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Do you have what it takes to survive?

The EMP hits. The lights go out and silence roars. Society is on the brink of violent chaos. The only way to survive is to get out, away from the cities and into the wilderness.

Max is an office worker with some gear and a plan. He’s one of the first to realize the unspoken dangers. A few years ago, he inherited an old farmhouse. His plan is to get to it as fast as possible and bunker down. He thinks he’s ready, but he quickly discovers that there’s more to surviving than just having the right gear.

Mandy is a waitress with the day off work. What seems like a normal power outage quickly turns terrifying. Her peaceful town is no longer the home she once knew. She’s offered a way out, but can she put her trust in a perfect stranger?

Georgia is a single mother who just wants to keep her two teenage kids safe. She drives a pickup and loves hunting. She has skills that could keep her family alive, but is she ready to make life or death decisions in the blink of an eye?

Do Max, Mandy, and Georgia have what it takes to overcome the unexpected? After all, even the best-laid plans can come up short.

Getting Out is book 1 of The EMP, a post-apocalyptic survival thriller series. It deals with real people fighting for their survival every inch of the way.

How long would you last?

It’s been two weeks since the EMP. Getting out was just the beginning. Staying alive is proving harder than anyone could have imagined.

Max knows people will come from the cities. He knows they’ll be ready to fight, to do whatever it takes to ensure their own survival. Will he be able to lead the others in the defense of the farmhouse, even when he’s still recovering from his injuries?

Georgia is in charge of hunting. Each trip into the woods brings her closer to danger. It’s just a matter of time before she runs into people who will do anything to get her gun and her gear. How dangerous do things have to get before she stops trying to provide for her kids?

John is Max’s estranged brother. He’d always made fun of Max for worrying about being prepared. Now, he’s trapped in his upscale apartment with no gear and no food. He’s wishing he was more like his brother. Does he want to have what it takes to try to get out of the city?

Staying Alive is book 2 of The EMP, a post-apocalyptic survival thriller series. It deals with real people fighting for their survival every inch of the way.

What would you do to survive?

Weeks after the EMP, society is collapsing. Food is scarce and violence prevails. Surviving has never been harder.

Max’s group is heading west, trying to find a home away from the chaos. They’ll need more supplies for their trip, so they go scavenging in a seemingly-abandoned town. But is Albion really as safe as it seems?

Chad thought he had it together. He’d been pulling his own weight. But the stress is getting to him. Does he have the strength to resist a path back to his old habits? One wrong move and he could put everyone’s life in danger.

Holed up in the farmhouse, John and Cynthia try to figure out their next move. The militia is closing in. Each passing minute means more danger. But where else can they go?

Pushing On is book 3 of The EMP, a post-apocalyptic survival thriller series. It deals with real people fighting for their survival every inch of the way.

How much could you take?

Society continues to unravel. Supplies are low, and the survivors are more desperate than ever.

Max is on his own, without food or water. A day’s journey has turned into four days and four nights. If he can’t find the gas they desperately need, what will happen to his friends back at camp?

Georgia and Mandy wait for Max to return. Without food, they struggle daily. At any moment, the enemy could appear. Weakened by her injury, will Georgia be able to lead the defense of the camp? Will the others have enough strength to follow?

John and Cynthia are trying to track down Max. With Dale’s help, they’ve made it to the compound. But when they mention Max’s name, tensions quickly rise. Will they be able to get out of what they’ve gotten themselves into?

Surviving Chaos is book 4 of The EMP, a post-apocalyptic survival thriller series. It deals with real people fighting for their survival every inch of the way.

Who could you trust if society fell?

Winter is in full force. Freezing temperatures and heavy snow present new threats. But there’s more to surviving than just weathering the elements.

Out alone, James spots a man he recognizes from the compound. Does it mean they’re being hunted down? Or is it mere coincidence?

Max knows his group is a target. There are people who want them dead merely for revenge. Others want their radios, their guns, and their supplies. He thought they were hidden, but he should have known better.

John and Cynthia were hoping that Max’s group would give them the security they’ve been craving. Now, with certain danger approaching, do they make a final stand with their new group? Or do they strike out on their own through the treacherous conditions?

Fighting Rough is book 5 of The EMP, a post-apocalyptic survival thriller series. It deals with real people fighting for their survival every inch of the way.

