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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot is an introduction into the apocalyptic world of Staff Sergeant Brad Thompson. The radio goes quiet while on convoy in Afghanistan, a lost patrol alone in the desert. With his unit and his home base destroyed, Staff Sergeant Brad Thompson suddenly finds himself isolated and in command of a small group of men trying to survive in the Afghan wasteland. The local population has been afflicted with an illness that turns them into rabid animals.
(Volume II in the Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Series). The world is at war with the Primal Virus. Military forces across the globe have been recalled to defend the homelands as the virus spreads and decimates populations. They survived and have built a refuge, but now they are forgotten. Brad makes a tough decision to leave the safety of his compound to try and make contact with the States, desperate to find rescue for his men. What he finds is worse than he could have ever predicted.
The escape from Afghanistan was only the beginning. The Trio survived the initial fall, and built a refuge, they thought they had reached safety, but only to find themselves once again abandoned and surrounded by the primals. No contact with their families or commands, no relief from the rabid enemy. The fight continues as Brad and his men struggle to survive in a post-apocalyptic world where the enemy is far more dangerous than anything they had been trained for.
WITH OVER 500 FIVE STAR REVIEWS, THE SERIES CONTINUES. A plane crash in the wilderness of Newfoundland. A band of survivors connected by a profound sense of duty. Home was the mission, but confronted with an enemy greater than the Primal virus they are sidetracked to once again put their unique skills to use for the greater good. The fight continues as Brad and his men struggle to survive in a post-apocalyptic world where the Primals are only a part of the danger. This is a Zombie War Story.
With 600 five star reviews and over 70,000 sold. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot continues the fight! Home was supposed to be the endgame, but the Nation they came home to, is not the way they left it. Brad and the team find themselves quickly switching gears to embark on a greater mission, one that could cure the Primal virus. Loyalties are divided, new alliances made as old ones fall apart. The team discovers they can trust no one when they find out things are not what they seem...
Divided We Fall is the sixth installment of the Whiskey Tango Foxtrot series.They had returned home with the hope of finding some peace. The means for the cure had been safely transported to the last safe zone available to them. Little did Brad and his team know that the evils they faced from the Primals paled in comparison to the evil that now threatened the last survivors in a world no longer united.
ESCAPE is the first Omnibus containing: Vol 1 Escaping The Dead, Vol 2 Tales of The Forgotten and Vol 3 Only the Dead Live Forever in one cover. A page-turning zombie slasher Series with over 1,300 five-star reviews on Amazon: From the outbreak in Afghanistan to the struggles at sea. Brad and his comrades realize the war for humanity has only just begun. And there's no guarantee any of them will survive the long journey home...
While the world falls apart Jacob Anderson barricades his family behind locked doors. News reports tell of civil unrest in the streets, murders, and disappearances; citizens are warned to remain behind locked doors. When Jacob becomes witness to horrible events and the alarming actions of his neighbors, he and his family realize everything is far worse than being reported. Every father’s nightmare comes true as Jacob's normal life, and a promise to protect his family is torn apart.
Jacob is a soldier in a war against a new type of enemy. He must face the Delta Horde or risk his family’s eviction to the refugee camps. Inexperienced, Jacob discovers he has something far more valuable than weapons and armor, his fellow soldiers at his side. As a team, they struggle to survive battles and an enemy that would ruin a man standing against them alone. Only together can they find a way to end the reign of The Darkness.
When the world ends, will there be anyone left to bury the dead? The planet hangs on the brink of collapse with only pockets of resistance remaining. While governments fold and submit in the wake of a new enemy, civilians are rounded up and assimilated into new communities. With the little that remains, Jacob knows that they must make a stand and let the world know that we will not lay down quietly. Those that are willing to...take up the fight. Now is a time for heroes...
In the shadow of a global organization, a secret exists that controls the balance of life and death across the world. That secret lives in New York City, 2045, murdering without prejudice, thriving amongst the people in a horrific conspiracy. Eighteen months ago, suspended Detective John Gutterson almost uncovered that secret. Now, the opportunity has surfaced again, and Gutterson must decide who to trust as he seeks to redeem himself and bring the truth to justice...
Waking Dreams contains four short horrifying tales, each as disturbing as the last. Whether it's visitors of the night that appear with a flash of light, or being chased in the dark by a malevolent figure, a whisper from the basement by a child, or a slither of a dampened tongue across your cheek; these tales are not for the faint hearted... or those who are weak stomached. The new edition of Waking Dreams, is re-edited, expanded and re-illustrated for a new and fresh scare. #getyourhorroron
Secrets are within us all, no matter how hard we tell ourselves we don't have one, we do. However, others secrets can be darker than most... Steven finds it harder than usual to keep his urges under wraps; especially with that little devil whispering on his shoulder. His planned out actions are slowly failing, his fake smile can't keep the danger within forever. He likes this girl, he doesn't want to hurt her, but the isolation picks at him.
