Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission - and if he fails, humanity and the Earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn't know that. He can't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he's been asleep for a very, very long time. And he's just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.

Two astronomers have detected a strange, pulsing signal from deep space. Within hours, the US government goes into lockdown, restricting airspace and scrubbing scientific data. Was the signal an intercepted communication revealing alarming plans for an enemy’s military strike? Or has humanity at long last found proof of extraterrestrial life?

Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive - and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive. But Mark isn't ready to give up yet.

Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularly when you discover who's running the place. Charlie's life is going nowhere fast. A divorced substitute teacher living with his cat in a house his siblings want to sell, all he wants is to open a pub downtown, if only the bank will approve his loan. Then his long-lost uncle Jake dies and leaves his supervillain business (complete with island volcano lair) to Charlie. But becoming a supervillain isn't all giant laser death rays and lava pits.

It’s 1984, and life has changed beyond recognition. Airstrip One, formerly known as Great Britain, is a place where Big Brother is always watching, and nobody can hide. Except, perhaps, for Winston Smith. Whilst working at the Ministry of Truth, rewriting history, he secretly dreams of freedom. And in a world where love and sex are forbidden, where it’s hard to distinguish between friend and foe, he meets Julia and O’Brien and vows to rebel.

Escaping San Antonio after a terrorist attack is not enough; survivors are forced to face the undead! After a horrendous death, the infected rise up to devour the living. The nightmare of late night television becomes reality across the Lone Star state within a week.Liz Jameson's every attempt, to find her children, is fruitless until a single clue of their survival is found. All the while, with her protectors, two Viet Nam Vets that did their best to locate the soldiers that rescued Liz's daughters eventually could only ensure her safe arrival to her father, William Edmonds, at his Pine ...

Steve Benson and Harry Walters were ready to race away from the burning compound with the rescued captives until suddenly, Harry saw movement at the side of one building. Harry slammed the truck into park and ran back to eliminate any escaping terrorists, only to find more survivors. He led the young girls to the overcrowded truck, where one of the older women drove a second truck to escape the flaming infected stumbling from the failing gates. The escape is just the beginning of a harrowing journey.Camp Verde was the picture of efficiency and organization for the survivors gathered by ...

Liz Jameson with the two Vietnam vets, Harry Walters, and John Tillman have failed in their search of Texas back roads for her children. Amid the mayhem of the human casualties, small pockets of humanity attempt to help with the quest, but in the end, Liz and the two vets are forced to give up the search and make their way to Pine Spring Canyon without her daughters. Matt Monroe and his cohorts struggle to supply the camp of survivors where they were they harbored a collection of women and children lost in the apocalypse. On a supply run, they rescue a foul-mouthed, gun-toting, woman truck ...

In the year 2035, homelessness in the United States had reached catastrophic proportions. With the country overwhelmed by the crisis, the President of the United States covertly planned that a secret “Homeless City” would be built to take care of the exploding homeless situation. The city was built and the homeless began being rounded up and taken there by force. As the last phase of the city was being constructed, a secret underground room from an old abandoned military base was unearthed. The room was empty except for a shimmering mold that coated its cement walls. The mold, when ...

The administration in office has betrayed Americans. They have jeopardized the United States with policies because of greed. Then, a foreign agent sabotaged mandated medical treatment. When those submitting to the illegal mandates suddenly died, there were few survivors. Those survivors were mostly children. The few surviving adults began gathering children and planning for a completely different future. A future away from death, gangs, and other dangers. The major danger was the invasion by Chinese troops disguised as UN troops. What will happen? Who survived? How will they fight the ...