How hard could you fight?

Max’s recent radio communications weigh heavily on him. He has to decide if he’s going to venture out from the camp into the outside world. Learning what’s happening outside the hunting grounds could prove invaluable. But a dangerous journey into the unknown could be his last.

Georgia has finally recovered from her injuries. She quickly takes charge. She knows it’s not long before the next fight. They need to do everything they can to get ready. But what if the next threat arrives too early?

Art doesn’t recognize the man he’s become. He’s a soldier on the wrong side of it all. He does what he’s told. But is there anything he won’t do? He knows the consequences for disobeying direct orders. Will his conscience catch up with him?

Defending Camp is book 6 of The EMP, a post-apocalyptic survival thriller series. It deals with real people fighting for their survival every inch of the way.

What would you do to get back home?

Max and Mandy are stranded miles from camp. Their vehicle has been burned, along with most of their gear. The road ahead means danger and the unknown.

Dan and Olivia are holed up in a suburban home. She’s gravely injured, and Dan waits anxiously for the soldiers to return. Will he alone be able to defend the house?

Georgia and the rest realize that Max and Mandy might not be returning. After the last attack, they know they have to step up their defenses. But will their efforts be enough to keep them alive?

Defending Camp is book 7 of The EMP, a post-apocalyptic survival thriller series. It deals with real people fighting for their survival every inch of the way.

Nearly 640,000 years ago, the 1,500-square-mile volcanic caldera beneath Yellowstone National Park erupted catastrophically, burying one third of the contiguous United States under hundreds of millions of tons of volcanic ash and loading the Earth’s atmosphere with aerosols that thwarted sunlight from reaching the continents and oceans. Global temperatures fell drastically. Extinctions followed in every corner of the globe.

Life on Earth changed forever, then. Yellowstone is rumbling now.

The Yellowstone Traps is a harrowing journey through a world besieged by a monstrous super-eruption of the planet’s largest volcanic structure. The global economic mono-system that sustains us all teeters on the brink of collapse. Who will survive the barbarism, deprivation and famine spawned by the Yellowstone mega-disaster?

Join members of a self-sufficient, fully sustainable new millennium community—Independency, Minnesota—as the colony’s residents endure hellish struggles against torrents of ash, against starving citizens who steal and will kill for food, against National Guard troops sent to empty bulk grain storage silos an ship grain to desperate cities, and against record-breaking volcanic-winter cold.

Enter Yellowstone National Park as it tears itself apart. And walk in the shoes of self-reliant techno-agrarian pioneers as they forge a new economic paradigm to replace the old. Dedicated to a hands-on lifestyle of local food and goods production, they find they may have the only avenue open to surviving the cataclysm.

How did it start? A deadly virus from the Arctic. An international team of US, Russian, Chinese, and Korean scientist uncovered a prehistoric artifact frozen in the ice of the North. What they didn’t know is it carried a slumbering disease more fatal than the Medieval Black Plague.

Gideon Cole is the son of a US General stationed in San Francisco. Gideon is surprised when the first nuclear missile hits New York City, ushering in the Apocalypse. His Dad calls, telling him it’s time to head to a secret war bunker.

Along the way, as time is running out, they pick up Lynda Brodunvich and her father. Lynda was Gideon’s high school crush a decade ago.

Will they make it to the bunker in time, before the bombs drop? If the plague doesn’t wipe out humanity, will they destroy each other on apocalyptic scales? If they do, is this the end of the world? Or can two people begin mankind over again?

If you enjoy the dystopian genre, the end times, the last days theme, you’ll enjoy this book. With a Rise of the Machines, Terminator 3, style (without the evil robots), or Book of Eli, Armageddon theme, this author brings out a different aspect of what a nuclear holocaust could start. What if we could start the world over again? What would that be like?

From Morgan Llywelyn, the bestselling author of Lion of Ireland and the Irish Century series, comes Drop By Drop her first near-future science fiction thriller

Unbound Worlds—The Best Sci Fi and Fantasy Books of June 2018

In this first book in the Step By Step trilogy, global catastrophe occurs as all plastic mysteriously liquefies. All the small components making many technologies possible—navigation systems, communications, medical equipment—fail.

In Sycamore River, citizens find their lives disrupted as everything they’ve depended on melts around them, with sometimes fatal results. All they can rely upon is themselves.