Anna suddenly finds herself in a room holding a knife looking at a dead woman. The woman lies on the floor on the opposite side of the room from her, encircled in blood. She has no memory of how this has happened, or for that matter where she is or who the woman is. However, two people seem to know what is going on; a deformed and malevolent figure who appears to be determined to catch Anna for her crime, and a seemingly normal woman who Anna doesn't know but who seems to know her.
They waited; waited for the old knowledge to fade away into the mists of myth. Imprisoned, banished, separated; they waited as the population grew to numbers that could sustain their appetites.They waited for the old gods to die and the new were anxious to take their place. They waited for today...
Lisa Reynolds is new to the Hot Springs PD and not all that welcomed by her co-workers. It doesn't matter much when thirty days in the apocalypse arrives in the form of zombies. Overnight the world goes from bad to worse and when everything seems hopeless, one person steps forward with a plan. A plan like an avalanche coming down the mountain…
The long awaited weekend and the looming dread of Monday morning disappeared into a distant memory.Three cops doing their best, find themselves surrounded by undead and insurmountable challenges as they try to ensure the survival of humanity. Fast zombies, slow zombies and a sociopath determined to thwart their goals. Zombies hell bent on feeding upon the flesh of the living as the evil mind lusts for terror.
Survivors flee the capital city of Little Rock drawing a horde of a magnitude never imagined. They flowed like a river with nothing but two Hot Springs cops to lead the willing against insurmountable odds. Brawn and steel blended into creative intellect would have to be enough against a quarter million marching dead Remnants and stragglers of humanity trickle into the compound that had come to mean so much to the existence of humanity.
Seb Zodo’s greatest strength is also his biggest weakness. No matter who, or what, he fights … he wins. What Seb is yet to learn is that notoriety comes at a cost… With every fight, he draws more attention to himself. Attention he won’t be able to walk away from. The Shadow Order is a fast-paced, planet-hopping, space opera adventure.
New Reality: Truth When the Rixon Corporation released New Reality, a fully immersive, five-dimensional entertainment experience, everyone logged on---everyone except Jake and Tom. Wrestling with the decision, they soon find out they aren’t the only ones living in the ruins. Someone---something---has taken an interest in the pair. Turning from scavengers to prey, they have to make a decision. Family or self? Faith or fear? Truth or New Reality?
Marie is hiding a secret. One that could see her lose her job and be banished from her comfortable home in Nirvana to the Estate. Rixon Corporation is contracted to watch criminals logged into New Reality but Marie is convinced she can uncover corruption underlying the ‘dream’ facility. If she’s right, she will secure her place and be safe from banishment but if she’s wrong, she’ll face the wrath of one of the most powerful corporations in all of Nirvana…
Marie, eight months pregnant and grieving the loss of her partner, has fallen from grace in Nirvana. Under the oppressive boot heel of poverty, Marie battles the challenges of surviving the expansive gap between the two social classes. But Marie has one advantage ... she has indisputable evidence that could bring down the company controlling the public. With just weeks until she’s due to give birth, she will have to decide if taking them down is worth risking her and her unborn child's lives...
When the Rixon Corporation released New Reality, a fully immersive, five-dimensional entertainment experience, everyone logged on---everyone except Jake and Tom. Living in the ruins of the old world, the pair face the wrath of Rixon and starvation as they embark on a fight for survival and freedom. A post-apocalyptic/dystopian science fiction thriller and #1 Bestseller in British Horror.
After witnessing his father's murder and his home burned to the ground, Michael is left wandering the violent streets of London alone. Having been captured and managing to escape the clutches of the most heinous of men, he's terrified of recapture. All Michael wants to do is find somewhere safe. When he meets someone who offers him hope, he realizes he needs to trust someone... But if he lowers his guard to accept that help, he could end up at the warehouse again. He’d rather die than go back...
In a world where walls provide safety, Heidi finds herself wanting nothing more than to run free. Trapped in a community with people she despises, she volunteers to be the runner for them. The supply runs offer her relief in an otherwise claustrophobic environment … They also leave her vulnerable to attack in a broken city.
Dean Brown is a survivor. Dean Brown is a father. Dean Brown is a husband. Dean Brown is a brother-in-law. Dean Brown is a psychopath. Before all of this, Dean Brown was just a normal boy. Crash V is the final book in the Crash series. WARNING: THIS BOOK CONTAINS SCENES OF BRUTAL VIOLENCE. READER DISCRETION IS ADVISED.
