Human Disasters

Three disasters. Three fights to survive. In HURRICANE: LAST ISLAND, a Category 5 storm traps dozens of people on a barrier island disappearing beneath the surge. Former Coast Guard rescue swimmer Evan Rourke must lead strangers through flooded streets, collapsing buildings, and hurricane-force winds before the island is swallowed completely. In TORNADO: TERMINAL, hundreds of travelers are stranded inside a regional airport when a violent tornado outbreak tears across the Midwest. Airport operations supervisor Tessa Grant gets them through the first strike. Then radar shows something even ...

She wanted no horns, no fur, and absolutely no dairy. 🚫🐮🥛 Ellie signed up for Monster Dating Agency as a joke, a late-night dare after one too many dead-end dates and an empty pint of salted caramel. On her "ABSOLUTELY NOT" list? Excessive body hair, mooing, and definitely no farm boys. Then she matched with Bavor “Bo” Thrix. 💘🐂 Seven feet of shy, muscular minotaur. Suspenders that somehow work. And the owner of Udder Delights, a gourmet ice cream shop where the premium milk comes straight from... him. Three days. One shy minotaur. And a dating trial she never meant to ...

Brace for Impact: Stories of Hope and Horror Fifteen plane crashes. Fifteen stories of survival. From the frozen wastelands of Siberia to the depths of the Amazon rainforest, Brace for Impact captures the raw terror, resilience, and impossible decisions faced by those who lived through aviation disasters. Some found hope in the wreckage—others faced the brutal realities of isolation, injury, and the unforgiving elements. Told with gripping intensity, these true-to-life narratives echo the haunting suspense of your favorite Survival Stories, placing you inside the doomed cabins, the ...

The animals aren’t hunting for food. They’re reducing the population. Brian has just buried his wife when the world turns on the people she left behind. Dogs attack their owners. Birds swarm crowded streets. Animals that should fear one another converge on the same victims. As emergency broadcasts send families toward shelters, the routes to safety become places no one can escape. For Brian, survival means keeping his seven-year-old daughter, Emma, alive when he can no longer promise her that anything will be okay. Across the collapsing city, Danielle fights to protect her son, Micah, ...

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When every human lead disappears, sometimes the dog still knows where to look. A child vanishes into the wilderness. A survivor lies hidden beneath tonnes of earthquake rubble. Investigators search an ordinary house for someone who has been missing for years. After a devastating fire, almost everything recognisable has been reduced to ash. Then the search dog arrives. 'The Search Dog Knew' brings together remarkable true stories of dogs that found what humans could not, from tracking missing children and locating earthquake survivors to searching crime scenes, disaster zones and some of the...

Life on the Edge is a gripping collection of 50 true survival stories drawn from real disasters, extreme environments, and moments where life balanced on the thinnest possible line. These are not tales of adventure tourism—these are accounts of people who faced freezing oceans, collapsing mountains, desert heat, volcanic tsunamis, aircraft wrecks, mine disasters, and violent human conflict, and somehow lived to tell the story. Inside these pages, readers will encounter: • Shipwreck survivors drifting for months at sea • Children lost in scorching deserts • Climbers buried in ...

Unlock the secrets of survival with this riveting expedition into the science of disaster—now revised and updated to address the pandemic, the role of social media in disaster response, and more—from the New York Times bestselling author of The Smartest Kids in the World Disaster can come in...

She wanted the greenest, grumpiest monster on the menu. 💚🧌🍽 Clara joined Monster Dating Agency for one reason only: to piss off her monster-hating father with a single fake date. On her “ABSOLUTELY NOT” list? Green skin, sports, and men who grunt more than they talk. So of course, she made sure to leave those exact boxes unticked. Then she matched with Thorn. 💘🏒 Seven-foot-six of tusks, grit, and barely leashed aggression. Silent. Staring. Built like sin in a hockey jersey. Hands like shovels. A growl that makes her knees go soft. One fake date. One family dinner. With an...