And this is only the beginning…

At the Publisher’s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The world came to an abrupt pause and what came next forever changed the world. My parents, gone. My friends, gone. Everyone gone, except were they really, gone? Day’s ticked by moving forward but when the sun descended, and darkness crept in; something dangerous, hungry and terrifyingly manic arose. I wanted to hide away but a strong pulling sensation left me no choice. I was needed and to survive I would have to face my fears. I would have to leave the old me behind and enter a world full of unknowns. Through pain and darkness, I emerged and became something new. Would I be able to save them before it was too late? Before they met their demise…

I woke with a start and felt pain and agony spread through my body like nothing I’ve ever felt. My body was burning from the inside. A fire flowed through me like a raging river. The fire racing through every vein in my body. My heart was a bomb. Only this bomb was set on repeat, exploding over and over. My entire body was being blown to pieces. The pain was unreal and worse than any nightmare I could have imagined. A steady stream of blood drained out of my nose, eyes and ears. I coughed, and blood exited my mouth. I knew this wasn’t good. I was dying, slowly and painfully death had come for me. Then for the briefest moment in time, came complete darkness and paralysis. I felt nothing. I was nothing. I longed for these moments. I didn’t know where I was or how long it had been. I only knew I was alone and longed for an ending…

In a thirsty, drought-stricken Australia, the country is well and truly sunburnt. As the Eastern states are evacuated to more appealing climates, a stubborn few resist the forced removal. They hide out in small country towns—somewhere no one would ever bother looking.

Bill Cook and Tobe Cousins are united in their disregard of the law. Aussie larrikins, they pass their hot, monotonous existence drinking at the barely standing pub.

When strange lights appear across the Western sky, it seems that those embittered by the drought are seeking revenge. And Bill and Tobe are in their path. In the heat of the moment secrets will be revealed, and survival can’t be guaranteed.

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The world experiences an abrupt and unthinkable cataclysm on the morning of October 29, 2018. Kevin March, high school band trombonist and wannabe writer playing hooky, is witness to its beginning. To stay alive, Kevin embarks on a journey that promises to change everything yet again. On his journey, into a digital recorder he chronicles his experiences at the end of his world. This book is a transcript of that recording.

Depicting an unspeakable apocalypse unlike any seen in fiction—there are no zombies, viruses or virals, no doomsday asteroid, no aliens, no environmental cataclysm, no nuclear holocaust—with a Holden Caulfieldesque protagonist at his world’s end, The Late Bloomer is both a companion piece to Lord of the Flies and a Bradburyian Halloween tale.

The Late Bloomer is harrowing, grim and poignant in the way of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road. Told in Kevin March’s singular and unforgettable voice, delivering a gripping narrative with an unsparing climax as moving as it is terrifying, The Late Bloomer defies expectations of the genre and will haunt those who read it.

A daring post-apocalyptic novel from a powerful rising literary voice

With winter looming, a small northern Anishinaabe community goes dark. Cut off, people become passive and confused. Panic builds as the food supply dwindles. While the band council and a pocket of community members struggle to maintain order, an unexpected visitor arrives, escaping the crumbling society to the south. Soon after, others follow.

The community leadearship loses its grip on power as the visitors manipulate the tired and hungry to take control of the reserve. Tensions rise and, as the months pass, so does the death toll due to sickness and despair. Frustrated by the building chaos, a group of young friends and their families turn to the land and Anishinaabe tradition in hopes of helping their community thrive again. Guided through the chaos by an unlikely leader named Evan Whitesky, they endeavor to restore order while grappling with a grave decision.

Blending action and allegory, Moon of the Crusted Snow upends our expectations. Out of catastrophe comes resilience. And as one society collapses, another is reborn.

We never saw it coming. The Invasion has begun.

With the world in chaos and the aliens swarming the domed city of Nashville, Maya Talbot continues on her quest to find her children while destruction rains down from above—the aliens have arrived and the invasion has begun. With a crew of unlikely allies and a mother’s incredible determination, she must find her kids and get to safety before it’s too late. But what if Maya can’t outrun the alien invaders, and what if there isn’t anywhere left for the survivors to hide? The race is on and the clock is ticking because the aliens seem bent on annihilating the human race and destroying the planet.

