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.

Annie Hamilton woke up to the blare of sirens and a neighbor pounding on her front door. She quickly realized the world had been reduced to chaos overnight. Millions of Americans had mysteriously died, and the survivors, mostly children, were left to fend for themselves. Annie brought the living to a local church and convinced them to flee the dangerous city as thugs and gangs took over the streets. With an HPD officer among the group of forty or so adults protecting eight-plus children, they gathered a variety of vehicles and supplies. What caused the mysterious deaths? Were the whispers ...

Biological attacks on US military bases included San Antonio. The viral agent spread across Texas, and the dead reanimated and attacked the living. As survivors crossed the state and made their way to Pine Spring Canyon, each met others and brought them along. Brian Jameson finds his wife, though all is not well. The deer camp grows into so much more than ever intended. The Kerrville VA Hospital turned into a prison when the attack took place. The place locked down, but it was too late. The infection was already inside and that spelled mayhem for the hundreds of medical professionals and ...

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 ...

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 ...