A citywide power failure plunges millions into absolute darkness. But the grid didn’t fail. It was turned off. Dorian Pike, a former transit cop relegated to midnight infrastructure inspections, knows the subterranean labyrinth beneath the streets better than anyone. When a routine check leads to a mutilated body in a sealed service tunnel, he realizes something impossible is navigating the buried passages. As the lights go out above, a devastating predator breaks its subterranean containment. It is incredibly fast, shockingly intelligent, and relentlessly driven by a four-year-old trauma...

Every creature on this planet operates under a contract. The wild does not negotiate. Step into twenty harrowing cases where the line between human sentiment and biological imperative is violently crossed. From a massive captive orca in a concrete tank to a grizzly bear hunting in the deep timber, these meticulously researched accounts reveal the terrifying reality of nature at its most indifferent. We constantly forget the rules of the wild. We build parks around apex carnivores and call the fences a relationship. We swim in oceans that belong to something faster and stronger. We pitch ...

Uncover the tense history of catastrophic engineering failures, where minor oversights ignite deadly chain reactions. Perfect for an engaging daily commute or deep-focus learning, this analytical journey transforms tragic human errors into vital survival lessons. From collapsing bridges to...

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,...

Savage Land is the third trilogy about prehistoric man in the series, Man. Vs. Nature. Written in the spirit of Jean Auel, Savage Land explores how two bands of humans survived one of the worst natural disasters in Earth's history, when volcanic eruptions darkened the sky, massive tsunamis crossed the ocean in crushing waves, and raging fires burned the land. Each of the tribes considered themselves apex predators. Neither was. That crown belonged to Nature and she was intent on washing the blight of man from her face. Join me in this three-book fictional exploration of Neanderthals. Be ...

The Human Element: When Psychology Meets Aviation Disaster The first book in the Air Disaster Chronicles series Behind every commercial aviation disaster lies a human story. Not the sanitized "pilot error" explanations that close investigation files, but the complex psychological reality of how experienced professionals make fatal decisions under pressure. The Human Element examines eleven pivotal aviation disasters through the lens of human factors—the cognitive traps, cultural dynamics, and split-second judgment calls that transform routine flights into tragedies. From the fog-shrouded ...

Meltdown investigates and recreates the dramatic events behind the most notorious nuclear accidents in history, as well as those shrouded in secrecy. Combining human tragedy with intriguing science, each account reveals new aspects of humanity's complex relationship with nuclear power and the...

Some prisons are built of steel. Others are built of fear, isolation, and control. ESCAPED is a powerful nonfiction collection of real stories documenting people who broke free from situations designed to be inescapable. Drawing from court records, survivor testimony, investigative reporting, and historical evidence, this book examines captivity, coercion, disaster, war, and the long road to freedom. Inside are the true accounts of: Individuals held in secret captivity for years Cult members who fled psychological control Prisoners who attempted impossible escapes Survivors who walked away ...

A tribe haunted by the past. Lies that threaten the future. A reason to find the truth. Savage Land is the third trilogy about prehistoric man in the series, Man. Vs. Nature. Written in the spirit of Jean Auel, Savage Land explores how two bands of humans survived one of the worst natural disasters in Earth's history, when volcanic eruptions darkened the sky, massive tsunamis crossed the ocean in crushing waves, and raging fires burned the land. Each of the tribes considered themselves apex predators. Neither was. That crown belonged to Nature and she was intent on washing the blight of man...

The power is out. The tracks are dead. And they are not alone. When a massive power failure paralyzes the New York transit system, MTA inspector Rina Calder and a handful of late-night commuters find themselves stranded deep beneath the city streets. But the stalled train is the least of their problems. Hidden within the abandoned infrastructure and forgotten ghost stations, a shadowy bio-corporation has successfully resurrected the ultimate apex predator. Four adult Smilodon fatalis have breached containment, and they have been conditioned to hunt by the vibration of the tracks. Armed with...

The astonishing story of immigrants lured to the United States from India and trapped in forced labor—an "eye-opening" "must-read" told by the visionary labor leader who engineered their escape and set them on a path to citizenship (The New York Times Book Review). ​ In late 2006, Saket Soni...