Epic Disasters

The Wreckage Trilogy Three megaquakes. One collapsing planet. Zero chance to stand still. From the Pacific to the Atlantic, this explosive trilogy follows one unstoppable family through the ultimate fight for survival. Packed with nonstop action, unforgettable characters, and jaw-dropping realism, Wreckage Road is perfect for fans of The Day After Tomorrow, San Andreas, and The 5th Wave. Buy now and ride the fault lines—before the Earth takes its final breath. Book 1: Wreckage Road When the Cascadia Subduction Zone rips open, the West Coast collapses—cities vanish beneath tsunamis, and ...

The last ice age didn’t disappear. It only slept. And now, it’s waking up. When an early October snowstorm blankets northern Wisconsin, most residents shrug it off as a seasonal anomaly. But former Army paratrooper Daniel Reicher senses something far more dangerous brewing beneath the cold. Temperatures freefall, lakes freeze overnight, and the snow—unnervingly—never melts. Then a suppressed NOAA report leaks: the Gulf Stream is slowing. The same oceanic collapse that triggered ancient Ice Age catastrophes is happening again—only this time, millions are in the path. As the Midwest...

ONE OF BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR An unsettling masterpiece of the imagination, using fictional eyewitness accounts to tell the story of how climate change will impact us all. “The best science-fiction nonfiction novel I’ve ever read.” —Jonathan Lethem, New York Times...

They had everything: money, talent, and certainty. Then they made that decision. What do a $47 billion non-IPO, exploding Samsung phones, and the Great Emu War have in common? They're all spectacular failures that seemed like brilliant ideas—right until they weren't. Inside, you'll discover: Why Blockbuster had the chance to buy Netflix for $50 million (and said no) How Kodak invented the digital camera in 1975—then sat on it while others ate their lunch Why France's "impenetrable" Maginot Line became a $3 billion speed bump How Google+ forced millions to join—and everyone left anyway...

Elliott Harkness is always ready to answer the call of justice. But when the government outlaws all Metas, his entire family is captured and Elliott is their only hope! But as Elliott fights to get the law reversed, he uncovers a sinister secret. The shape-shifting Skelton have infiltrated the highest ranks of government—and they’re about to take over the world! But the danger doesn’t end there. Krule the Conqueror has captured the Skelton Homeworld, and Earth is his next target!

In this gripping narrative history, Al Roker from NBC’s Today and the Weather Channel vividly examines the deadliest natural disaster in American history—a haunting and inspiring tale of tragedy, heroism, and resilience that is full of lessons for today’s new age of extreme weather. On the...

The Golden Age of Aviation is brought to life in this story of the giant Zeppelin airships that once roamed the sky—a story that ended with the fiery destruction of the Hindenburg. “Genius . . . a definitive tale of an incredible time when mere mortals learned to fly.”—Keith O’Brien...

Eli "Nacho" Naches is a fearsome assassin who has lost everything in a post-apocalyptic world full of monstrous creatures. He knows where he fits in this horror show, and he’s only been hanging around to see what’s going to be thrown at him next. When he’s finally put in chains and sent to the chopping block, he goes readily...only to be unexpectedly sent back in time to his younger body with his memories intact and the chance to make a difference.

Perfect for fans of Lucy Foley and Will Dean, No Higher Ground is a high-stakes, race-against-time thriller of one family trapped during a flood of epic proportions. In the midst of a terrifying, once-in-a-lifetime flood, Raven, her two children, and their Chihuahua are trapped on the rooftop of...

Hold on tight for a bold and epically fascinating journey through time packed with bizarre creatures, jaw-dropping facts, and all the chaotic drama Earth has to offer. Known for turning TikTok and YouTube into her own digital science classroom, viral content creator Lindsay Nikole brings her...

“An intense, immersive deep dive into a wild, dangerous, and unknown world, written with the pace and appeal of a great thriller. This is nonfiction at its very best.”—Lee Child The true story of two doomed ships and a daring search-and-rescue operation that shines a light on the elite...

