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Fight for survival. Build the future. Claim your destiny. In a world where humanity teeters on the brink of extinction, lone wanderer Kai Drayce discovers the Dominion—a long-dormant AI with the power to rebuild civilization or finish what the apocalypse started. Forced into a brutal game of survival, Kai must gather allies, master deadly technology, and unlock the secrets of a shattered world. But every step forward pits him against merciless raiders, mechanical horrors, and the Dominion’s unyielding grip. His only hope lies in the bonds he forges with a group of fierce, brilliant, and...

Leaner, meaner, wittier and wiser, the sequel to hit post-apocalyptic book 'Basically Frightened' is here. Taking place directly after the events of the original, 'Outside Looking Out' lands our hero in another set of unhinged circumstances. Who are 'Order'? Who are 'Protected Infected'? Where are his friends? Who are these new enemies? Prepare to enter a dystopia quite unlike anything you've read before - 'Outside Looking Out' is a comic adventure that combines post-apocalyptic action with blistering satire and heartfelt emotion. “I cannot recommend this book enough. Absolutely first ...

Deep in the bowels of a starship… An android searches for a body. Trapped in her failing mechanical body, Margaret has a dream. She yearns to own hands to toss a salad. To possess fingers to knead the richest chocolate dough. For a tongue to taste the joys of her creations. Margaret longs to cook. First, she’ll have to find the perfect human parts to harvest. But there’s a policeman hunting her through the maintenance tunnels of Anchora. And he’s not going to stop until he finds her. Or dies trying… If you enjoyed the gritty pulse-pounding dystopia of Defragmenting Daniel, ...

It's the end of the world, but Reg won't mind the peace and quiet - after all, he's always lived a solitary life. And his happy-go-lucky dog, Lineker, is ecstatic to spend more time with his beloved owner. Together, they plan to wait out the impending doom in their second-floor apartment, hiding themselves away from the riots outside. But when an abandoned orphan shows up in the stairwell of their building, Reg and Lineker must leave their place of safety and accompany her into the ruins of a fallen city.

After the arrival of the multiversal monopoly BuyMort, life got brutal. All systems were through BuyMort. All currency was through BuyMort. All sales were through BuyMort. You could resist, you could compete, but it didn’t really matter because in the end you used BuyMort—or you perished. BuyMort be praised. But not everyone’s happy with the new system. Some, even, want to see it destroyed. It’s quick. It’s convenient. And it will help people kill you and your family as readily as it will help them sell you knickknacks for a quick mortie.

What was meant to heal the world… destroyed it instead. A miracle drug promised to end addiction, depression, and homelessness. Governments across the globe rushed it to the masses. Then the screaming started. They started calling it The Tox Shot. Now, the infected roam. They’re ravenous, violent, and twisted by a cure that turned into a curse. The infection spreads like wildfire through the exchange of bodily fluids. Nowhere is safe. Joel, a recently discharged sailor, just wanted to rebuild his life. Freshly divorced and heading back to his parents’ home in Eastern Tennessee, he ...

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If the Dark doesn’t kill you, what’s in it will. One year ago, anything with a computer chip; the electric grid; communication; every modern convenience stopped working. Ridgecrest, perched on top of the Highland Plateau, went dark — cut off from the rest of the world. Anyone who leaves never returns, and no one comes into town — until today. Grab your copy and start reading Book 1 of this electrifying new serial today! Praise for The Dark: It was bound to happen. You can’t shackle talent like Christopher Greyson’s. He finally stepped out of his comfort zone and wrote one of the...

When revenge costs $1.8 billion, it’s worth every penny. Devin Reed has hit rock bottom – literally – he sleeps on cot #187 in a homeless shelter. Once a successful shipping company owner, he lost everything to Marcus Thorne, the solar system’s most ruthless corporate titan. With his business destroyed and his wife dead from tainted medicine, Devin has nothing left but rage and a burning desire for payback. Then fate intervenes in the form of a discarded lottery ticket pulled from a trash bin. One impulsive rescue of someone else’s “worthless” paper. Overnight, Devin is ...

Three years have passed since the Jamaicans caused the apocalypse, and things in post-Armageddon Chicago have settled into a new kind of normal. Unfortunately, that "normal" includes collapsing skyscrapers, bands of bloodthirsty maniacs, and a dwindling cache of survival supplies. After watching his family, friends, and most of the non-sadistic elements of society crumble around him, Patrick decides it's time to cross one last item off his bucket list. He's going to Disney World.

