Family Disaster

Mae Townsend has always dreamed of connecting with her estranged Black family in the South. She grew up picturing relatives who looked like her, crowded dinner tables, bustling kitchens. And, of course, the Townsend family barbecue, the tradition that kept her late father flying to North Carolina year after year, despite the mysterious rift that always required her to stay behind.

Survival on Shell Mountain A Shell Mountain Apocalypse Novel — Book One How do you hold on to faith when the world starts to fall apart? When whispers of economic collapse begin to echo across the nation, the Miller family doesn’t wait for permission—they pack up their lives and head for the hills. Trading modern comforts for a cabin in the Smoky Mountains, they commit to living off-grid, off the radar, and on their own terms. But life on Shell Mountain isn’t easy. The land is unforgiving, neighbors are suspicious, and the tension in town is rising fast. While Erin clings to faith ...

Five short stories that give glimpses into the lives of Griffin, Jorie, and the other characters from Second Nature.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of By Any Other Name comes a riveting novel about the risks we take to protect the ones we love in a world where crisis is always just around the corner. On September 11, 2001, when Molly Fitzgerald was only two months old, her mother went to an...

Master Survival with Battle-Tested Green Beret Expertise Are you prepared for disaster? 80% of Americans live in counties hit by weather-related emergencies, yet 60% have no plan. New York Times bestselling author and former Green Beret Bob Mayer transforms overwhelming survival information into a clear, actionable system anyone can follow. What Makes This Different: Using the same systematic planning that makes Special Forces elite, you'll prepare at three levels—Mild, Moderate, and Extreme—scaling your readiness to match your needs and resources. You'll Learn: Step-by-step checklists ...

The sequel to the unforgettable New York Times bestseller Gwen & Art Are Not In Love that invites listeners on a quest chock full of wit, undeniable yearning, and second chances. They fell in love. They fought a great battle. And they won. Now, Camelot’s famous couples have fallen apart. Newly...

To contain secrets, American and Soviet leaders created plutopias - communities of nuclear families living in highly subsidized, limited-access atomic cities. Fully employed and medically monitored, the residents of Richland and Ozersk enjoyed all the pleasures of consumer society while nearby, migrants, prisoners, and soldiers were banned from plutopia - they lived in temporary "staging grounds" and often performed the most dangerous work at the plant.

Fourteen billion gallons of water stand behind a failing structure. Zero time remains to run. After six days of relentless mountain rain, Crown Peak is tearing itself apart from the inside out. Twelve miles downstream, the resort town of Silverpine is packed with thirty thousand festivalgoers trapped in total gridlock. They are completely unaware of the catastrophe about to erase their location from the map. When the massive concrete wall shatters, veteran river guide Briar Holt and safety engineer Hollis Keene must fight against impossible odds. They are forced to lead a group of strangers...

David Turner was supposed to be home in two days. A pilot, husband, and father of three, David is finishing a routine business trip in Washington when the world suddenly goes dark. Aircraft fall from the sky. Vehicles die where they sit. Communications vanish. Stranded more than a thousand miles from home with only the gear in his survival bag, David begins an impossible journey across a country that no longer functions. Back in the Carolinas, his wife Grace is fighting her own battle to protect their sons and prepare for a future no one saw coming. When David discovers an abandoned ...

A new mother must adjust to a life she never asked for in this spirited novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Bodyguard and The Rom-Commers “Charming . . . cleverly told and uncommonly appealing.”—People Sometimes the worst thing that can happen is exactly what you’ve...

From The New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Came Home comes a historical novel inspired by true events, and the extraordinary female lighthouse keepers of the past two hundred years. “They call me a heroine, but I am not deserving of such accolades. I am just an ordinary young...

Pastor Montgomery Childs has tended his flock in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, for two years. While his pews are full every Sunday, he most desires to see a reckoning between God and the kings of industry who recreate on Lake Conemaugh. The pleasure grounds, flowing alcohol, and business dealings of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club taunts Monty as he works to heal the wounds inflicted from his own privileged childhood among Pittsburgh society. Like Noah, Monty prays against the evil surrounding him, but he never expects God to send a flood.

Miles Away is Book One in the Miles Away series—a gripping, realistic grid-down survival story following a mother stranded hundreds of miles from home after a sudden nationwide blackout changes everything. When the power goes out without warning, Joanie is left stranded far from home with no way to contact her family and no clear understanding of what caused the collapse. What begins as confusion quickly turns into a desperate journey as she sets out on foot, determined to make it back to Texas—no matter the cost. With no fuel, no communication, and the world around her growing more ...

"A total, rollicking delight. Gwen & Art gave me the same cheeky, swoony, giddy, irresistible high of the first time I saw A Knight’s Tale. Lex Croucher is one of my favorite romcom authors, and they should be yours, too." - Casey McQuiston, #1 New York Times bestselling author of I Kissed...

“Hugh’s imaginative worlds and tales within them never fail to entertain!” —Andy Weir, New York Times bestselling author of Project Hail Mary The first original novel from author Hugh Howey in six years, Across the Sand takes us back to the world of Sand, to a far future many generations...

Do you dream of safeguarding your loved ones from unexpected challenges while creating a self-sufficient, sustainable lifestyle? Are you searching for a step-by-step resource to guide you through every aspect of going off the grid, even if you're starting from scratch?

From a relatively normal American life to a survival situation in moments, this story follows the Drummond family as they learn to adapt to a now, very different community...and world. Beginning on a bitter cold January night, the story begins with a series of earthquakes tearing through the Pacific Northwest....and in the following days the family--and the nation--face challenges from unexpected sources....

Coming on the heels of his bestselling Choke, and Imperfect Strangers, Stuart Woods brings back one of his best loved characters, Stone Barrington, who most recently appears in New York Dead, in a fast paced, rollercoaster ride through the high-profile world of celebrity gossip. Feared and...

The Complete Series! From Book 1 - A thrilling Christian fiction apocalyptic/post-apocalyptic novel. After a nuclear strike disables the world’s infrastructure, chaos erupts. Some are just trying to survive, while others take advantage of the situation, seeing it as an opportunity. Kade Bishop finds himself in Branson, Missouri, on vacation when the first nuclear strike happens. That day has past, now he is looking to survive on his own. That is until he starts working with Knox, who leads him far away from his convictions. Once contributors to the problem, Kade Bishop and his new friend,...

Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal of Excellence in Fiction A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice A USA TODAY Bestseller A Best Book of 2025 for Vogue Named one of Time’s 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 An NPR favorite fiction read of 2025 Set over the course of a single day, an...