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Ten years after the world's oil went sour and a pandemic killed most of the population, Sam Edison is the chief of police of The Little Five, a walled-in community near Atlanta, Georgia. Those who survived share the world with what are known as hollow-heads: creatures who are no longer fully human. A man and a pregnant teenager arrive at the gate and are welcomed into the town. They begin to settle in when suddenly both are murdered by an unknown assailant. In the course of investigation, Chief Edison discovers that the girl was fleeing a life of sexual slavery, and that some members of the community were complicit in the human trafficking network that had ensnared her.

The best-selling post-apocalyptic suspense series Outage - the complete series of five books plus bonus epilogue Outage: Control, available for the first time! Something is coming for them. When an early snow ravages the small town of Plainfield, the residents are stripped of heat, power, and mobility. They'll soon wish they had protection. Somewhere outside, something else is lurking. Waiting for the chance to strike.... The complete post-apocalyptic horror suspense series Outage, in one complete collection.

In 48 hours, the Earth will be hit by a coronal mass ejection (CME) from the sun, a "Carrington Event" that has the power to shut down and possibly destroy the world's electrical infrastructure. To try and prevent permanent damage, everything goes dark prior to the hit: Global communications are shut down; hospital emergency generators are disconnected; the entire internet, media broadcasting, and cell phone systems are turned off. Will the world's population successfully defend itself in the wake of the CME, or will mass panic lead to the breakdown of society as we know it?

It began on New Year’s Eve. The sickness came on suddenly, and spread quickly. The fear spread even faster. Within weeks, everything people counted on began to fail them. The electrical grid sputtered; law and government collapsed - and more than half of the world’s population was decimated. Where there had been order, there was now chaos. And as the power of science and technology receded, magick rose up in its place.

Golden Falls è una tranquilla cittadina nella contea di Snohomish, stato di Washington, dove tutti si conoscono e la vita scorre serena, fino a quando un'escalation di terribili eventi scatenerà l'orrore che sconvolgerà la serenità del posto. Daryl Wilson, lo sceriffo incaricato delle indagini, si troverà a dover affrontare una verità incredibile e spaventosa. Per risalire alle radici del male dovrà scavare nei meandri della storia passata di Golden Falls e comprendere perché l'orrore abbia iniziato a riversarsi sulla cittadina seminando morte tra i suoi abitanti.

El desconocido autor Emiel Steegman inventa una excusa para cancelar la cita que tiene con unos colegas estonios: "Momentos difíciles para la familia". Una frase manida y vaga que se convierte en una idea brillante para su nueva novela, pero inesperadamente acaba haciéndose realidad cuando su hija Renée se queda dormida y no vuelve a despertar. Post Mortem es una novela tan intensa como ingeniosa, una obra que se centra en un momento dramática de la vida del propio autor, Peter Terrin...

"Une œuvre pas belle à voir" : telle est la façon dont la scène de crime a été décrite à la capitaine Isabelle Le Peletier avant son arrivée sur les lieux. Mais rien n’aurait pu la préparer à une telle horreur. Dans un grand appartement parisien, vide de tout meuble, le corps d’un homme l’attend assis sur une chaise, nu et atrocement mutilé. Sur son avant-bras, un étrange tatouage. Le clou du spectacle : un tableau de Van Gogh disparu depuis la Seconde Guerre mondiale est posé à côté du cadavre.

Ella ha sobrevivido a lo imposible, pero carga con un secreto que podría cambiarlo todo — si no la destruye primero. Aksel, Belinda y su hija se ven obligados a emprender un viaje desesperado por el desierto helado, perseguidos no solo por los muertos de ojos negros sino también por quienes están dispuestos a sacrificar a cualquiera con tal de seguir vivos. En lo alto de las montañas, Kristoffer y Ragnar luchan por mantener a salvo su refugio mientras la desconfianza, la traición y el hambre de poder amenazan con destrozarlo desde dentro.

Life hasn't gotten any easier for Judah Cannon. He may have survived the fiery showdown between his father, the tyrannical Pentecostal preacher Sister Tulah, and the Scorpions outlaw motorcycle club, but now Judah and Ramey, the love-of-his-life-turned-partner-in-crime, are facing new and more dangerous adversaries. It will take all of their cunning and courage, their faith in one another, and some unexpected help to give them even a shot of making it out alive.