From the bestselling authors of Black Friday, Tyranny, and Stand Your Ground comes a shattering novel of the last days of civilization—and the final battle for humanity…

DON’T OPEN TILL DOOMSDAY

Six weeks ago, former US Marine Patrick Larkin purchased shares in a massive high-tech, state of the art underground missile silo for his family. It was a decision based on easing his wildest, most unimaginable nuclear fears. But then reality strikes with devastating suddenness, razing cities in a searing flash across the nation, all of it witnessed by terrified Americans on TV and the Internet. No one knows who pulled the trigger. No one knows if the last day on Earth will ever end. But Larkin and his family are the lucky ones—or so they think…

Holed up in their fortified sanctuary, with a maximum capacity of three hundred people, the bunker is pushed to its limits—and so are the people locked inside. Tensions rise. Panic erupts. Outside, armed marauders surround the bunker—and they want in. Larkin has to convince the others they must work together as a team to survive. And they must kill without mercy to stay alive…

MAYBE THE DEAD ARE REALLY THE LUCKY ONES….

A high octane, darkly hilarious tale of one man’s journey to live a life after the global pandemic. Equal parts madness and hilarity, this gripping tale follows a broken mop wielding protagonist who runs into a slew of unusual, fascinating, and dangerous characters. Fans of apocalyptic fiction and absurdist humor will find themselves immersed in an original work of pandemic calamity. Few stories capture some of the more hellish aspects of social collapse; from dirty toilets to the disappearance of allergy medicine.

A genre-bending adventure tale that never lets up on the suspense and action, while giving readers a unique perspective on what really matters. Full of memorable characters, psychos, raiders, fellow travelers, our hero ends up the unlikely guardian of two young post-apocalyptic humans. Will they find their safe haven? Give this thriller a look if you’re looking for a fast, entertaining, and unusual ride.

The journey veers from mad cults, Katana armed survivors, to towns full of people on the brink of civil war. Our hero and companions are sure to inspire a new sense of possibility.

Copyright © Declan McCreary 2018

After a decades-long apocalypse, the United States has become the Seven Cities of America.

Chicago, cut off from the other cities, ruled in darkness, is home to the scientist who created the virus. Hateful of humanity, hateful of himself, the dying scientist passes his knowledge on to his apprentice, who he believes will use it to damn all life to everlasting misery.

The apprentice, Harold, his own past stained with unforgivable acts, does not share his master’s hatred. But he wants this knowledge, and would shamelessly kill innocents to get it. But to what end, he struggles to realize—all the while wondering if humanity, worthless as it seems, deserves compassion more than he deserves omniscience.

As Harold struggles with his future and his identity, Chicago’s ruler, the host, learns of the knowledge he has. Harold is has to flee his home.

The host, Grakus, is on a journey of his own—to prove that humanity should never have existed, to guide it to its destiny of self-destruction. He will not allow Harold to thwart his delicate plan to do so.

But Harold will not allow the host to steal his decision before he’s had the chance to make it.

The Last City of America is a character-driven epic touching every corner of America, exposing every level of its beauty. The individual emulates humanity, and humanity’s faults are written in the individual. The two walk with one another into the final decision. Cities fall one-by-one to man’s ignorance. The world is ending. This time forever. Good and evil are reaching out to save it.

This is the story of how we will be remembered.

A rogue Russian nuke sails toward the harbors of Los Angeles in the hull of a ramshackle sailboat. Without destroying a single building, the bomb shatters the latticework of the American dream, toppling one piece of the economy after another. A group of Special Forces veterans and their prepper friends scramble for survival in a worldwide catastrophe so psychologically disruptive they are left questioning everything they ever believed to be true.

NOTHING CAN PREPARE YOU…

It strikes without warning. A massive geomagnetic solar storm that destroys every power grid in the northern hemisphere. North America is without lights, electricity, phones, and navigation systems. In one week, the human race is flung back to the Dark Ages.

NOTHING CAN SAVE YOU…

In Boulder, Colorado, weather technicians watch in horror as civilization collapses around them. Planes are falling out of the skies. Cars are dead. Pandemonium and terror grip the Northern Hemisphere. As nuclear reactors across North America face inevitable meltdowns, the U.S. President remains powerless in a heavily guarded White House. From London to Boston to Anchorage, there is no food, no water, no hope. It's every man for himself… and it will only get worse.

