Financial Apocalyptic Fiction

Country music icon Shane Black is this year’s headliner for the New Year’s Eve bash in Times Square, but when violent riots break out, he’ll need more than a six string to escape New York City. After decades of abuse as the world’s reserve currency, the US dollar’s day of reckoning is at hand. Without a functioning monetary system to purchase basic goods, society rapidly descends into abject chaos. Protests, looting, and bloodletting take the place of civility in a country which becomes thoroughly unhinged.

When the rule of law fails, dishonest politicians get even dirtier. Shane and Julianna can’t compete with the debased dictators of Jackson County unless they are willing to bend a few rules of their own. Shane Black escaped the city by the skin of his teeth. But his well-stocked mountain retreat is now the target of a local despot who gained his power through bribes, payoffs, and shady politics. Mayor Hayes had few scruples before the collapse. Now that he’s the only law around, he’s down-right ornery. Road trips are always a bad idea in the apocalypse.

Shane Black is trapped in New York, and vicious protesters are burning the city to the ground. He has no gun, no way out, and he’s 1,000 miles from home. America’s financial doomsday. A wayward son. The epic struggle to survive. Country music icon Shane Black is this year’s headliner for the New Year’s Eve bash in Times Square, but when violent riots break out, he’ll need more than a six string to escape the maelstrom. After decades of abuse as the world’s reserve currency, the US dollar’s day of reckoning is at hand.

Unlike many of the people in their compound, Shane, Julianna, and Cole are still alive. However, their trial by fire is far from over. The replacement currency has failed and America is crumbling from within. Roving gangs scour the country, preying on small towns which are too weak and unprepared to fend off their carnivorous attacks. When one such band of ruffians show up in Sylva, NC, Shane and Julianna will have to strike a decisive blow before they are subjugated into slavery. A spark has found a bed of tinder. The inferno of chaos may never stop burning.

Conflicting imperatives tear Lucas in different directions as a mounting threat to Shangri-La's survival looms large. In this eighth installment in the best-selling Day After Never series, Lucas faces more ominous challenges than ever before and must risk everything if he, and those he loves, are to survive.

This is the story of a family's harrowing journey home when an EMP takes place while they are on vacation. With the power grid down, society begins to unravel, and as the chaos continues to escalate, food and water become increasingly scarce. Remington and Brooke must lead their two daughters through riotous cities, deserted roads, and the foreboding wilderness, while trying to find ways to sustain their limited resources. It will certainly be a journey unlike any other they have embarked upon before.

It's been five weeks since the coronal mass ejection wiped out the power grid, and Cole's town is beginning to see what it's like to witness depletion of food and water. When nearly twenty-five hundred violent offenders break out of a nearby prison, things only get worse. The world is in a state of pandemonium, and the townspeople are getting increasingly desperate for supplies, even resorting to threatening each other. Cole knows that the town's best chance for survival depends on their ability to work together. But in a world where no one trusts each other, it becomes a lone struggle for ...

Weary of fighting, Lucas wants nothing more than to return to Shangri-La and the arms of Sierra. But circumstances conspire against him, and he soon finds himself embroiled in a war he wanted no part of while his loved ones are imperiled by ruthless adversaries who want them dead. The latest installment of The Day After Never series continues in the tradition of the earlier novels, with twists, reversals, and surprises aplenty.

A unique volcano erupts while a young couple travels by car. With roads obstructed by pools of lava, they find themselves stranded near the mountain that threatens to erupt again at any minute. But due to the aftermath of the havoc, the landscape is unrecognizable, and the surrounding buildings prove to be unreliable sources of refuge. More things continue to go wrong, igniting even more tension throughout the survivors. In the meantime, the news is reporting that the volcano is predicted to erupt again soon, this time, to a much larger extent. They must find a way out of the affected town ...

Ross and his nine-year-old son are on their way home when the train suddenly stops moving. Trapped in the pitch black dark subway tunnel, the passengers soon realize they are unable to get a cellphone signal. As far they know, the power outage appears to be widespread. Needless to say, the airports and train stations are forced to shut down. Ross and Porter need to get back to the rest of their family. But how can they get home when their house is over two-thousand miles away? How will they purchase supplies after the economy completely collapses? How can they barter for food and water when...

