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Zombies, viral horror, and survival collide in Empty Graves—a pulse-pounding short story collection from NYT bestseller Jonathan Maberry (4.4 stars on Amazon).
Empty Graves
Dystopian
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Zombies, viral horror, and survival collide in Empty Graves—a pulse-pounding short story collection from NYT bestseller Jonathan Maberry (4.4 stars on Amazon). Sixteen tales—including one exclusive new story—explore what happens when the dead refuse to stay buried. If you crave action, atmosphere, and apocalyptic terror, this one's for you. Grab your copy before the outbreak spreads!
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They don’t stay buried.
From New York Times bestseller and Bram Stoker Award winner Jonathan Maberry comes a chilling, high-octane collection of sixteen zombie stories that will leave your pulse pounding—and your skin crawling.
Empty Graves brings together some of Maberry’s most terrifying tales of the living dead, spanning genres from horror to sci-fi to biothriller. Whether it's a viral outbreak turning cities into nightmares or the slow rot of morality in a crumbling world, each story pulses with heart-stopping tension and deeply human questions of survival, sacrifice, and fear.
Including one never-before-published tale, this anthology is a must for zombie fans and horror readers alike.
The dead don’t rest. And in these pages, neither will you.
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When forests whisper rebellion, two siblings must choose sides.
A Breathless Sky
Dystopian
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When forests whisper rebellion, two siblings must choose sides. A Breathless Sky (4.5 stars on Amazon) is a gripping cli-fi fantasy where ancient sequoias, subterranean magic, and ecological vengeance collide. If you loved The Overstory or Avatar, don’t miss this haunting tale of sibling rivalry and Earth’s survival.
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The impending destruction of a forest triggers a battle between two siblings, and nature and humankind, in a gripping and provocative novel by the author of The Canopy Keepers.
As climate disasters wreak havoc, a sister and brother take opposing sides on the fate of the human race.
Syrah Carthan wants to save it. A tour guide for the Sequoia National Park, Syrah has an affinity for the millennia-old Giants that extends to Rhiza, a subterranean world as ancient as Earth itself. Syrah is the reluctant heir apparent as its Keeper. Her duty is to maintain a balance between nature and humans. But Syrah’s greatest adversary has his duty as well.
Romelo, Syrah’s brother, wants humankind to get what it deserves. To protect the forests, he’s already instigated one battle that ended in chaos and death. To reverse the near extinction of the magnificent trees, Romelo’s next move is to conspire with the sequoias themselves. If all goes according to plan, it will leave human beings absolutely breathless.
The siblings are going to battle. In the worlds above and below, only one of them can emerge victorious.
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Best for readers who like cyberpunk noir, hitmen, cults, cyborgs, and gritty near-future crime.
The Electric Church
Dystopian · Sci-Fi
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Called “equal parts Raymond Chandler and William Gibson” by New York Times–bestselling author James Rollins, The Electric Church follows hitman Avery Cates as he’s sent to assassinate the leader of a cyborg religion promising eternal life, with a 4.2-star rating from more than 200 Amazon reviewers. Best for readers who like cyberpunk noir, hitmen, cults, cyborgs, and gritty near-future crime.
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A New York hitman is sent to eliminate a charismatic cult leader in this near-future noir that's equal parts Raymond Chandler and William Gibson" (New York Times–bestselling author James Rollins).
In the near future, the only thing growing faster than the criminal population is the Electric Church, a new religion founded by a mysterious man named Dennis Squalor. The Church preaches that life is too brief to contemplate the mysteries of the universe: eternity is required. In order to achieve this, the converted become Monks—cyborgs with human brains, enhanced robotic bodies, and virtually unlimited life spans.
Enter Avery Cates, a dangerous criminal known as the best killer-for-hire around. The authorities have a special mission in mind for Cates: assassinate Dennis Squalor. For Cates, it will be the most dangerous job he's ever undertaken—and possibly his last.
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Would you want to remember what you chose to forget?