Rhys is an average guy who works an average job in Summit City—a purpose built government complex on the outskirts of London. The Alpha Tower stands in the centre of the city. An enigma, nobody knows what happens behind its dark glass. Rhys is about to find out. At ground zero and with chaos spilling out into the street, Rhys has the slightest of head starts. If he can remain ahead of the pandemonium, then maybe he can get to his loved ones before the plague does.
Crash - A post-apocalyptic/dystopian thriller. WARNING: THIS BOOK CONTAINS SCENES OF BRUTAL VIOLENCE. READER DISCRETION IS ADVISED.
Equipped with nothing but a baseball bat and his wits, Rhys enters Summit City for a second time. His son wants his Mummy, and Rhys is the only one that can save her. If he can get to The Alpha Tower, maybe then he can get his ex-wife and best friend out. An order to incinerate the city has been switched on. In five hours’ time, the complex must burn to a crisp.To give his son what he needs, Rhys has to risk everything. One final deep breath and Rhys re-enters hell.
After having found and successfully rescued his ex-wife from the diseased Summit City, Rhys drags himself to where he should be meeting his son and discovers he isn’t there. Armed with nothing but hope, Rhys and his ex-wife set off on what they believe to be their boy’s trail. With just enough breadcrumbs to keep them going, they follow the path of their son and his protector in a race against both the spread of The Alpha Plague, and a crazed psychopath hell bent on their destruction.
Vicky, Rhys, Larissa, and Flynn have avoided the horde of diseased that chased them from Summit City, but they’re far from free. Temporarily safe on top of a shipping container, at some point they’ll have to come down. With a sea of enraged monsters as far as they can see, coming down means certain death. Exhausted from their escape, they may be able to rest for now, but sooner rather than later, they’re going to have to take action to get themselves out of their current predicament …
Not only has Vicky made it to Home—an underground self-sufficient complex—in one piece, but Flynn has as well. Now they’re secure, Vicky can keep Flynn safer than she’s been able to since the outbreak over a decade ago. But where the diseased roam free, there’s always a threat hiding in the shadows. Having convinced herself Home would be safe, Vicky has to come to terms with the fact that nowhere is safe and maybe the biggest threat comes from within the complex itself...
With extreme austerity driving everyone but the super wealthy into poverty, Matt joined the revolutionaries in their fight against the UK government. Ten years later and Matt's desperate for one last roll of the dice. To fulfill his promise to his twelve-year-old daughter of new life in a fairer world, he must find the other revolutionaries.To find the other revolutionaries, they must take to the streets. With The Elite's drones on patrol, nowhere is more dangerous than the streets of London...
Bran was one of the most dangerous and revered humans in the galaxy before he vowed never to fight again. His new existence is not accepted and a bounty is placed on Bran's head. When he's captured and imprisoned, the only way he can earn his freedom is to fight in The Arena If he fights, his captors will profit from television rights and gambling and he will earn his freedom. But freedom means nothing to Bran…until his captors raise the stakes.
There is no darkness that can equal the evil that lies within the human soul. No monster as terrifying as those we find in the ones we trust. No pain as searing as that which comes from betrayal. Step into the world of Zombies, Vampires, Aliens, and Oddities if you dare. Good luck. And pray you don't get lost...
Sometimes life leads you in a direction you never expected. Ryan Parker knows this better than most. When his parents are murdered, he makes the decision to become a police officer to find the killer and avenge his parents. Little does he know, the murderer has other ideas. He will stop at nothing to keep Ryan miserable and alone. Can Ryan stop his tormentor, or will the killer get what he wanted the whole time?
Jason is unlike any other eighteen year old. A street kid with special abilities, his only contact with authority is Detective Alice Farrow. Whenever Alice needs help with difficult cases, she enlists Jason as an informant while attempting to keep his abilities secret. When Trevor Mason—one of the city's most notorious criminals—does the unthinkable, Alice and her partner must prevent Jason from becoming a tool of destruction. Can they rescue Jason before his full power is unleashed?
Going to a party with her friends was supposed to be the beginning of a great summer. After fighting with her parents for permission to go, Varina had no way of knowing what would happen next. Swept into a land filled with danger and magic, Varina and her friends must fight to survive and she must discover her true power if they are ever to return home.
“I don’t fear the reaper; you only do bad things to bad people.” There were no official warnings, but people all over the world spotted the flare before it hit. Online forums were blowing up and small radio shows tried to speak about the danger to come. As the brutality of the new world emerges from the darkness, Eric Camp must find the strength to overcome his doubts and forgo all thoughts of what used to be in order become the Reaper.