SURVIVAL IS EVERYTHING.

Only one man—army veteran Zeke Marshall—is prepared to handle a nightmare like this. But when he tries to reunite with his family in Dallas—across a lawless terrain as deadly as any battlefield—he discovers there are worse things in life than war. And there are terrible and unthinkable things he'll have to do to survive…

When an EMP wipes out Britain’s power grid, four strangers are forced to band together to survive.

The power’s out, the water’s gone and cars have stopped working. Two hundred miles from home, Annie soon suspects the cause, but accepting the truth means giving up the hope she’s been clinging to for months.

London is the last place Clive wants to be now that darkness has fallen. Armed, trained and resourceful, getting out should be easy—but life isn’t that simple.

Terry has seen the chaos first hand, but what can he do? He’s kept his mouth shut and his head down for so long, he no longer knows how to stick up for himself. Can he step up now the world is crumbling around him?

Soon they’re left with no choice but to leave, as London descends into chaos. It’s only two hundred miles to safety, but it might as well be two thousand miles in this new, dark world where criminals are rushing to take advantage of the lawlessness.

Pushed to their limits and with only a run-down block of flats in common, can they bury their differences and fight their way to safety?

By mid-century, Arctic oil drilling accelerates global warming and triggers famine and war. A team at Google launches Project Titan to reverse climate change and end fossil fuel addiction. Without a radical solution, humanity faces catastrophe.

Earth’s sixth mass extinction is underway. One hope remains.

The chaos and violence of the second American civil war arrives in Mike McNerney’s town when knife-wielding thugs invade his home. He, his wife, and their disabled daughter, take to their camper to find refuge in Canada. Along the way they evade roving criminal gangs and warring militias. They finally reach the border only to find a large encampment of others, desperate to cross over to safety. With their money almost gone, an unscrupulous immigration official offers to usher them through… but will they pay his obscene price?

Author, Paul Clayton, is not the only one worried about a possible, second American civil war… What would that be like? Clayton’s gnat’s eye view, Crossing Over, offers a chilling, more-than-plausible look… at a future that nobody wants!

The funny and moving story of the apocalypse – as seen from one small village in England

‘I loved this book, by turns funny and tragic… It moves between abject despair and good old-fashioned British stoicism with ease. Magical’ Jeff Noon, Spectator, Books of the Year 2018

Retired teacher Edgar Hopkins lives for the thrill of winning poultry prizes. But his narrow world is shattered when he learns that the moon is about to come crashing into the earth, with apocalyptic consequences. The manuscript he leaves behind will be a testament – to his growing humanity and to how one English village tried to survive the end of the world…

Written in 1939 as the world was teetering on the brink of global war, R. C. Sherriff’s tragicomic novel is a masterly work of science fiction, and a powerful warning from the past.

‘Spectacular, skilled and moving. It is supremely and alarmingly relevant’ Fay Weldon

‘Intensely readable and touching’ Sunday Telegraph

What kind of man sacrifices his country for his family?

What kind of man sacrifices his family for his country?

President Nathaniel “Dutch” McAdams and his family are swept away on Air Force One when a Black Swan event cripples the rattled American economy. Meant to be a safe-haven, he soon finds the violence in the air just as savage as the chaos on the ground.

Dutch is running out of time, and he must choose between his own child or the fate of millions of Americans; most of whom are woefully unprepared and running blind in mass hysteria.

The Last Air Force One is a post-apocalyptic political thriller and a companion to Black Autumn. Can be read in any order.

The second in the multi-author, post-apocalyptic blockbuster series.

Detention camps, curfews, food shortages, and a deadly virus… and that’s only the beginning.

America is in turmoil. The running of the country has been completely taken over. Thousands of people have been detained, many still suffering the effects of the bombings, and with no release in sight.

When local farmer, Joe, finds his town overrun with foreign soldiers, he immediately begins to stockpile his produce, preparing for what might come. Workers arrive to take over the running of his farm, but he eventually discovers something more sinister at play.

On the other side of the country, Cal is facing his own problems and must make a difficult decision that could put his life in danger.

There are whispers of a resistance in the air, but what will the cost be?

“It wasn’t supposed to happen like this.”

When Leah and Calvin found out they were expecting, they were over the moon. That day would be one to remember forever… but for more reasons than one. That was the day the world changed. That was the day joy turned to fear. A deadly virus broke out, with many of those infected becoming violent and uncontrollable. And it was spreading fast.