Tell Me an Ending
Dystopian · Sci-Fi
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Would you want to remember what you chose to forget? In Tell Me an Ending, memory erasure collides with identity in a gripping speculative thriller hailed as Black Mirror meets Severance. A New York Times Best Sci-Fi Book and 4.5-star Amazon favorite, this provocative debut unravels grief, secrets, and the limits of consent. Click now to remember what shouldn’t be forgotten.
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What if your worst memory could be deleted? And what if you just found out it was?
In Tell Me an Ending, thousands around the world receive a shocking notification—they once chose to erase a memory. Now, they must decide: reclaim what they lost, or leave it buried forever. An architect in the Arizona desert suspects betrayal. A woman in Kuala Lumpur remembers a city she’s never seen. A former cop in England unravels under the weight of something he can’t name.
At the center of it all is Noor, a psychologist at the Nepenthe clinic. As secrets resurface, Noor is forced to question the ethics of forgetting—and the terrifying cost of remembering.
A haunting blend of Black Mirror and Severance, this speculative thriller will leave you questioning everything you think you know.
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Good for readers who want futuristic conspiracy thrillers with ancient mysticism, supernatural menace, economic control, and high-level political danger.
The Illuminati
Dystopian
Our take
The Illuminati follows a secret society that infiltrates world organizations and financial institutions before using a global system called Data-Net to control money, fuel, and food, with a 4.5-star rating from more than 400 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who want futuristic conspiracy thrillers with ancient mysticism, supernatural menace, economic control, and high-level political danger.
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From before the time of Christ, there have been rumors of a secret society called The Illuminati...a vicious tribe of Druids with mystical, supernatural powers. Many saw them as demons or gods. Those who opposed them simply disappeared...or met an even worse fate.
Unknown to all but the very few, this group slowly infiltrated world organizations and financial institutions with a singular goal--to control the world's economic system.
Now fast-forward to the year 2020. The Illuminati has succeeded in placing one of their people in the office of the presidency of the United States. With the worldwide launch of a financial system known as Data-Net, they suddenly have the power to single out groups of people and control their money, fuel, and food supply. How do you escape an unknown enemy operating at the highest levels who can track your every move? And how do you defeat a society that practices ancient rituals and appears to have power beyond the grave?
The Illuminati
is a futuristic thriller tied to ancient mysticism that will appeal to fans of The DaVinci Code and the Left Behind series. It will also leave readers wondering where fact ends and fiction begins.
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The apocalypse is already here in Glimmering, and it is every bit as strange, feverish, and unnerving as that sounds.
Glimmering
Dystopian
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The apocalypse is already here in Glimmering, and it is every bit as strange, feverish, and unnerving as that sounds. Elizabeth Hand mixes climate disaster, plague, addiction, faith, and decay into a dystopian story that feels part literary nightmare, part psychedelic thriller, as two very different men get pulled toward a dark force shaping whatever comes next. Bleak, weird, and vividly imagined, this one leans fully into end-of-the-world chaos without playing it safe.
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"If Stephen King set out to rewrite The Waste Land as a novel, the result might resemble Glimmering." —The Washington Post
Climate change, rampant viruses, blackouts, fundamentalists—the end of the end has arrived. Glimmering, the 1994 dystopian novel by Nebula and World Fantasy Award–winning author Elizabeth Hand, is now timelier than ever.
When the confluence of a solar storm and the collapse of the Antarctic ice shelf ignites the atmosphere like grease, those who are able hide behind their walls and masks, seeking the promise of a seductive—and dangerous—future. As the earth erupts in flames, department store heir and editor Jack Finnegan faces his own inevitable death from AIDS in his family's decrepit mansion near the Hudson River—that is, until an old friend offers him a miraculous cure . . .
Christian singer Trip Marlowe has found worldwide success, but the dynamic rock star retains his strict morality and faith. Temptation comes in the form of a mysterious blond waif and IZE, a new drug more addictive than crack and heroin . . .
