Disaster Survival Fiction

Rescue offers riveting stories about what happens when things go terribly wrong in some of the world's most perilous places: Himalayan peaks, African plains, vast oceans, remote Arctic wilderness. The result is a collection of first-rate prose read by masterful narrators that makes for compulsive listening.

Powerless and alone, she must fight to free herself and the child.Lethe: the fabled last bastion of mankind. It is said that the city was humanity’s last hope, a place of sanctuary for those who would brave the barren wastes to enter through its hallowed gates. But the truth is far, far different. Lethe is a place of lies and betrayal. The people who live within its ancient foundations resort to guile and hypocrisy to further their own ends. The decadent aristocracy lives in fortress-like mansions, ignoring the suffering of the teeming masses to engage in all manner of debauchery. The ...

Storms, politics, and gangs pummel California but that isn't the scary part. Extreme weather brings death and destruction, but people who panic or exploit a tragedy make natural disasters appear tranquil. Deluge is a disaster story with a basis in actual history. In 1862, a sixty-five-day downpour pummeled the western United States. California suffered the brunt of the storm. Almost a third of the state was under water, roads were impassible, telegraph lines down, rivers overflowed, hundreds of people died, and hundreds of thousands of animals drowned. Sacramento remained under water for ...

Bored with his life as a farm hand, Storm accepts a request to be a messenger boy for a local astronomer. Little does he know his world will be blown apart when he reaches the Capital. Intercepted and befriended by a strange giant of a man who is ensconced under the nation's government buildings, he learns an awful truth--the world has just months before it falls under the magnetic pull of the Dark Star, the invisible binary twin to the sun. Storm learns the resulting pole shift will change the face of the globe, causing mass devastation. But the Dark Star has swept the planet clean before ...

As society crumbles, the world divides between good and evil. The fallout from the EMP and cyber-attack that crippled Texas has ravaged the rest of the country. Alex and Vee must stay on the move, with the Accountant’s men being hot on their heels. And, on a lonely road back to Houston, Wendy survives through grit, determination, and a little luck - but she’s still not home free. Who can she trust, when everyone is out to save themselves? Houston is like a war zone. She’s going to need some help.

With Indiana in their sights...they have no choice but to stop. Will the storm or their pursuers be the end of Cory and Anna? Why hadn’t he thought about it before? Winchester, Illinois was where his old friend, Abe lived. He wasn’t just a pal, Abe had a bunker. Maybe they could hide and ride out the weather. Perhaps they could even escape the two men trying to kill them. What they didn’t know...was someone guessed their next move. Was the bunker out of reach?

Between them and the Accountant...lies a gauntlet of roaming gangs. How will they make it to Houston? For Alex, he only has one move: Get the money from the Accountant and hope it’s enough to make things right with Vargas. There’s just one problem: The gangster’s men aren’t the only ones trying to kill him, Vee, and Ranger. Texas has become a wasteland where everyone is willing to kill to survive. Can Alex survive long enough to get to Wendy?

A girl's life hangs in the balance. A marriage is driven to breaking point. When the unimaginable happens, who can you turn to? "Very occasionally a story jumps out at you with a raw burst of originality. This is that moment." ~ Lorraine Devon Wilke, Author As a London suburb reels from riots in neighbouring Brixton, Graham Jones finds fatherhood an increasingly frightening place. How can he hope to protect teenage daughter Judy when the world is already so different from the one he grew up in? But the future holds more fear than he can possibly imagine. One afternoon, a wall collapses, ...

A zombie apocalypse may seem like a fantasy right now. But what happens when an outbreak hits? Will you be prepared? The zombie apocalypse is a disaster few believe will truly ever occur despite how it has captured the popular imagination. The Center for Disease Control and the Pentagon have developed zombie apocalypse scenarios. If these powerhouses of the American government can take the apocalypse seriously, so can you.

