Impact Thriller

★"Relentlessly entertaining." - New York Daily News★ A Jetliner Crashes in the Everglades. A Billion-Dollar Lawsuit: Negligence or Terrorism? The Defense: Kill Anyone, Even a Supreme Court Justice, to Win the Case. Supreme Court Justice Sam Truitt takes the bench with high ideals, lofty intentions...and a troubled marriage. Lisa Fremont, his stunning and brilliant law clerk, has a dark secret in her past. If Lisa doesn't get Truitt's vote in multi-million dollar case involving a catastrophic airplane crash, she'll be killed. IMPACT is a tale of seduction and betrayal, of passion and ...

In the wake of an unprecedented meteorite strike, chaos reigns as survivors grapple with devastation unlike anything seen before. Anchorman Nick Alvarez faces the daunting challenge of finding his way home to his family in Louisville, while his wife Chris battles desperate circumstances on the farm, balancing survival with the urgent need for medical aid. Their rebellious daughter, Gabby, finds herself entwined in a world of trauma at a FEMA camp, where she becomes a beacon of resilience—and a target for danger.

“A harsh, visceral, novel of conspiracy and betrayal . . . a distrubing mix that plays on our sense of history while at the same time it appeals to our darkest fantasies of rough justice.”—Chicago Tribune The inspiration for the USA Network series Shooter He was one the best Marine snipers...

In Douglas Preston's Impact, Wyman Ford is tapped for a secret expedition to Cambodia... to locate the source of strangely beautiful gemstones that do not appear to be of this world. A brilliant meteor lights up the Maine coast... and two young women borrow a boat and set out for a distant...

Survival is no longer a choice. It’s a war. As the ash-filled skies grow darker, the fight for survival intensifies across fractured America. Chris now a hardened leader must outmaneuver King’s brutal marauders while safeguarding her farm and its people. But the enemy’s tactics are evolving—with drones overhead and ambushes at every turn. Gabby takes the fight to the front lines, risking her life on daring supply runs through Kentucky’s hostile terrain, driven by fierce loyalty and a sharpened resolve.

Who’s blinding RAF test pilots mid-flight? RAF pilots are trialling an experimental performance-enhancing drug. But when one pilot starts hallucinating, then goes blind and crashes his Typhoon, answers are needed. Fast. SAS veteran Gabriel Wolfe discovers that someone is fatally sabotaging the...

Identity theft is their business. They picked the wrong life to steal. Her private jet exploded and sank into the Pacific without a trace. Instantly, every record that proved her alive vanished. Now she's a dead woman with a pulse, surviving by her wits alone. Until the hunters find her. How many times does a woman need to die before she can live in peace? Twice is enough. Her third life just became Michael Flint's new case.

Vince Walker is looking forward to the beginning of the summer and a visit from his son Cy. But while picking up his son at the Indianapolis airport, the country is thrust into nuclear warfare with the detonation of multiple EMPs.

Dick Thornby is not Hollywood's idea of a spy. He's a new kind of spy for a new kind of world. In his rough and tumble job there are no tailored Italian suits, no bimbos eager to please, and no massive underground fortresses built by evil overlords seeking world domination-just an endless series of sinister threats to the safety and security of the billions of mundane citizens of the planet. Sure, Dick's tough and he knows a few tricks to help him get out of a tight spot, even if his boss accuses him of over-reliance on an abundance of explosives.

During a routine flight, Commander Josh Logan's fighter catches on fire. Preventing the burning jet from hitting a neighborhood, he ejects too late. A year later, he wakes up in a city hospital looking like an omni-racial Olympic athlete. He realizes his body wasn't repaired, it was replaced. A genetic blend of the best genes from every race, he has one-in-a-billion abilities but no identity. Everyone who knew him believes he's dead. Contacted by a voice only he hears, he's told humanity will be annihilated in two years.

As Nick fights for freedom, Chris defends her family with impossible choices. Gabby exposes dangerous secrets in a refugee camp, and Cha races against time to prevent further catastrophe — the real battle for survival has only just begun.