Judah Cannon is the middle son of the notorious Cannon clan led by Sherwood, its unflinching and uncompromising patriarch. When Judah returns to his rural hometown of Silas, Florida, after a stint in prison, he is determined to move forward and live it clean with his childhood best friend and newly discovered love, Ramey Barrow. Everything soon spirals out of control, though, when a phone call from Sherwood ensnares Judah and Ramey in a complicated web of thievery, brutality, and betrayal.

After his father passes, James returns home and finds out that his younger brother has become ensnared in a deadly race against the mafia and needs his protection.

Año 1868. Murieron y, como buenos cristianos, fueron enterrados.Pero tras la inhumación despertaron bajo tierra. Alguien está acabando con hombres ya «fallecidos», ejecutándolos en su propio ataúd. ¿Cómo es posible? ¿Qué motiva al asesino? El detective Alder McAlister intentará averiguarlo. Se adentrará en recónditos pantanos y organizaciones violentas en busca de la verdad; realidad que le marcará a fuego.

Kein Strom. Keine Sicherheit. Nur die Vorbereiteten werden überleben. Bevor die Lichter ausgingen, hielt sich Jack Warrant nicht für einen sogenannten "Prepper". Das waren Leute vom Rand der Gesellschaft, Verschwörungstheoretiker oder Weltuntergangskultisten mit einem fatalistischen Blick auf die Welt. Er selbst war ein Optimist. Zumindest war es das, was er sich selbst erzählte, wenn er nachts an die Decke starrte und sich finstere Gedanken in den Verstand schlichen. Doch dann ging die Welt unter, und ihm wurde klar, dass er falsch lag.

In 2035, the southwestern United States is ravaged by drought, reeling from an environmental catastrophe that has left the landscape a chaotic, depleted ruin. California, still viably inhabitable due to its oppressive social controls, marshals state-of-the-art surveillance technology and totalitarian policies to preserve its fragile hold on rapidly dwindling resources and an increasingly unsettled population.

It's night, and the walls of Rachel's home creak in the darkness of the Australian bush. Her fear of other people has led her to a reclusive life as far from them as possible, her only occasional contact with her sister. A hammering on the door. There stand a mother, Hannah, and her sick baby. They are running for their lives from a mysterious death sweeping the Australian countryside - so soon, too soon, after everything.

While one group looks to escape, the other struggles to survive...The end is here. A dark new beginning is upon them. In Chicago, our survivors are facing a horrifying new challenge. The exodus from the ruins of downtown are now upon them, led by a ruthless, determined man with a past as ugly as his future. In the fight to get out of town, there will be casualties. Not everyone will survive...

Best-selling author Bobby Akart once again masterfully tells a tale of a nation on the edge of societal collapse. For decades, Americans had found themselves increasingly at odds with one another - politically, socially, and culturally. In Doomsday Minutemen, the Doomsday series concludes as the conspiracy reveals itself, and those responsible for leading the nation to the brink of a civil war are exposed.

Im Jahr 2054 hat sich die Durchschnittstemperatur auf der Erde um drei Grad erhöht. Millionen Menschen flüchten in den kühleren Norden. Unter ihnen ist der junge Hacker Marc Turner, der sich mit seinem Bruder und dem Androiden Yousef in eine Enklave der Weltregierung rettet. Doch statt dort Sicherheit zu finden, sterben sein Bruder und hunderte weitere Klimaflüchtlinge an einer mysteriösen Viruserkrankung. Als er den Ursachen ihres Todes nachgeht, erhält Marc unerwartete Hilfe von Aimée Silver, einer Agentin der Weltregierung.

Gulf of Mexico. Diane Nelson has finally achieved her childhood dream. A recent PhD graduate delighting in the chance to work for her hero, the twenty-five-year-old marine biologist is determined to solve why algae are destroying all life in and above the sea. But when a shooting incident in her new lab leaves one man dead, the unnerved woman fears something more sinister could be at play.

In an oil refinery deep inside the Brazilian jungle, the Talbot clan awaits a breakthrough as their scientists work nonstop to produce usable fuel. But on the verge of success, an oversight brings down the wrath of both a giant horde and the persistent Brazilian military. In a shocking development, Mike discovers a possible zombie liaison within their ranks, one that could save the day—or destroy them all—and it’s unclear which way she leans. Hostages, treachery, sacrifice and fierce battle mark this chapter in the Zombie Fallout saga...just as hope is finally on the horizon.