Realizing they are no longer safe in their own home, they make a break out of the city to find sanctuary. But when Leah is bitten, Calvin faces the unimaginable struggle of having to take care of their newborn alone. Traveling with the baby and his dead wife in tow, he comes across Hannah, a young girl who lost her family to the virus. They make their way across country together, meeting others trying to find their own sanctuary.

They eventually find safety but Calvin soon realises all is not as it seems and he must make an agonizing choice.

The first in the multi-author, post-apocalyptic blockbuster series.

Cal’s ‘honeymoon’ didn’t start off quite how he’d planned. For starters, he was heading somewhere he didn’t actually want to go. And secondly, he was going alone and unmarried. He had no idea that his first visit to New York City would also land him in the middle of a domestic terror attack, forcing him to flee Manhattan in a desperate bid to survive.

This was no ordinary terror attack.

The Movement, in a misguided attempt to seize political control of the USA, unwittingly invited the destruction of their homeland, and as the bombs start to fall, the shock and loss of life reverberates around the world.

Cal, along with a small group he met in NYC, desperately flees inland away from the targeted coastal cities, but chaos follows them around every corner.

«Метро 2033» Дмитрия Глуховского – культовый фантастический роман, самая обсуждаемая российская книга последних лет. Тираж – полмиллиона, переводы на десятки языков плюс грандиозная компьютерная игра! Эта постапокалиптическая история вдохновила целую плеяду современных писателей, и теперь они вместе создают «Вселенную Метро 2033», серию книг по мотивам знаменитого романа. Герои этих новых историй наконец-то выйдут за пределы Московского метро. Их приключения на поверхности Земли, почти уничтоженной ядерной войной, превосходят все ожидания. Теперь борьба за выживание человечества будет вестись повсюду!

Когда-то Влад жил на Фрунзенской и не желал никуда уходить. Но чтобы выжить, ему пришлось сбежать во тьму. Блуждания едва не оборвались расстрелом на территории Ганзы, а затем судьба закинула его на заброшенную Нагатинскую.

На перегоне между Нагатинской и Тульской, всегда считавшемся безопасным, начали пропадать люди. Пришлый сталкер втягивает Влада в охоту за кровожадным мутантом. Только никто не знает, чем все обернется и кто на кого будет охотиться на самом деле…

Серия «Вселенная Метро 2033» основана в 2009 году.

Главный герой — не герой в полном смысле этого слова, не десантник и не спецназовец, не инженер и не врач-хирург, обычный таксист и бывший представитель офисного планктона. Свалилась на него напасть в виде инопланетного корабля, поврежденного в бою. А тут еще и третья мировая война началась спустя считанные дни после такой находки. Вот и пришлось ему срочно рыть норку в виде убежища, спасая при этом тех, кого реально смог спасти. И таская в нору запасы. Мир рухнул под ядерными ударами. А тут вдруг открылась возможность уйти в более чистый мир прошлого, но не менее агрессивного, чем родной — в мир 1941 года. Главный герой всегда считал, что геройство начинается там, где не нашлось место трезвому расчету. Вот и решил запланировать скрытое переселение и закрепление беженцев в 1941 году. И вскоре выясняется, что он не один такой "попаданец"…

КНУТ ФАЛДБАККЕН — KNUT FALDBAKKEN (род. в 1941 г.).

Норвежский прозаик, драматург и критик. Свою первую новеллу опубликовал в 1965 г. В последующие годы написал несколько романов, в том числе: «Серая радуга» («Den gra regnbuen», 1967), «Материнский дом» {«Sin mors hus», 1969), «Мод танцует» («Maude danser». 1971), «Лето насекомых» («Insektsommer», 1972). «Дневник Адама» («Adam dagbok», 1979), рассказы, объединенные в сборник «Сказка» («Eventyr»), и киносценарии. За роман «Страна заката» («AftenIandet», Oslo, 1974), предлагаемый вниманию читате­лей в журнальном варианте, Кнут Фалдбаккен был удостоен общескандинавской лите­ратурной премии Северного совета.

Дополнительные материалы от автора вселенной Стикс.

