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CellNovel

Stephen Kingstandalone novel2006

Post-apocalyptic, tense in tone, about plague and pandemic, set in north america.

“In Cell, King taps into readers fears of technological warfare and terrorism.”
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The FogNovel

James Herbertstandalone novel1975

Tense in tone, about madness, set in british isles.

I Am LegendNovel

Richard Mathesonstandalone novel1954

Post-apocalyptic, about vampires and last of their kind, set in mid 20th century.

“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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The Andromeda StrainSeries

series2 books1969

Tense in tone, about plague and pandemic.

“Daniel H. Wilson's authorized 2019 sequel The Andromeda Evolution revisits the same threat five decades later.”
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Jerusalem's LotSeries

series3 books1975

Tense in tone, about vampires, set in small town and north america.

“Stephen King's 1975 novel 'Salem's Lot follows writer Ben Mears as he returns to his childhood town of Jerusalem's Lot, Maine, only to discover that its residents are being turned into vampires by a newly arrived stranger.”
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RatsSeries

series4 books1974

completed

Tense in tone, set in british isles and big city.

“The Rats, James Herbert's 1974 debut novel, imagines a plague of giant mutant rats overrunning London, told through a rotating cast of victims and survivors in the tradition of British disaster horror.”
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