Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission - and if he fails, humanity and the Earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn't know that. He can't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he's been asleep for a very, very long time. And he's just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.

Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive - and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive. But Mark isn't ready to give up yet.

Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularly when you discover who's running the place. Charlie's life is going nowhere fast. A divorced substitute teacher living with his cat in a house his siblings want to sell, all he wants is to open a pub downtown, if only the bank will approve his loan. Then his long-lost uncle Jake dies and leaves his supervillain business (complete with island volcano lair) to Charlie. But becoming a supervillain isn't all giant laser death rays and lava pits.

It’s 1984, and life has changed beyond recognition. Airstrip One, formerly known as Great Britain, is a place where Big Brother is always watching, and nobody can hide. Except, perhaps, for Winston Smith. Whilst working at the Ministry of Truth, rewriting history, he secretly dreams of freedom. And in a world where love and sex are forbidden, where it’s hard to distinguish between friend and foe, he meets Julia and O’Brien and vows to rebel.

Two astronomers have detected a strange, pulsing signal from deep space. Within hours, the US government goes into lockdown, restricting airspace and scrubbing scientific data. Was the signal an intercepted communication revealing alarming plans for an enemy’s military strike? Or has humanity at long last found proof of extraterrestrial life?

In a world where the dead outnumber the living, where the ruins of once-great cities are all that remain, humanity’s fight for survival is just beginning. The World Ends tells the story of the survivors who have lived through the nightmare of a global outbreak, and who now must navigate a post-apocalyptic landscape filled with the infected, scarce resources, and the haunting echoes of a civilization lost. From the very first infection to the final battle against the relentless undead, this gripping tale chronicles the courage, sacrifice, and the unbreakable will to survive of ordinary ...

America is in distress. Her leader has fallen to a heart attack, leaving an inept Brian Ames to lead them. The Soviet Union continues to spread fear and panic throughout America, and is now attacking Israel. The world stands on the brink of disaster. World leaders are falling like domino's, as America's military presence throughout the world has evaporated. Control of the world now rests in the hands of a select few. Locally, people in America are at a loss. Terror attacks continue as Americans fight for their lives. Will all this be enough to crumble the most powerful nation the world has ...

What happens when disaster strikes and you have to leave your home? Jason and his family must make their way across Minnesota to reach the safety of their cabin. Will they make it? What will they encounter? Chairman Oswald has proof that President Evans has betrayed the country. How will he act to get America back on its feet and bring the traitors to justice?

Devastated and broken, America finds new ways to reach ultimate lows. Terrorist attacks continue to kill Americans inside their owns shores, while confusion dominates the globe. While an old enemy finds new ways to cripple America, financial institutions worldwide are going bankrupt, and economies tank. Desperation settles into the minds and lives of everyday Americans, while Washington D.C. continues to show its ineptitude. A new Vice President is found, and while he may not be the answer America needs, he will be an answer for someone. Heroes of old and anew strive to find answers to ...

Mankind has known hardships. They have experienced pandemics, droughts, floods, and infections, but never have they had to face a plague of this magnitude. Where did the Changed ones come from? How can the world survive now that they've arrived? What lengths will people go to, to make sure they are the ones who remain? Join in the epic battle to save humanity in this open-ended series.

What would you do if faced with EMP disaster? Jason Anderson is forced to deal with that exact dilemma. How to keep his family safe and alive while waiting for the last member of the family to arrive. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Aaron Oswald had given his life to the service. Now he must decide if current events are really what they seem, or are they a ruse going to the highest chain of command? How can he save a nation from disaster, and bring it back from the brink? Book 1 of The Darkness Falls series. LOSS - Book 1 RUN - Book 2 HOME - Book 3

Two months without power has plunged the nation into chaos. Without technology, humanity is crumbling. Starvation spreads while brutal gangs rise, dominating in a savage fight for control. Between John McGregor and his trapped daughter lies a nation in darkness, and a city that has become a fortress of fear.

All the Water in the World is told in the voice of a girl gifted with a deep feeling for water. In the years after the glaciers melt, Nonie, her older sister and her parents and their researcher friends have stayed behind in an almost deserted New York City, creating a settlement on the roof of the American Museum of Natural History. The rule: Take from the exhibits only in dire need. They hunt and grow their food in Central Park as they work to save the collections of human history and science. When a superstorm breaches the city’s flood walls, Nonie and her family must escape north.

Includes books one through four in the AL:ICE series: AL:ICE, AL:ICE-9, AL:ICE: Resurrection, and AL:ICE: Space War.

Daniel Rice is a government science investigator whose specialty is solving seemingly intractable problems through scientific inquiry. But Daniel's intellectual strength is sorely tested by the bizarre realities he finds in the quantum world. Extra dimensions of space trap the unwary, probability replaces cause and effect, and time isn't what anyone imagined. The other side of the mirror is a place full of dangers, but it's also somewhere a dedicated scientist can uncover secrets that connect humans with something greater.