Compiled by intrepid journalist Neve Pride, this archive of recordings spans the months after dragons emerged on earth, chronicling the communities that sprang up amid the destruction, the scientists, military leaders, and experts searching for a defense, and those steadfastly seeking the missing. Neve and her young daughter Bex travel among the wreckage speaking to those left behind and surviving, against all odds. Neve records everything for history, and in the hopes of locating a clue as to where the dragons came from and how one might stop them.

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.

Annie has always had high hopes for her future. But the reality of her life just isn’t measuring up. She loves her fiancé, Greg–doesn’t she? She’s going to get her degree and open her own business–won’t she? Then, a strange old woman shows up outside her house, and she seems to know a lot about Annie. An awful lot. Annie could tell the old woman to get lost. Yet there’s something about her Annie just can’t shake. And what she learns could change her life forever–but is it the life she envisioned?

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.

An ancient evil stir, seeking vengeance in the wind-blown dunes of 1940 Egypt. Deep within the Valley of the Kings, an ancient tomb lies hidden, shrouded in sand and secrecy. When renowned British and German archaeologists uncover the long-lost resting place of Dina, an ancient Egyptian goddess, they unwittingly unleash a terror beyond comprehension. As Dina awakens, her malevolent spirit is reborn, fueled by an insatiable thirst for power and eternal life. The archaeological camp is swiftly slaughtered, leaving no witnesses to her resurgence. Lillian and Jack Stiller, siblings passionate ...

A farmer needs friends in the city who have his back . . . Haley Stonecipher sells farm goods for Tom Savage during the day, and fights crime by night in League City. She strikes from the cover of darkness, leaving death and fear in her wake through the criminal underworld. Ashley Thallus is a reporter, and an agent for Gwen’s mother. Sent to Phaethon to keep an eye on things, he gets caught up creating Haley’s media persona, which quickly goes viral. Wink McKelway and Jinxie Malone find themselves under contract with the Ultima Mule Company, and a new robot pilot with some ideas of his...

In a world where the dead outnumber the living, where the ruins of once-great cities are all that remain, humanity’s fight for survival is just beginning. The World Ends tells the story of the survivors who have lived through the nightmare of a global outbreak, and who now must navigate a post-apocalyptic landscape filled with the infected, scarce resources, and the haunting echoes of a civilization lost. From the very first infection to the final battle against the relentless undead, this gripping tale chronicles the courage, sacrifice, and the unbreakable will to survive of ordinary ...

An inexplicable explosion rocks the antiquities collection of a London museum and the race begins to determine how it happened, why it happened, and what it means.

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?