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CellNovel
Stephen Kingstandalone novel2006
Horror and dystopia, tense in tone, set in our world.
“In Cell, King taps into readers fears of technological warfare and terrorism.”
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I Am LegendNovel
Richard Mathesonstandalone novel1954
Horror, about vampires and last of their kind, set in our world.
“The last human survivor of the vampire epidemic has to maintain his defences against their onslaught, while attempting to research the cause and possibly solution to the plague.”
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Tense in tone, about ecological collapse, set in late 20th century.
The Andromeda StrainSeries
series2 books1969
Tense in tone.
“Daniel H. Wilson's authorized 2019 sequel The Andromeda Evolution revisits the same threat five decades later.”
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The FiremanNovel
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Tense in tone, about found family, set in our world and near future.
Sleeping BeautiesNovel
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Horror, tense in tone, about gender and society, set in small town.