Book 4 in the Johnny Apocalypse series. After the battle for New Sanctuary, Johnny and his friends set out on a quest to see what wonders—and what horrors—have risen since the Great War. Their journey takes them north as they cross paths with dangerous and terrifying enemies and monsters alike. Will new allies be as plentiful? The King of New York, a greedy dictator, is definitely not an ally but if Johnny has any hope of restoring democracy to America, the King must fall. Join Johnny Apocalypse on his new, thrilling adventure.

Living in San Francisco has been wonderful for the Welles and Dyer families, next-door neighbors and best friends who are so close they are really like one big family. Jim Welles is a successful lawyer, and Bob Dyer is a geologist – a profession which is about to become useful in a way nobody ever wanted it to be. Their sons are two teenage boys who are scheduled to play in a state championship baseball game Saturday, on the Oakland side of the Bay Bridge. Mother Nature has other plans, however. The families are not the only things that get separated when an earth-shaking event shocks the...

Predicting the future is easy. But which future? The possibilities are endless. The modern world ended in 2051. That was ten years ago, when Tony was eleven years old. Unbearable heat and frequent superstorms have rendered Arkansas unlivable. A refugee from Colorado, Tony is one of only three people left in the camp at Kings River. He should have gone north with the others. Why is he still here? Hannah thought she would live on the Missouri farm where she grew up forever. Now, she knows she must leave. Not because of the raiders. As far as Hannah knows, the raiders have already gone. The ...

When the flood hits, America's East Coast is evacuated by every means possible. Brooklyn paramedic Travis Cooke had dreamed of reuniting his family, but not like this. Escaping New York with his son and the ex-wife he still loves - and her new husband - they find themselves evacuated on the luxury cruise ship, the Festival of the Waves. Hours later, the Festival lies dead in the open Atlantic: no power, no communications, and nowhere near enough food.

In a future ice age, the rich live in warm luxury… …while the poor toil away in freezing misery. Until a girl with strange powers changes everything. Young Adara lives in Settlement Houston and survives by working at the HexPro Joule mine. She isn’t like the wealthy strolling through blizzards in their bikinis and first-class Symbiotes, which keep them balmy as a summer day. Her own life-support system is barely warm enough to get through her shift, but she’s tough, and mining heat cells provides her with a purpose. When a tragic mine accident imbues Adara with the ability to summon...

The third book in this action packed series reaches a stunning climax as the world’s hidden secrets are finally revealed. Miri and Zeren lead an expedition into the lost trading routes of the Unknown Regions. In these strange lands they encounter disparate tribes ruled by a domineering Khanate in the midst of an internal struggle, one that could decide the fate of the known world. With an unseen force guiding him, Rion’s quest to finally unearth his true origins leads them all towards an ultimate confrontation with the Maker of Entropy, a living god of immense power. Do not miss this ...

One year has passed since the nail-biting conclusion of the previous book. Life is good for Aoife. She is surviving at Sanctuary, a new community on the south coast. The twist? Sanctuary has electricity. It has power. And its reach and influence is only growing further. Slowly but surely, the new world is starting to feel like the old world, all over again. But when a devastating attack cripples power supplies and leaves masses of residents dead, Sanctuary is completely rocked. The only option? To go after the terrorists responsible, and wipe them out, once and for all.

It begins as a school trip to London. But with a sudden tidal surge and a dramatic thunderstorm that hurls rainwater down on the capital, it suddenly becomes something totally different: the site of a major disaster as the Thames Barrier is breached and London is flooded. With streets underwater, communications down, rats pouring up out of the sewers, and thousands of people in a state of panic, survival becomes a very key issue for Ben and his mates.

AMERICA IS PLUNGED INTO DARKNESS WHEN MASSIVE SOLAR FLARES DESTROY THE GRID. Enter the Darkness is a prequel novella to The Darkness After Series, an ongoing tale of survival, adventure and romance set in the aftermath of the breakdown of civilization. Two teenagers from completely different worlds are destined to meet when they are suddenly stranded in New Orleans, cut off from their loved ones and forced to adapt to a life without technology or law and order. Sixteen-year-old Mitch Henley sets out on foot to walk out of the city and return to the backwoods farm where his game warden ...