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It has been twenty years since the Great Plague. In a few months, Teal will turn sixteen and be able to Take the Chit from a Protector as so many have before her. In a cruel and dark world the Protectors supposedly keep away the violence and madness. But Teal is starting to realize that all is not what it seems, and her grandfather and mother harbor old secrets about Before and the Dark Years. As she seeks to stand for truth, Teal inadvertently sets off a chain of events that could destroy them all. The Protectors is a future dystopian short novel suitable for young adult or adult readers.

Two girls rescue a baby by entering an underwater cavern created by an asteroid, only to discover an ancient tribe living underground and recycling plastic by using bacteria while robots exploiting human bodies once roamed above them, now decimated by a parasitic worm. This is the nineteenth of a multi-volume series, each book building on a new adventure.

Imagine a planet without any life, except for human beings! Imagine a wasteland, where there are no natural resources left! Imagine that you are the first person in over a century to suddenly get a chance to build back the planet! Would you be willing to take risks and fight against the powers that tell you that the world can’t be changed?

On PF (Power Failure) Day, the sun strikes the world with an unseen surge of electromagnetic fury, which cripples power stations and burns transformers to crispy nuggets of regret. No one had ever thought about how much they depended on electrical power, but now, without it, they are plunged into survival mode. Without electricity there is no communication, no modern conveniences, and soon, no modern means of transportation, as the reserves of refined gasoline run dry. Worse still is the failure of the water and sewer systems, the impossibility of getting food and supplies to people living ...

This one time, at band camp…aliens invaded earth. Sounds like a bad riff on an old joke, doesn’t it? Unfortunately for me and my friends, it’s all too true. I thought a mess like this only happened in the movies but, as I watch the alien ships hovering over the major cities, I suddenly realize I’m a thousand miles away from my Mom. From home. From safety. Darkness may have fallen over the world, but I won’t let it claim me. I’ll do anything I have to get back to Michigan. Yet nothing could prepare me for what we find on our trek north from Tallahassee. There’s hardly anything ...

In a ruined city ruled by the menacing Scavengers, Raven and her friends possess incredible powers over fire, water, and growth. Together, they become the Ecomancers, pledging to help those in need without causing harm. With danger lurking at every turn, they embark on a thrilling mission to restore hope to their apocalyptic world. "Rise of the Ecomancers" is a pulse-pounding middle grade urban fantasy, where magic meets courage in the fight against darkness. Will Raven and her team prevail, or will the city remain enslaved forever? Get ready for an electrifying adventure where nature takes...

A young slave, forced to search for unknown artifacts, discovers one that leads him on a journey with a shape-shifting wolf. Together, they must recover the remaining artifacts to free his people from slavery and overthrow those in power.

What is real when emotions can be controlled, and people’s thoughts can be altered. Holding on to your sanity is the difference between freedom and slavery, not that you would know the difference. Those who are strong of will can alter the reality of weaker minds, changing the perception of reality. The rich can be made to believe they are poor; the old, young; and the innocent, guilty. Some use their ability for personal gain, some to help others, and some for their own twisted amusement. Jonas Sanders, a slacker who has never aspired to anything, must not only discover the depths of his...

Accurate and engaging ACTION & ADVENTURE 89 years AFTER the world goes all to hell. The life and times of Jedidiah Reuel in... THE SURVIVAL APOCALYPSE! In the Survival Apocalypse Series second book, The Choccolocco Valley, we find that Jed (Spoiler Alert) did indeed reach safety in the Choccolocco Valley, such as it is. That being said, he lands right in the middle of a war. How it comes about and what part he plays in it will be revealed in delightful and deadly ways. We'll also begin to learn what makes the Valley tick. Why it is an oasis in a scary and dangerous world. And keep in mind...

When a new principal called Crowstein takes over a school, he tells everyone that he wants to improve equality by getting pupils and teachers to wear a mask. He says that with everyone wearing a mask, the ugly pupils will feel better about themselves and have more confidence. The masks are only to be worn at school. But soon the pupils and teachers become addicted to their masks and never take them off. And furthermore, it comes to light that Crowstein can control people who wear the mask; that Crowstein can turn them into his own slaves. And so, with Crowstein getting his slaves to ...