In the quiet shadows of a West Virginia town, where ordinary lives drift along like whispers in the wind, Lucas Caine stands unnoticed. A high school backup quarterback, he dreams of capturing the attention of the unattainable Elizabeth. But fate, like a sudden storm, ushers in a new family, and with them, an enigma named Jake Schofield. Jake is no ordinary newcomer; he's a puzzle wrapped in mystery, a dark cipher hovering on the edge of their lives. In the blink of an eye, his life collides with Lucas's setting the school abuzz. Yet beneath the surface, something sinister churns within ...

Days away from a catastrophic event that will end the world, five strangers find themselves stranded in the suicide capital of America dealing with the difficulties, regrets, and choices in their lives while trying to survive. Among the group is a talented performer, a petty thief, a gambler, a lady of the night, and a hard working cab driver. With the clock ticking down and a sliver of hope found in a text message, their only hope is to get out of the city and embark on a dangerous journey across the country together.

Dakota Sloane, a tough-as-nails former foster kid, has spent her life running from the past. A man haunted by secrets, Logan Garcia has only one goal: to drink himself into oblivion. They're two strangers in a bar—until the news reports nuclear detonations in New York City and Washington, D.C. Before they can escape Miami, everything explodes. Buildings collapse and fires rage. As the fallout descends, utter chaos erupts.

First Dawn of Ash: The Impact The countdown has begun. Humanity has one year before a meteor the size of a mountain collides with Earth. In South Florida, Joe Alvarez, a nuclear reactor engineer at Turkey point nuclear plant and lifelong doomsday prepper, finally sees his worst fears confirmed. With his girl Valery at his side, he begins marshaling food, weapons, and escape plans that may be their only hope of survival. As denial gives way to panic, and panic to chaos, each must decide: trust the leaders who promise salvation, or risk everything on their own fragile plans.

Nick, still haunted by the sacrifices made in his quest for freedom, finds himself navigating treacherous territories filled with militia and marauders. As he pushes onward toward home, he must protect the fragile alliances he's formed while facing the lurking threat of betrayal. Gabby returns home from the Tulsa camp with Mike, only to discover that danger has followed her. Instead of safety, she finds herself mired in a different war, marked by the struggles of her community against relentless threats.

A cataclysmic event shakes the world, leaving a father divided from his family. Survival becomes the ultimate battle, and he must fight with every ounce of strength to reunite with his loved ones. Nick navigates the chaos of New York City after a cataclysmic world event, facing humankind's darkest hour. Christine "Chris" grapples with keeping a family safe on a horse farm in Louisville, Kentucky. Searching for her calling and a sense of self-worth, Gabby gets in way over her head, forced to discover what she's truly made of.

Fans of Jurassic Park and Interstellar will love Extinction in Time. Mars is dying. Humanity’s last survivors flee their collapsing world aboard the starship Endurance in search of a new home. Instead, they are hurled 2.7 billion years into the future. At first, the planet they discover looks like salvation. Endless oceans. Perfect atmosphere. A world untouched by civilization. Then they discover the truth. Earth belongs to the dinosaurs. And an extinction-level asteroid is already on its way. Now the survivors face an impossible choice: Save themselves... or save a world that was never ...

Cha Joon, an astute NEO expert, uncovers a web of corruption that threatens the safety of the vulnerable at a FEMA camp, only to discover that saving those he cares about could cost him everything. Nick Alvarez fights against the suffocating confines of a detention camp, desperate to escape with Riley and reunite with his estranged family as he battles both internal conflict and external threats.

The rock is coming. Only 152 people on Earth know. One of them promised his daughter he'd be home for Christmas. For a year, the world's "weather satellites" have been a lie — pieces of a secret launch platform at the south pole of the moon, built to stop an asteroid the size of eleven city blocks. Launch technician Mac Cook keeps the pad running. He also keeps a secret of his own: the tremor in his right hand, getting worse every week — counting down toward the one minute when eight digits, keyed in perfect order, decide the fate of the world. Then a discredited old scientist's buried ...