Apocalyptic Survival Fiction

In the aftermath of their struggles reaching Pennsylvania, Ayden and his sister Clara seek refuge at New Eden, a fortified compound in Pennsylvania.

Shane McDonald is working at the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant when a solar storm wipes out the grid. He's desperate to reach his family, but they're hundreds of miles away, and the world is falling apart around him. With a blind daughter to protect, finding his way back to his loved ones will be a dangerous journey, across treacherous terrain.

Luke Stephens is a carpenter from Spokane, WA, where he grew up. He has worked hard to grow his business and his family. But after an EMP strike shuts down the nation’s power grid, he must collect his scattered family from the chaos of the city before a wildfire threatens to burn the city to ash. But the EMP and the wildfire are just the tip of the iceberg.

When Andrew stumbles upon Jamie’s house, he’s injured, starved, and has nothing left to lose. A deadly pathogen has killed off most of the world’s population, including everyone both boys have ever loved. And if this new world has taught them anything, it’s to be scared of what other desperate people will do . . . so why does it seem so easy for them to trust each other? After danger breaches their shelter, they flee south in search of civilization. But something isn’t adding up about Andrew’s story, and it could cost them everything.

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.

In the aftermath of the storm, reality sets in for Will Fontenot. Life as he knew it is over. He's battered and bruised from his previous battles but more determined than ever to escape Houston. There's no other choice. Houston is a powered keg ready to blow, and it's only a matter of time before the city falls. When Will, Cayden, and Isabella are again drawn back into the enemy's plan for the nation's final destruction, they'll have to once again fight for their lives against seemingly insurmountable odds as insurgents unleash their attack on Houston.

Days after Jessica, Jake's Girlfriend, has been kidnapped by Romo Rodreguiz and his gang of criminals, Hank Jake and Sally find themselves struggling to overcome the dangers of the world during the big blackout caused by the EMP delivered by ISIS forces. They band together intent on trying to find a way to rescue Jessica but without a clue on where to start or where she is being kept they must first venture out into the dangerous world that awaits them, throwing a wrench into their initial plan of trying to wait out the catastrophe inside Hank's bunker. Through an uncertain bond with other ...

The world may have ended, but hope is just beginning. After months of hardship, betrayal, and unimaginable loss, Lucy and her makeshift family turn their backs on the corrupted base that once promised safety. With little more than determination and a vision for something better, they head west—risking everything for the chance to rebuild, to reclaim what it means to be human, and to prove that the end isn’t the end after all. On a highway haunted by dangers both living and dead, every mile tests their courage and their faith in each other. But even as the shadows of the old world ...

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.

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.

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.

It's been two weeks since the EMP. Getting out was just the beginning. Staying alive is proving harder than anyone could have imagined. Max knows people will come from the cities. He knows they'll be ready to fight, to do whatever it takes to ensure their own survival. Will he be able to lead the others in the defense of the farmhouse, even when he's still recovering from his injuries? Georgia is in charge of hunting. Each trip into the woods brings her closer to danger. It's just a matter of time before she runs into people who will do anything to get her gun and her gear. How dangerous do things have to get before she stops trying to provide for her kids? John is Max's estranged brother. He'd always made fun of Max for worrying about being prepared. Now, he's trapped in his upscale apartment with no gear and no food.

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.

Retired SEAL John Eric Carver and his war dog, Shrek, are part of a small group of survivors in a world where a man-made virus has ravished the planet. Isolated at a Boy Scout camp in the mountains outside of San Diego, the small cadre of warriors have kept their isolated community safe. But supplies are running out, and a team is put together to venture into the abandoned cities. As they leave their sanctuary, they find the virus continues to mutate. Carver and Shrek soon confront an intelligent and powerful new Alpha Variant - a beast that is unlike any other they’ve encountered.

The Yellowstone Series, a new disaster thriller from critically acclaimed author, Bobby Akart, takes the listener on a thrill ride as a cataclysmic event of extinction level proportions ticks away like a time bomb, awaiting its moment. Millions of people visit the Yellowstone National Park every year blissfully unaware they are on top of the greatest killer man has ever known - the Yellowstone Supervolcano. Mankind had lived in the very shadows of the Earth's volcanoes for centuries.

Doctor Anna Hastings is no stranger to disasters, having spent much of her career as an aid worker in conflict zones around the world. Yet when an electrical phenomenon known as an EMP brings down the power grid, Anna faces catastrophe on a scale she never imagined. She must learn what it means to be a doctor in a world deprived of almost all technology.

EMP blasts started the apocalypse during Tom and his family's return flight home from vacation. Surviving the crash only caused them to confront the chaos of the apocalypse head-on. Even though they had survivor skills, and their ranch was set up to help them survive an apocalypse, the real apocalypse hits them hard. Tom has to break his grandfather’s rule about never bringing outsiders into their family survival group to help them meet the unforeseen challenges life throws at them.

When an EMP attack plunges the nation into darkness, the days of panic have only just begun.... About to leave for Army Basic Training, Peter Meier awakens to a society on the edge of collapse. But when three strangers wander onto his family’s backwoods property in rural Wisconsin, a shocking turn of events plunges his world into turmoil. Meanwhile, in the nearby town of Bowman, Mayor Tom Grossman must work tirelessly to maintain a sense of calm. With no power, cars, or phones, will he be able to quell the rising tensions and keep the townsfolk composed?

In the near future, in the picturesque town of Burning Hollow, Tennessee, a century-old squabble between two families is brewing. For four generations, blood has spilled between the patriarchs, shifting the tides of power. But after each significant change, a new war begins. Will an EMP strike on a failed economy prove lethal to a besieged nation? Or will its citizens rally to protect their homesteads and safeguard their families?