Так как существование иммунных завязано на содержимом споровых мешков зараженных (мертвяков, тварей, монстров - все синонимы в таком духе), я счел, что классификация в той или иной мере будет привязана к трофеям (что именно можно добыть, в каких количествах, с каким шансом).

Описание мира Стикса от Артема Каменистого.

Идея серии “Стикс” зародилась в ходе разработки компьютерной игры. Игровой составляющей в ней практически не осталось, хотя некоторые элементы схожи с элементами жанра ЛитРпг (нечто вроде прокачки героев, развивающиеся умения, добыча лута). В таком виде серию, пусть местами и с натяжкой, можно отнести к жанру survival horror (классические и неортодоксальные представители жанра, в играх: The Last of Us, Rust, DayZ; в фильмах и сериалах: почти все, что в духе режиссера Ромеро, то есть “28 дней спустя”, “Я легенда”; в книгах: “Корм”, “Пятая волна”).

Митин, в прошлом тихий неприметный городок, в настоящем дьявольская аномалия. Каждому дано туда попасть, но не каждому дарован шанс вернуться. Полигон, прозванный Адской бродилкой. Каждый случайный гость — игрок, каждая населяющая тварь — монстр. Откуда она появилась? И почему все больше тех, кто желает туда попасть?

Десятилетие страшного мора позади. Холода ослабели и Навье племя начинает исследовать мир. Два молодых охотника — брат и сестра выходят на поверхность из надёжного логова, чтобы выяснить: кто из людей ещё жив? Опираясь на поддержку друг друга они неожиданно встречают осколок старого мира, который перевернёт их судьбу, поставит перед страшным выбором и испепелит сердце ярью. Это история, что начинается как интересное приключение, но способна сломать души и веру. Непростая истина о том, как остаться человеком, когда внутри стучит волчье сердце…

Будущее — это царство зимы. Одиннадцать месяцев холода и одно короткое лето в середине июля. Люди поставлены на грань выживания: не хватает тепла, не хватает пищи… Каждый спасается в меру своих собственных сил: кто-то организует маленькие, враждебные к чужакам общины, а кто-то и вовсе спустился под землю. И там, в темноте, возвращается к старым обрядам и языческим верованиям. В произведении «Одно Короткое Лето» повествуется о судьбе двух скитальцев, идущих через остывающий мир. Они несут новости и сказания увиденные в пути всем, кто готов обменять их на необходимые вещи. Однажды судьба приводит этих людей в разрушенную деревню, где они встречают девушку пришедшую из давно забытого мира…

Трудовые будни ученика-«внешнего» даются Хауку тяжело. Чутье не желает просыпаться, читать карты оказалось сложнее, чем хотелось бы, а уж объем новой информации заставляет извилины вставать дыбом. «Тяжело в учении — легко в бою» не работает, когда бой и учеба идут рука об руку. Только Джею не легче. Ненависть всегда порождает лишь ненависть. Круг мести прервется лишь тогда, когда живых не останется вовсе.

Империя не кормит лишние рты. Раз город не приносит пользы, он больше не нужен. Но обычным жителям знать об этом не стоит, и под уверенной дланью императора в полном молчании растут архивы «несчастных случаев».

Славься! Славься Империя! Защита, надежда и опора в прокаженном догнивающем мире!

Впрочем, бывают и те, кому везет выжить. Только что делать с этим «везением», когда утром ты обычный высотник с удавшейся жизнью, вечером за спиной руины и трупы, а впереди — лишь бесконечный простор смертельно опасной пустыни? Товарищи по несчастью тоже как на подбор. Нытик-лентяй, бывший наставник и парочка пришлых. Кто же знал, что свалившийся на голову сосед с мерзким высокомерным нравом окажется не только последней надеждой для всего города, но и прекрасным учителем?

Прошло уже около недели, как он остался совершенно один. Звуки сирен и душераздирающие крики на улице стихли два или три дня назад. Егор, сидя за столом, доедая последнюю порцию холодных макарон, которая уже немного попахивала, понимал, что скоро ему придётся выйти из своего убежища и от этой мысли его пробирала дрожь. Закинув грязную тарелку в раковину, к остальной немытой посуде, он отправился в комнату, где плюхнувшись на кровать, в очередной раз стал вспоминать свой последний день нормальной, обыденной жизни…

В данное издание вошли два лучших романа популярного на Западе австралийского писателя Невила Шюта (1899–1960) «Крысолов» и «На берегу».