When Timmy can no longer go to the playground or visit his friends because of a virus, he gets angry. When Timmy's toys and video games are taken away by the government because they might be contaminated by the virus, he gets angrier. When Timmy's father cannot get home from Canada for his birthday because of a virus quarantine, Timmy explodes. And when Timmy's father is still stranded in Canada over the Christmas period due to that virus quarantine, Timmy decides that he must formulate some sort of plan that will help to make everything right again.

There is nature and there is supernature. Do you know the difference?

Where will you be when the lights go out? Sometime in the near future, the electrical grid will fail. Communications will cease. Food distribution will grind to a halt. Experts say modern society is just nine meals away from chaos. When the super markets are no longer a source for food, when parents watch their children shivering in the cold, what will happen to people with no idea how to fend for themselves? This is a story about the night it happens.Sargent Red Morton is a veteran prison guard, left alone in the world by the tragic deaths of his wife and son. Caught in a spiral of despair...

See How the End Began!!! Prequel to the Jack Castle's Bestselling Stranger World series. First came radio, then movies and television. Virtual reality only lasted until hologram-rooms became a household name. Still, the suspension of disbelief was never enough. Then… Henry Stranger revealed his full-immersion theme parks to the world, and within a single generation more people lived, worked and played in Henry Stranger Worlds than out of them. Real or imagined, historical or fantasy: it doesn’t matter, pick any story-world you like. What could possibly go wrong? Hard to believe the end ...

Your next selfie. Your last breath. ☤☠♥ When cutting-edge nanotechnology creates a healthcare revolution, Brianna Harmond and her friends hack the government’s project for their high school science fair, and create an app that can alter appearance with the swipe of your thumb. As the dangers of gene-splicing manifest in unpredictable ways, the band of misfits gain powers that border on the supernatural, while falling deeper into an underground world of DNA hackers and body modification. As her darkest secrets are made public and her techie research cripples her little sister, ...

A million years ago the world ended. Since then a group of five have kept the City running. Now, one of them has died. Every generation, the five most powerful people in the City transfer their consciousnesses into nubile, teenage hosts. This allows them to continue their important work of keeping the city functioning and protected from the nuclear wasteland beyond its borders. When one of the Five dies, though, the others decide that their bodies are too fragile and decide to find new hosts earlier than usual. This triggers a competition, where children from across the City travel to its ...

One thousand years after the Norse first settled in North America, they are heading back to try again. The choice to migrate away from Iceland is not their own. Their island has been an oasis of civilization in a world gone mad following The Long Night – when artificial intelligence failed and took down all computer controlled processes around the world, wiping out over 90% of humanity. Insulated by a cold but bountiful Atlantic Ocean, Iceland has maintained order in a world plunged into darkness. Now Iceland's volatile geology is the greatest threat her people face. The volcanoes ...

Orion is proud to be an upholder of the town of River Edge, protecting the citizens, especially the weakest among them, from the havoc wreaked by the Last Destruction, the nuclear war that ended the civilization of the past. But when one of the town’s leaders, Forebearer Adena, assigns him to guard her children during the Census Games—a gladiatorial spectacle designed to rid the town of undesirables while providing both entertainment and deterrent for the citizens—a chain of events is set off which will forever change the fate of not only Orion, but the entire civilization.

To be born underground, in the dark, never to see the surface. That seemed to be Loreto’s fate. Born nearly half a century after the world had been destroyed by total, global, nuclear war one young man must find his destiny. He must learn what it means to be himself. Destined to become a Topsider, will he walk upon the surface? Will he be one of the brave few who work to usher humanity back to Earth’s population? Find out in Loreto: An Earth Has Fallen Short Story. See Loreto Rucker’s humble beginnings as he grows into the young man we will meet in Servidio’s Earth Has Fallen Post-...

The remote island of Pompolonia is so small that it’s not even on most maps. But what it lacks in size it makes up for in tradition. Each year, a Great Race is run, from the white sands of Octopus Bay, all the way up the mountain to Lake Pomp, a volcanic crater at the island’s summit. All islanders turning 12 are compelled to race. With no exceptions.