A year has passed since the horrific events that drove Austin out of his home took place. Now it's time for them all to face the devastating aftermath.The ruthless terrorist organization is coming for everyone, and they will stop at nothing until they triumph. In this overwhelming post-apocalyptic world, where the communities are largely uninhabitable, the military has not been responding to the citizen's pleas for help. So, on their own, Austin and Michelle are trying to resist, but they are drastically outnumbered by people they can't trust.

Can you picture a societal collapse so bad that the land becomes uninhabitable? What happens when it's up to one small group of people to reverse the societal collapse?After the collapse of society, Jason now lives in a house on a small island in the middle of the sea. Over the years, he had heard tales about what life was like on the land, but he had never experienced it for himself. He eventually discovers that the land was taken over by pirates many years ago. The societal collapse caused by the pirates was so severe that it drove many people to the sea. The people who remained on the ...

Leaving home can be a dangerous journey. . . Not leaving home can be even more dangerous. A worldwide terrorist attack hits all of the major cities, causing an EMP. Austin is fortunate enough to survive the devastating, apocalyptic event. But with a collapsed economy, and terrorists roaming the streets, he soon realizes the real trouble is far from over.

When a widespread power outage takes place, people begin to speculate about what caused it. Most people begin to assume it will come back on again soon, although Lance decides to do some prepping, just in case. But after days go by without the power being restored, society begins to deteriorate rapidly. The majority of the population decide to stay in their houses while they wait for the daunting ordeal to pass. But since Lance and his son are homeless, living in a car, it won't be as easy for them. With the temperatures growing hotter, they must escape to a region with milder weather, ...

When Benton's wife and two daughters don't come home after an EMP takes place, he goes out to look for them. But when he stumbles upon the family car that is parked nearly a mile away from their home, he begins to suspect something is wrong. With the police spread thin, and rioters and looters roaming through the streets, he begins to run out of options. The world begins to deteriorate at a rapid pace, and his wife and children are still out there somewhere. Will he be able to reunite with his family before it's too late?

Keeping a secret is hard. . . Living a secret is even harder.Hidden behind the tall trees lies a secret fortress in the middle of the woods. No one knows about it. . . until now.To avoid a tyrannical king's corruption and the devastating aftermath of a societal collapse, a group of young people build their own castle in the middle of a forest. It serves as a secret community, which is a dream come true for them. After getting ambushed near the forest, the corrupt king's knights begin to close in on the castle. Bryce, Elizabeth, and the rest of the secret castle's inhabitants find their ...

A pandemic sweeps through the country, and soon spreads throughout the world. It leads to an economic collapse, but that's only the beginning. After Auden moves into another house, he finds a secret room that contains something shocking . . . something that might be connected to the epidemic, and as he seeks answers, he soon finds himself in tremendous danger.

Jack West is a hotel staff member in Washington DC. One rainy morning, he walks into a room and finds a corpse. Homicide detectives discover that the corpse belongs to Ivan Montgomery, a secret service agent. As the detectives link up with agent Tillman, they begin to find evidence that leads them to believe the current financial collapse is being brought about by foreign spies. The president will need to act fast to identify the spies, find the killer, and prevent a complete economic collapse. But with corruption running rampant in high positions of power, including his own staff, who can ...

After losing their four-year-old daughter to a mysterious pandemic, Benton and Jennifer, along with their friends, decide to leave the coast. But after encountering a storm, they are forced to dock at an unknown island. After discovering some unusual findings, they begin to realize that the island has a bit of a history. Once they become convinced that the pandemic actually originated there, they begin to wonder if they'll leave the island alive.

The streets are filled with rioting . . . But the ocean isn't much safer. Emory is fifteen miles away from the shoreline when he hears the crackling in the sky. A bright flash takes place, and then the motor on his boat dies. The nuclear bomb has caused an EMP. After running out of food and bottled water, he thinks about swimming back. But there is a shark circling his boat. Running out of time, he needs to figure something out fast. Even if he makes it back to shore, how will he adjust to a collapsed society? Either way, he is in for a shocking surprise.