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A boy is always called to adventure, especially when it means saving both humanity and a special girl. Thirty-Eight years after a virus killed almost everyone on earth, Joshua Tanner is desperate to save what remains of civilization. Knowledge is disappearing and the usable remnants of the original’s world are getting harder and harder to find. Oh, and there is a girl on the other side of the continent in need of rescue.

Jake Roberts is an outsider. A young man fighting to belong while the world crumbles. Torn between helping others and trying to remain detached. As the town and its people fight to survive both the plague and each other, Jake is caught in the middle of it all. How do people live when they lose contact with civilization? What happens when people lose what they have taken for granted? Food, electricity, and security. All of it gone, and worse, never coming back.

Evan Carlson finds himself responsible for four other teenagers at the top of the Palmer tower in New York City. Unable to descend into the chaos beneath them they must scavenge from their new home. But, even isolated, the evil from below still rises and must be dealt with.

Chase Conrad didn’t get along with people. But that didn’t mean he wanted the world to end. Not like this. High in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, he receives a call that an asteroid is going to wipe out civilization. Not something you hear every day. Torn between hiding out in the mountains and returning to the family farm in Northern Idaho. Chase choses home. His sister and cousins will need him. Unfortunately, three young people and a trial of endurance interfere with his plans.

At the end of the world. Nick Peterson never expected to be stuck with a bunch of kids. A 17-year-old boy shouldn’t be responsible for keeping other people alive. But he didn’t have much choice in the matter. That’s what happens when everyone else dies.

It really is the four horsemen of the apocalypse, Death, Famine, War, and Conquest. Things a seventeen-year-old boy shouldn’t have to deal with. In those most infamous words, mistakes were made. It wasn’t supposed to happen. The asteroid was supposed to miss. Running for their lives, Ryan Conrad and Kelsey Morgan, race to escape the impact of a super asteroid and the apocalyptic world it left behind. Fighting to survive the aftershocks. The earthquake to end all earthquakes, the largest tsunami in human history, and worst of all, the EMP and loss of civilization.

When Haley Conrad was informed an asteroid is going to impact the earth, leading to the world's end. She knew her only chance of surviving was to escape New York before it became hell on earth. But making it all the way across the country wasn’t going to be easy.

Luke Sinclair is left alone in an empty world where almost everyone has died. After spending two years searching out the few remaining people, he discovers Brie Osborn and her fellow survivors.

Nineteen years since the world ended and the fight for survival was constant. People had gathered in Western Oregon from all over the country, each with their own story of survival. Each fighting to make the world better, and perhaps regain some of what has been lost. Brent Tanner, first of the children born after the end of the world, was on patrol in what used to be known as Southern Oregon when someone tried to kill him for no reason. A pretty female type someone.

Alone, isolated in the wilds of Alaska, Rachel Jordan’s only goal was to keep her two little sisters alive as the world they knew disappeared. Abandoned at her uncle’s lodge, Rachel struggles to come to grips with the new reality. Everyone she ever knew is dead or dying. Civilization has disappeared and there will be no rescue. She and her sisters must face this new world all alone.

Aliens have invaded the planet Intrepid. The vicious rat-faced bastards will stop at nothing until all humanity is either dead or enslaved. The only thing that can save the people of Intrepid are the Imperial Marines. The only thing that can save the galaxy itself, is the Imperial Navy. Never before in human history has so much depended upon so few. Admiral McKenzie is very aware that the continuation of the human race rests on his shoulders. Through grit, determination, skill, and deception he will use whatever or whoever he must to win. His fleet of starships and their crews are the best ever. But will they be enough to defeat this new threat. Sergeant Dex Carter finds himself and a few fellow Marines behind enemy lines. He is tasked with holding the small village of Drake’s Rift, the key crossroads that might very well determine the outcome of the war. Alicia Miller wanted adventure, but having aliens invade her home was not on her list. She and the people of Drake's Rift neve expected to become the center of an inter-galactic war. While providence may have thrust her into this role. Toughness and determination will see her through it.

Petty Officer Tanner just wanted to finish the patrol and get back to normal. That, and as far away from the enticing Miss Nora Johnson as possible. All that changed when the ISS Intrepid was threatened with destruction and he quickly became the only thing between these civilians and instant death. After crash landing on the strange new world, Petty Officer Eric Tanner had to keep these civilians alive until they were rescued.

Because Petty Officer Logan Miller saved Ambassador William's daughter, Kaylee, he was tasked with escorting her through the rough streets of Montlake. Little did he know a simple assignment would morph into a race across the galaxy. If he wants to get her to safety, Miller must avoid pirates, the Imperial Navy, and the hazards of deep space. All while keeping a decrepit starship from blowing up along the way. Kaylee Williams desperately needs to get to Taurus. The future of the Empire rests with the secret information she carries.

Rescuing half-naked damsels in distress had not been in his plans. All Big Jake McCauley wanted to do was work his claim in the asteroid belt. But, now he’s pissed off one of the most powerful men in this section of the galaxy. Not a good way to start the day.

Xeno-sociologist Amanda Rogers' dreams have come true. Humans have finally found an intelligent species. They may be primitives, barely out of their own bronze age. The last thing these Eundai need is to be overwhelmed with human technology. History is filled with examples of primitive cultures being ruined after initial contact. It is her job to make sure that doesn't happen. Priorities change when the four humans are forced down to the planet's surface. Staying alive long enough to get rescued is now the most important thing in their lives. A task that may not be possible.

*** A Paranormal Thriller *** Landon Marshall was harder than ironwood and sharper than Damascus steel. That might be why God came to him for help. ...To top it off, the guy was an Angel. He’d proved it last night. Landon hadn’t been drunk, he’d seen it with his own eyes. The man was a true, sent from heaven Angel. “So, what are your plans?” Landon asked, pouring himself a cup of black coffee and letting out a sigh of contentment with that first rush of caffeine. “Plans?” Michael said, his eyebrows scrunching in thought. “Oh, you mean for the near future, I plan to defeat ...

To Marla Jackson, Nolan Reed was the new boy in school. Different, dangerous, mysterious. What she didn't know was that Nolan could read minds. A fact she must never learn. To Nolan, his ability was more a curse than gift. A secret he could keep hidden from the world until one of the minds he read turned out to be an Alien, bent on destroying the Earth.

Ethan’s life couldn’t possibly get any worse. His mom’s job isn’t enough to pay the rent, let alone anything that could make life more bearable. And to make it worse, now she’s decided to move them both in with her brother—some boring guy who has nothing better to do than make Ethan’s life miserable. Uncle Garrett seems to be everywhere. Everyone knows him, everyone adores him, and it’s driving Ethan crazy. But when Ethan gets himself into trouble, those irritating things about Uncle Garrett start to make more sense.

Life's path is usually about the next step. It might feel frustrating (or excruciating!), but Nate Vawser and Trav Johnson hope to shine a light on the inspiring nature of the breadcrumb trail for spiritual community. Nearing 60 years of Christian ministry experience between them, these seasoned practitioners have lots to look back on, and still believe there's much to look forward to. "Join us as we unpack the breadcrumbs we see in life and faith, and the implications for spiritual community in our little corner of the world." Theme: ASTRAL FLOW by Amber Glow.

Plague has ravaged the world. The people that remain spend their time immersed in the Games. AI controlled virtual reality. Lost in a fantasy world that make life tolerable. Unfortunately, someone is trapping people online, refusing to let them out. Keeping them there until their bodies wither away. Gamer extraordinaire, Tor Roberts and Miss Jenny Morgan race across a desolate world to find her father. The one man who might be able to stop this new terror.