“He hurt’s bad people and makes them dead” Book two continues the journey as Eric and Anna navigate through the vile carnage left behind after society collapsed. *Warning: this book contains graphic language and strong violence.*
Amy and Luke have survived four months in a savage land completely disrupted by the massive power outage, but this last leg of their journey will demand all of their courage as the pair navigate a desperate landscape. Now, new factions begin to take action and sudden violence signals a change in someone’s policies. As they begins this last sprint across a war torn countryside, Luke will need to reach deep for his last ounce of determination if he intends to ever make it home alive.
Disconnected was L. Calell’s first novel of this two-part series - the emotional heart-wrenching story of Katie and her quest for survival. Disconnected takes you through the horrors of her past, the uncertainties she faces day-to-day and her will to feel love with her one constant in her life - Chris. Reconnected brings the story to an end.
When you reach the rim, the frontier fights back… Rising cruiser captain Tellride, fails a secret mission and kills his military career, then one of the solar system’s biggest corps hires him to lead an elite crew billions of kilometers across the mysterious space. The mission: initiate contact with the first advanced alien known to mankind. Sounds simple with an elite crew, but when deceptive aliens and archenemies collide, the task of success becomes one of survival.
Retired biker, Marshal Bailey, was looking for redemption from a self-ruined past. After serving a prison sentence, he found his calling as a children's entertainer and was slowly piecing his life together, until a zombie outbreak struck the city. After getting bit and then disfigured in a horrible motorcycle accident, he awakes to discover that not only is he dead, he has somehow retained the ability to think. Will he help his new friends make it out before his conscious mind deteriorates?
Master Sergeant Reed Beckham has led his Delta Force Team, codenamed Ghost, through every kind of hell imaginable and never lost a man. When a top secret Medical Corps research facility goes dark, Team Ghost is called in to face their deadliest enemy yet--a variant strain of Ebola that turns men into monsters.As cities fall, Team Ghost is ordered to keep CDC virologist Dr. Kate Lovato alive long enough to find a cure. What she uncovers will change everything.
On the eve of extinction, all seems to be lost, but there is still one final hope... Operation Liberty has failed. Humans are losing the war. With no other option, General Kennor decides to pull back the troops and give science a second chance. Trapped in the sewer system beneath New York, Master Sergeant Reed Beckham and the survivors of 1st Platoon must battle through the tunnels. As the doomsday clock ticks down Will science prevail--or will mankind vanish off the face of the planet?
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A deadly virus is sweeping the nation and infecting its victims with a morbidly psychotic urge to attack those not infected. In the final days of America’s struggle to contain this horrid outbreak, the Landry brothers can only do their best to protect the ones they love. Their plan is to take both of their families to refuge in the mountains. But what is the cost of food, water, and ammunition in a world going completely mad?
Welcome back to Hell’s Gates! The palpable sense of dread may seem familiar, but this time things are a bit…different. Fresher. Newer. As though just recently born… All proceeds from this horror anthology series go to the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund, a charity benefiting military veterans suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury. The authors and editors of this series are pleased to donate their time and effort to a truly worthy cause.
It may be thicker than water, but AT HELL’S GATES the blood will flow like a river… Some of the finest children of the family of horror authors will show you what it means to be BOUND BY BLOOD. Each unique tale of bloodcurdling darkness shows how kith and kin survive the things that go bump in the night…or become them. The authors, editors, and supporters of this series are pleased to donate their time, effort, and proceeds to this project for the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund
Charlie works as a Kromtic digger by day and a hacker by night on Outpost Krone. Charlie’s life is about to change. The despicable Volax Stout catches Charlie trying to hack into his credit account and decides to hunt him down. For Stout's pleasure, he is going to blackmail Charlie into carrying out survival tasks. Charlie must make the right choice in order to survive or pay with his life…
In an age of cold war cowardice in a world devoid of magic, Carnival People brought it with them in spades LEOPOLD IS A MAN OF SKINNY POSSIBILITIES… the story opens with the narration by Fin a carnival Hand with various skills one most notably Flamenco guitar virtuosity. He guides us into this world, revealing key players and the history of Leopold Limelight’s League of Luna Lustre. We learn of the Circus rivalry that goes back years. COME ONE, COME ALL AND JOIN US IF YOU DARE!
Witness horrifying tales of madness. Read the journal of a man trapped in a world overrun by the demonically possessed. Listen to the tale of a man driven mad by his fear of dark empty spaces, and the things that lie hidden in them. Transcend time and space as a scientist is forced to relive the same few days over and over in an endless hell of his own making. This and much more await you in The Unveiling!
A collection of short stories by Terri King and R.M. DuChene. Enter the world of demons, vampires, gypsy spells, and revenge in the pages of A Creature Scorned.
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