The two men will find themselves on a bizarre collision course as a dark and powerful force seeks to shape what's left of humanity's consciousness.
"A brutal vision of Apocalypse . . . Hand's powerful vision of these days of wrath is not so much a protracted self-pitying whisper as a Nietzschean insistence on salvation through creative evolution." —Publishers Weekly, starred review
"[A] wild, psychedelic, thoughtful thriller . . . Another dynamite read!" —The Des Moines Register
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After a virus wipes out humanity, one woman wanders a ruined Britain with only a dog for company.
Last One at the Party
Post-Apocalyptic
Our take
After a virus wipes out humanity, one woman wanders a ruined Britain with only a dog for company. Funny, devastating, and deeply human, her journey explores loneliness, freedom, and survival at the end of the world. This acclaimed post-apocalyptic novel holds 4.3 stars on Amazon and is praised for its wit and emotional impact.
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December 2023. The human race has fought a deadly virus and lost. The only things left from the world before are burning cities and rotting corpses.
But in London, one woman is still alive.
Although she may be completely unprepared for her new existence, as someone who has spent her life trying to fit in, being alone is surprisingly liberating.
Determined to discover if she really is the last survivor on earth, she sets off on an extraordinary adventure, with only an abandoned golden retriever named Lucky for company.
Maybe she'll find a better life or maybe she'll die along the way. But whatever happens, the end of everything will be her new beginning.
A terrifically, dark and funny tale about one woman all alone at the end of the world, perfect for fans of Bella Mackie, Katy Brent and Dolly Alderton.
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The EMPs hit fast—but the fallout hits harder.
1000 Miles of Bad Road: After the EMPs
Dystopian
Our take
The EMPs hit fast—but the fallout hits harder. In 1000 Miles of Bad Road (4.3 stars on Amazon), EE Isherwood launches a gritty survival thriller where one man with the last working car must cross a crumbling nation. From the creator of the Neighborhood Watch universe, this high-octane post-apocalyptic ride is impossible to put down. Click to start surviving.
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When the power grid crashes, the highways become hell.
Joey just inherited a trucking company and was gearing up for a fresh start. A week on the road in his classic Mustang was supposed to be his last taste of freedom before responsibility set in. But when a series of EMPs rip through the country, everything stops—except him.
Stranded a thousand miles from home with the only working vehicle for miles, Joey quickly realizes freedom has a price. Phones are dead. Vehicles silent. Panic sets in.
He knows what happened—and how quickly things will go from bad to worse.
Now, Joey must navigate looters, chaos, and desperation to make it back alive. But surviving the road home might demand more than he's willing to give.
Can one man outrun a nation in collapse?
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Perfect for fans of The Walking Dead.
Contagious
Thriller · Post-Apocalyptic
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When a virus turns the world into a feeding frenzy, twenty-four-year-old Orissa Penwell must lead a ragtag group of survivors through the zombie apocalypse. Contagious (4.3 stars) by NYT bestselling author Emily Goodwin blends horror, grit, and heart. Perfect for fans of The Walking Dead. Click now to see why readers are raving about this post-apocalyptic thrill ride.
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Orissa Penwell thought she'd already hit rock bottom. Forced out of college and broke, she moves in with her aunt, certain things can’t get worse.
She was wrong.
A vicious virus tears through the country, turning people into ravenous, flesh-eating monsters. In a heartbeat, the world falls apart. Alone and untrained, Orissa fights to survive—but survival gets a lot more complicated when she’s thrust into leading a group of desperate strangers.
Haunted by her past and terrified of her future, Orissa must choose: help the living or risk everything to find her family.
With the undead closing in and humanity crumbling, she’ll need every ounce of grit to face what comes next.
When the world ends, what’s left to fight for?
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Volcanoes.
