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In 1946 the United States Navy conducted Operation Highjump, an expedition to evaluate the effect of extreme Antarctic cold on US equipment. However, their true purpose remains shrouded in mystery. Were the reports of Nazi activity on the Southern Continent accurate? After engaging unknown forces in aerial combat, weather forced the Navy to abandon operations. Undeterred, the US returned every Antarctic summer until escalating tensions in Southeast Asia forced the government to secretly detonate three nuclear warheads.

Everything comes crashing down on Forrest when a rampaging cyborg attacks, disrupting his investigation into the death of a lowly thumper club doorman who knew too much. Before he can determine his next move, a beautiful evidence clerk lands on his doorstep and forces her way into his life. Meanwhile, the precinct chief tasks him to track down and stop the street doctors who build the abominations.

Six years ago, the president made the difficult decision to abandon Washington to the undead...Now, a new presidential election revives the hopes of the nation as one candidate promises to retrieve the Declaration of Independence and Constitution from behind The Wall. Retired CIA operative Asher Hawke, AKA the Kestrel, agrees to lead a team to recover the national treasures. But when they insert behind The Wall, they discover that organized crime families have been stealing priceless artwork and cash as well as disposing of bodies behind The Wall.

Kelsey Briggs was a free spirit who joined the Army for the structure it provided. Craig was the type of soldier who followed all the rules. After 9/11, both of them were thrust into a war that no one imagined could happen. A chance encounter in the arid deserts of Iraq led them into each other’s arms. Their illicit relationship falters when his commander discovers that he’s violated the regulations. The punishment is swift and harsh. Craig is sent home in shame. When tragedy befalls the men who relied on Craig, he blames himself...and Kelsey.

Christmas in Scotland. After this past year, I wasn’t sure I would ever celebrate another holiday. Jordon was sleeping behind me and out the window I saw not just the snow covered landscape but our future stretching out into the distance. My luck had always been shit, just as I think we can get on with our lives and new business, the past comes back to rear its ugly head and piss me off. The Russians just don’t know when to leave well enough alone. Instead of licking their wounds and going back to Hell, they think they’re going to come after me and mine.

Treat yourself to a glimpse into the dark future world of New Orleans, where humanity's base desires have overshadowed common decency, and very few are willing to stand in the way. With 10 stories by seven well-known independent authors, High Tech/Low Life is guaranteed to please.

The Traxx family has lived in peace for more than 75 years. After fleeing the wastelands of Texas, they settled in Colorado to establish a new community among the foothills of the mountains. Despite the problems of the past and the mutations of the present, they are determined to create a society where everyone can prosper. Varan and Caleb Traxx, abducted by slavers and presumed dead by their family, have survived the impossible journey across the desert to the coastal cities of what used to be California.

Staff sergeant Bea “Mic” Michaels and her black-ops team Steel Corps do what others cannot: They execute missions unbeknownst to the public they ardently defend. Over time, their orders begin to chafe and questions arise. Around every turn is another trial threatening to rip their family asunder. From Colombia, to Mexico, to Russia, and beyond, each mission sucks them deeper into the darkness.

The world transformed in the blink of an eye. H5N8, a deadly strain of coronavirus, shut everything down as people cowered in their homes, fearful of the disease. Schools and businesses shut their doors. The economy crashed. People went hungry, while others hoarded food and supplies. Interaction between neighbors became strained, each believing that the other carried the virus. When martial law was declared, National Guard troops showed up, patrolling the streets by day and enforcing a strict curfew after dark.

Years before the outbreak, an unexplained illness in the Congo that mimicked different hemorrhagic fevers brought scientists from the CDC to the jungle. Rebels attacked and destroyed all of the data and blood samples before their research was completed. Days before the outbreak, everything seemed normal. The public had no idea that terrorist forces planned to unleash a literal hell upon the earth. The US and British intelligence community knew, and sent a covert team to North Korea to try to stop the extinction event before it began.

Eight years after the collapse of the global economy and the fall of modern society, simply surviving each day is a gift. Starvation, disease, and death lurk in the shadows, waiting for their opportunity to claim another life. The great nations have fallen, replaced by local communities that will do anything to keep their people alive. Jace Thompson finds himself fleeing from the insidious forces of the Collective. He makes it across the Potomac River into what was once the American state of Maryland.

America, as we know it, is gone. The survivors are being hunted. Foreign troops search daily for Sidney Bannister and her new family, systematically eliminating their means of survival. She’s gone on the offensive, but will her initiative bring further pain and suffering to the family?

One man had the courage to stand up for what was right against the tyrants of the New American Republic. The name of Bodhi Haskins became a rally cry for patriots everywhere, giving them the will to fight and take America back from those who seek to destroy her. Bodhi’s wife, Cassandra, finds herself in the midst of a war zone after Bodhi returns to Texas to fight for freedom alongside his former teammates. She’s forced into action to save their family when NAR forces arrive, attempting to cut off the head of the Resistance and end the war.

The world as we know it, is destroyed when a regional conflict spins out of control, pulling other nations into the war...throwing millions of tons of dirt and ash into the atmosphere to block out the sun and create a nuclear winter. A small group of survivors from Illinois attempts to escape further south away from the deepening cold and increasing anarchy. Along the way, they discover that the true monsters are not the mutants of the wastes; instead the enemy that they must fear the most is their fellow man.

Staff Sergeant Bea “Mic” Michaels is the leader of Steel Corps, an elite group of the finest men in the American armed forces. Commissioned by the US government to do what other units cannot, existing both above and outside the law. A new recruit, Corporal Chris Jordon, has just been delivered, but before he can call himself Steel, he must pass every physical and mental test Mic throws at him. Orders for a mission have come down, and Mic must train Jordon faster than ever.

A Path of Ashes is the first book in an exciting new series about life in post-apocalyptic America, a nation devoid of leadership, electricity, and human rights. The world as we know it may have burned, but humanity found a way to survive and this is their story.

Origins of the Outbreak follows the chain of infection from one person to another after a university researcher in a small Texas town unwittingly develops a disease that turns its victims into zombies and threatens to destroy the world as we know it.

It takes political intrigue - and plenty of tanks - to defeat zombies. Escaped zombies from behind the wall have swept across the northeast, their path marked by havoc and death. Into this nightmare world are thrust several unlikely heroes. A full-time national guard soldier leads his company of tanks on a harrowing journey towards the Appalachian Defensive Line. A small group of refugees fight for their own survival and end up facing demons of a different sort.

I’m Staff Sergeant Michaels, the leader of Steel Corps. We’re the best America has to offer and we’ve been dealt a heavy blow. I’m fighting to recover; struggling to be the leader my men expect me to be - need me to be. It’s been five days. Five days since my men rescued me from that basement in Mexico. My body is healing and I’m stronger than ever - eager to go to Russia and end this terror haunting me. Secrets burden our team like lead weights around our necks. We must strip them free and bind ourselves together anew.

The Second Galactic Expeditionary Force is a mercenary corporation, fighting for whoever is willing to pay. They recruit from the galaxy’s destitute, its criminals, and loners. All are offered a new life as a GEF trooper, battling their way from one desolate planet to the next. Wrongfully accused of committing genocide against an alien species during a first contact encounter, Fleet Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant Echo Griffith was out of options. His trial was a sham, a theater for the masses. He reluctantly accepts the offer of service with the GEF in exchange for his life.