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  • Cover of Cell
    CellNovel

    Stephen King · standalone novel · 2006

    Horror and dystopia, set in our world.

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

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  • Cover of I Am Legend
    I Am LegendNovel

    Richard Matheson · standalone novel · 1954

    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.”

    from the catalogue

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  • Cover of Lucifer's Hammer
    Lucifer's HammerNovel

    Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle · standalone novel · 1977

    About ecological collapse, set in late 20th century.

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  • Cover of Night
    NightUniverse

    universe · 134 books · 2006

    Set in contemporary.

    “Jonathan Maberry's Night is one dark country stitched from horror and hard science, where a weaponized pathogen and an old nightmare called Doctor Nine turn out to haunt the same map.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Broken Lands →

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  • Cover of Black Tide Rising (John Ringo)
    Black Tide Rising (John Ringo)Series

    series · 63 books · 2013

    Post-apocalyptic and science fiction.

    “John Ringo's original quartet spawned an extended shared-world series co-written with several collaborators, following other survivor groups through the same collapse.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Under a Graveyard Sky →

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  • Cover of Gone
    GoneSeries

    series · 9 books · 2008

    “Michael Grant's Gone series begins when everyone aged fifteen and older vanishes without warning from a swath of the California coast, trapping the town of Perdido Beach inside an impenetrable barrier the survivors call the FAYZ.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Gone →

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