Tall, sexy, and possibly deadly. I've been arrested by a dangerous alien. Now I know it’s possible to break the intergalactic code without ever traveling to space. The huge and gruff Commander Rok of the Intergalactic Cadets turns up to arrest me for my supposed crimes. All I’ve been doing is running my dating business and expanding my customer base. Citywide, statewide. Hell, why not conquer the world? He says I was broadcasting my data halfway across the known galaxy. Whoops. Earth is full of women who want to find a connection. As the Commander of the Intergalactic Cadets, it's my ...

A cynical app developer, a perfect futuristic city, and a love that defies all logic. Getting home is the goal, but falling for her ridiculously logical (and beautiful) tour guide might just be the glitch her life needed. Ellie Wu’s love life is a 404 error and her career as an app developer is one endless debugging session. Her only escape is the retro charm of vintage tech. But when one jiggle of a dusty arcade joystick catapults her across dimensions, she lands in Arkadia—a shimmering, utopian city where a benevolent AI has eliminated conflict, want, and even messy emotions. For a ...

Collection of short stories featuring Delovoa and his life pre-Belvaille. Print Length: 66 pages Includes: -How Delovoa became so intelligent -How Delovoa first joined the military as a scientist -Early experiments with artificial intelligence -Where ZR3 came from -Meeting the Ontakians -Delovoa's advanced work with mutations -Delovoa's exile as a criminal -Early life on Belvaille and his unique, and pervasive, impact on the city NOTE: while the stories are stand-alone, it contains many references to characters and events in Hard Luck Hank novels.

Frank has survived five years of the apocalypse by trusting no one and following his own rules. But now he's no longer alone. There's Maisie, fifteen and hardened beyond her years, and little Zoe, whose smile somehow survived the end of the world. So when Frank hears whispers of a place working on a cure, he knows better than to believe it. And he goes anyway. Because for them, he’ll risk what he never would for himself. For them, he’ll break every rule. Even the ones that have kept him alive.

Tanner’s Turn (The Tox Shot, Book 3) They’re tired of surviving. They want to live. Joel, Terry, Lisa, Deborah, and Mitchell have survived fierce mortar attacks, exploding dams, betrayals and the loss of the island that nearly became their refuge. This time they're heading for something better. Deep in the mountains sits an ultra exclusive cabin community, a place with real structure and defensible terrain. A place where they can build a wall, fortify the perimeter and create a settlement that might keep the infected at bay. For once, they aren’t starting empty handed. They have ...

WHAT IF DONALD TRUMP DIED… AND NO ONE WANTED HIM? In this darkly hilarious and politically sharp work of satire, Donald J. Trump arrives in the afterlife—where even the divine are exhausted. Denied entry to both Heaven and Hell, he’s bounced through a surreal cosmic bureaucracy filled with audits, errors, and purgatorial loops that feel suspiciously like Mar-a-Lago with worse lighting. INSIDE THIS SATIRICAL AFTERLIFE, YOU’LL FIND: God and Satan, arguing over whether he’s their problem A Wharton ethics class taught by Jimmy Carter A Twitter account that’s reinstated, suspended, ...

Collection of short stories featuring Hard Luck Hank and his early days on Belvaille. Print Length: 63 pages Includes: -Why Hank came to Belvaille -Hank's first job -Where Hank got his plasma pistol -Hank's first murder -Introduction of glocken -Where the Gentleman's Club and Athletic Club came from -Hank's first love -How and why Belvaille changed and became what it is today NOTE: while the stories are stand-alone, it contains many references to characters and events in Hard Luck Hank novels.

Every weekend, in basements and car parks across the country, young men with good white-collar jobs and absent fathers take off their shoes and shirts and fight each other barehanded. Then they go back to those jobs with blackened eyes and loosened teeth and the sense that they can handle anything.

“The debut by Pushcart-winning short story writer Kim Samek blends subversive humor with the absurd in a memorable collection of stories. . . . Recommended for fans of Ben Loory and Aimee Bender.”—Los Angeles Times (20 Books We Can’t Wait to Read in 2026) A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK: Alta...

A New York Times Notable Book A Washington Post Notable Book A Best Book of the Year: The Guardian, NPR, The Christian Science Monitor, The Globe and Mail A GoodReads Reader's Choice Bringing together Oryx and Crake and The Year of the Flood, this thrilling conclusion to Margaret Atwood's...