They had no rescue coming. No second chances. No margin for error. Poon Lim watched his ship go down in the South Atlantic with 54 men aboard. He was alone on a wooden raft for 133 days. Juliane Koepcke fell 10,000 feet from a disintegrating aircraft into the Amazon jungle — the sole survivor of 93 people aboard. José Salvador Alvarenga drifted 6,700 miles across the Pacific in an open fishing boat for 438 days. Beck Weathers was left for dead twice on the slopes of Everest and walked himself back to camp anyway. These are not stories of luck. They are stories of specific decisions, ...

History loves a success story. But the truth? Civilizations didn’t just rise—they stumbled, miscalculated, and sometimes collapsed in ways so dramatic they changed the course of the world. If you’ve ever felt like history is too polished, too predictable, or just plain boring… you’re not alone. You’ve been told about the victories. The triumphs. The empires at their peak. What you haven’t been shown are the moments when everything went wrong. Epic Fails of the Ancient World pulls back the curtain on the disasters, blunders, and jaw-dropping mistakes that shaped history just as...

A historical adventure book set on a small, isolated island during the early nineteenth century."Pacific Shipwreck" is a gripping tale of survival, friendship, and resilience set against the backdrop of a mysterious, uninhabited island. Packed with thrilling adventures, high-sea battles, and life-altering decisions, the book offers readers a riveting emotional journey.The story revolves around the harrowing experiences of the passengers and crew of the ship "Pacific," namely Captain Peterson, the second mate Ready, and the tight-knit Hendrickson family, who intend to make a new beginning in...

THE TIME HAS COME. SEKINOWARI - THE LAST WAR - HAS ARRIVED. The breakneck conclusion to the trilogy that started with We Are the Dead. To beat the ultimate evil, sometimes the price is more than you can pay . . . The war with the Egril has changed Tinnstra forever. A coward no more, she'll go to...

It was a day like any other. People setting out on the commute to work or taking the kids to school or chatting to their friends in the park. Normal. Routine. Nothing to mark it apart. By lunchtime, everything they had ever known, every aspect of their lives, would be changed forever - marked by the most catastrophic series of global disasters to strike the planet in over 6000 years. MANKIND STANDS AT THE GATES OF EXTINCTION The world is being ripped apart by a great geological cataclysm. Cities crumble and entire continents disappear beneath the sea as earthquakes and mega-tsunamis lay ...

The forecast said the storm would turn. The forecast was dead wrong. A grieving former ER nurse thought a summer road trip to a beachfront camper festival would help heal the rift between her and her teenage son. But as they arrive on the isolated coastal sands, the ocean begins to boil. When an anomalous weather system rapidly intensifies into a catastrophic Category 4 hurricane, a devastating explosion severs the only bridge to the mainland. Trapped with thousands of panicked festival-goers and a rising storm surge, the mother's medical trauma training is the only thing keeping the ...

In December 1944, while supporting General MacArthur's invasion of the Philippines, Admiral William "Bull" Halsey neglected the Law of Storms, placing the mighty US Third Fleet in harm's way. Drawing on extensive interviews with nearly every living survivor and rescuer, as well as many families of lost sailors, transcripts and other records from naval courts of inquiry, ships' logs, personal letters, and diaries, Bruce Henderson finds some of the story's truest heroes exhibiting selflessness, courage, and even defiance.

The sequel to the darkly fantastic WE ARE THE DEAD: with more unflinching action, A FOOL'S HOPE sees Jia's revolutionaries dig in their heels as they learn that wars aren't won in a day. War takes everything. From Tinnstra, it took her family and thrust her into a conflict she wanted only to...

Book Two in the Asteroid Wars-continuing the saga of the struggle for the wealth of the Solar System Visionary space industrialist Dan Randolph is dead-but his protégé, pilot Pancho Barnes, now sits on the board of his conglomerate. She has her work cut out for her-for Randolph's rival, Martin...