, chaos, and lawlessness would prevail.... Zack Johnson is no hero, but he does have some valuable prepper skills to help him survive. There is nothing like a nuclear apocalypse to help a man grow up and become a hero as he helps his family and friends survive. He is 2,000 miles from home; the grid and all modern transportation have failed. The country is degenerating into violence and dog-eat-dog scenarios. People are killing their neighbors for a scrap of moldy bread or a sip of water.

This collection includes Survival, Hunted, and Frequency. Survival: When one of the men in charge of storing food for the town of Shadow Ridge is found murdered execution style, it's up to Jace McQuaid to find the killer. Hunted: Levi McQuaid searches for the sister of an old friend, Ava Solomon, but the situation takes a deadly turn when the search leads them on a dangerous trek across the west Texas desert. Frequency: Four deaths, likely tied to arsenic-tainted water, leave the town of Shadow Ridge frantic for answers. But that isn't the only nightmare Tess McQuaid is facing.

“A seemingly fresh take on the genre” – Reader Review Jack always loved zombie stories. He never thought he’d be trapped inside one. When a strange infection hits his quiet town, the world ends in hours. The streets run red. The dead rise. And Jack—an ordinary guy armed with nothing but sarcasm and survival instinct—must outrun horrors no fiction ever prepared him for. But the undead are just the beginning. Something darker moves through the chaos. Smarter. Hungrier.

In the first book of this survival thriller series, the pinnacle of human innovation turns into mankind’s greatest nightmare as Nuclear Armageddon was triggered.

It came without warning—a one-two punch of economic collapse and deadly pandemic flu that shattered the United States and the entire world. Army veteran Eric Jaeger and paramedic Susan Walker flee the disintegrating Milwaukee suburbs for the Montana survival retreat run by Eric’s buddy, Manny Landeros. They join an eclectic group of friends forced to adapt to a lawless post-apocalyptic world in which kindness and human decency end at Manny’s property line.

By 2038, the apocalypse had been years in the making. The only question was—would it be caused by a financial collapse, a nuclear war, or a bio-weapon. No one thought the end of the United States would result from all three. Walt knew things were bad, but like most Americans, he felt the government would muddle through and keep its citizens safe. He was wrong. Too many politicians worked hard to line their pockets while not ensuring America would stay strong and survive. Walt and his loved ones have to face the apocalypse and the ramifications of life AFTER AMERICA no longer exists.

The Bartlett family had to make an incomprehensible decision. The age old question, should we stay or should we go? The answer lay many thousands of miles from home on the opposite side of the Earth. The journey was filled with perils, and the last port of call may not be as welcoming as they hoped.

Melanie is a very special girl. Dr. Caldwell calls her "our little genius". Every morning, Melanie waits in her cell to be collected for class. When they come for her, Sergeant keeps his gun pointing at her while two of his people strap her into the wheelchair. She thinks they don't like her. She jokes that she won't bite, but they don't laugh. Melanie loves school. She loves learning about spelling and sums and the world outside the classroom and the children's cells. She tells her favorite teacher all the things she'll do when she grows up.

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.

From the Author: Don’t read this book if you don’t like super niched sci-fi, genetically engineered Amish avatars, or heavy science fiction based on today’s real science; it’s just taken a step (or several steps) further. BUT If you do, Thomish is unique, no one has ever written about genetically engineered Amish recivilizing the planet over and over again, and the science is well-researched. (Being a nerd is kind of what I do…) Synopsis: The world’s gone to hell, and Thomas—an AI in a human body grown from stem cells and placenta—stands in the wreckage of rural Arkansas ...

During the coldest winter on record, an EMP sends American back into the Stone Age. Jack and his family find sanctuary in their cabin in a small, remote town, hidden deep in the forest. Little does Jack know the Blizzard will be the least of his problems.

No one could have predicted the terrifying impact of human interference in the Arctic. Shifts in the Earth's crust have led to catastrophe. Nathan Tolley is a talented mechanic who has watched his business dry up due to gas shortages following the drastic tectonic shifts. His wife Cyndi has diligently prepped food and supplies, but it’s not enough to get them through a never-ending winter. After the Shift: The Complete Series includes: Freezing Point, Killing Frost, and Black Ice.

In Turning Point, the Ryman family faces a life altering decision - should we stay or should we go? The oldest and strongest emotion in man is fear, and the strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown. Will Americans flee the urban centers, the proverbial golden hordes, for the countryside? Will it be safer than the cities? Turning Point will lead the Ryman family into a complex, inexplicable world where danger lurks around every bend.

When an experiment to reverse climate change goes disastrously wrong, Jarred and his daughter Hope are forced to head south in search of warmth. This manmade eternal winter shows no signs of stopping, and with temperatures continuing to plummet, fears of a new Ice Age drive survivors into a panic. Jarred and Hope don’t have the wilderness skills needed to survive this disaster. But when their car spins out of control, they’re forced to fend for themselves in the ruthless and unforgiving forest surrounding them. And as they slowly discover they are not alone….