Devolution
Horror · Sci-Fi · Post-Apocalyptic
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Volcanoes. Isolation. Bigfoot. Devolution by Max Brooks (World War Z) is the survival horror thriller you didn’t know you needed. Told through recovered journals and dark research, this 4.5-star bestseller explores the bloody truth behind a forgotten massacre in the Washington wilderness. Finalist for the Locus Award. Click now to discover why Bigfoot is not the cuddly cryptid you imagined.
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Mount Rainier erupted. Then something far worse came down from the mountains.
Devolution is Max Brooks’ gripping, genre-bending Bigfoot horror novel that blends survival thriller, investigative journalism, and blood-soaked suspense. Told through the recovered journal of Kate Holland and paired with chilling research, the story of Greenloop—a high-tech eco-community turned massacre site—unfolds in terrifying detail.
Trapped by volcanic devastation and cut off from civilization, the residents of Greenloop face something far more primal than isolation: a brutal tribe of Sasquatch with a taste for human flesh.
From the author of World War Z, Devolution delivers relentless tension, unforgettable characters, and a Bigfoot tale that feels horrifyingly possible.
Believe or don’t. But if Kate’s account is real… you’ll never hike the woods the same way again.
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In a world built on fear, innocence becomes a dangerous illusion.
The Girl With All the Gifts
Dystopian · Sci-Fi · Thriller · Post-Apocalyptic
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In a world built on fear, innocence becomes a dangerous illusion. In The Girl With All the Gifts, Melanie is a brilliant child confined to a cell and escorted at gunpoint to her lessons, unaware of the terror she inspires. As the truth of her existence emerges, the novel explores survival, morality, and what humanity owes the next generation in a devastating dystopian thriller.
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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.
The Girl With All the Gifts is a groundbreaking thriller, emotionally charged and gripping from beginning to end.
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Ideal for readers looking for rebellion, brutal competition, political intrigue, and large-scale science-fiction action.
Red Rising
Dystopian · Sci-Fi · Galactic Empire · Space Opera
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A New York Times bestseller called “relentlessly entertaining,” this dystopian science-fiction novel follows Darrow, a laborer from Mars’s lowest caste who infiltrates the ruling Golds to destroy the society that enslaved his people, with a 4.6-star rating from more than 107,000 Amazon reviewers. Ideal for readers looking for rebellion, brutal competition, political intrigue, and large-scale science-fiction action.
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Pierce Brown’s relentlessly entertaining debut channels the excitement of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card.
“Red Rising ascends above a crowded dystopian field.”—USA Today
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR—Entertainment Weekly, BuzzFeed, Shelf Awareness
“I live for the dream that my children will be born free,” she says. “That they will be what they like. That they will own the land their father gave them.”
“I live for you,” I say sadly.
Eo kisses my cheek. “Then you must live for more.”
Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future. Like his fellow Reds, he works all day, believing that he and his people are making the surface of Mars livable for future generations. Yet he toils willingly, trusting that his blood and sweat will one day result in a better world for his children.
But Darrow and his kind have been betrayed. Soon he discovers that humanity reached the surface generations ago. Vast cities and lush wilds spread across the planet. Darrow—and Reds like him—are nothing more than slaves to a decadent ruling class.
Inspired by a longing for justice, and driven by the memory of lost love, Darrow sacrifices everything to infiltrate the legendary Institute, a proving ground for the dominant Gold caste, where the next generation of humanity’s overlords struggle for power. He will be forced to compete for his life and the very future of civilization against the best and most brutal of Society’s ruling class. There, he will stop at nothing to bring down his enemies . . . even if it means he has to become one of them to do so.
Praise for Red Rising
“[A] spectacular adventure . . . one heart-pounding ride . . . Pierce Brown’s dizzyingly good debut novel evokes The Hunger Games, Lord of the Flies, and Ender’s Game. . . . [Red Rising] has everything it needs to become meteoric.”—Entertainment Weekly
“Ender, Katniss, and now Darrow.”—Scott Sigler
“Red Rising is a sophisticated vision. . . . Brown will find a devoted audience.”—Richmond Times-Dispatch
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