Драматические события первого романа происходят во Франции и сопряжены со временем гитлеровской оккупации. Волею судьбы старый англичанин оказывается в ответе за жизнь группы детей различной национальности.

Сюжет второго романа лег в основу прославленного фильма американского режиссера Стенли Крамера «На последнем берегу». В нем рассказывается о последних днях человечества после ядерной войны.

Интенсивное потребление человечества приводит к таянию антарктических льдов, из глубин которых наружу вырывается смертоносный вирус, превращающий людей в монстров. Зараза выкосила девяносто процентов населения Земли, а оставшиеся в живых попрятались в бункеры и подземные базы. Спустя сорок лет с начала глобальной пандемии на подземной военной базе Желява оставшиеся в живых люди пытаются ухватиться за последние попытки выжить среди охотящихся на них чудовищ. Отряды специального назначения Падальщики — единственные, кому разрешено выбираться на поверхность, чтобы поддерживать жизнеспособность базы. Но и среди них нет единства. Сгниют ли остатки человечества под землей из-за страха перед ужасным вирусом, господствующим на поверхности, или будут бороться до конца?

Перед полковником Ветровым стоит непростая задача: ни много ни мало, а спасти неотвратимо гибнущую Землю. Как это сделать? Куда идти? Кто отправится вместе с ним в этот полный невзгод и опасностей поход? Кто друг, а кто враг?

Декабрь 2018 года — Майя ошиблись на жалкие шесть лет. И нам все же «посчастливилось» застать Апокалипсис. Пока одни инопланетяне пичкали землян своими технологиями, другие начали вторжение.

«Чип Блейза» — то самое чудо техники, что позволяет видеть цифры и изменять материю. Его носители единственные, кто способен защитить нашу планету.

Хотя нет… Все куда проще — мир изменился до неузнаваемости. А я остался среди тех, кто выжил. Кто борется не столько за Землю, сколько за собственные жизни.

Засыпая в набитом пригородном автобусе, Яна понятия не имела, что проснется совсем в другом мире. Мире, где выживание — результат маловероятного везения, все пожирают всех, а человек — далеко не на вершине пищевой цепи…

Постапокалипсис. Монстры. Люди. Нелюди.

A stranger in a strange land. A foreigner in a foreign country. What happens when disaster strikes?

Darren Cunningham lives in Tokyo Japan with his workaholic father. His younger brother arrives at the airport for a short vacation and no plans to listen to his older brother.

Thousands of miles away, the Yellowstone Supervolcano erupts in its most significant event ever recorded. The effects of which quickly set off a string of geological events that will affect the entire world.

Darren must fight against criminals, corrupt soldiers, and desperate people whom all have similar goals. Survive in a land where there is no food, no clean water and those that are supposed to protect you, don’t. On top of it, his brother and father are missing. Can he find them before all of their chances of survival turn to zero?

When the situation is dire, and the circumstances are short. How far is too far to guarantee your survival? If you like disaster and post-apocalyptic stories, then you will enjoy this action-packed adventure through the ruins of Tokyo.

Grab a copy of “Tokyo Tempest” today.

WARNING: This novel is NOT “faint of heart”

This story is very controversial and in fact someone would say politically incorrect. The USA defaults on the astronomical debts owed to foreign nations. “Printing money” is longer an option. Citizens watch as the government falls.

The timid sheep people will not escape from conceited marauders.

This is a saga of a medical doctor who gets trapped in the chaotic riots in the deep South.

Can the doctor first save himself?

He must in order to rescue his patients from the violence and causalities around them.

Read the tragedy to find out who lives and who dies.

Добро пожаловать во Вселенную метро 2033. Герой, позабывший всё, кроме имени, способен на невозможное, дабы вернуть память. Заброшенные станции и недостроенные ветки метро, лежащий в руинах Петербург и Ленинградская область, куда диггеру предстоит вернуться в своих воспоминаниях. Вернуться, чтобы постичь горькую истину и узнать, кто виновен в смерти той, ради которой он жил. Ведь когда умирает любовь, умирает надежда. То, ради чего ещё держится загибающийся в радиоактивных выхлопах и мутантах мир. И такого человека уже ничего не остановит, особенно когда руки его уже по локоть в крови.