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The Hunger GamesUniverse
universe5 books2008
Dystopia and science fiction, about rebellion and revolution, set in far future.
“Panem, they call it now — a nation raised on the drowned bones of North America, a glittering Capitol ringed by twelve districts it once starved into obedience.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Hunger Games →
includes The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games prequels
The 5th WaveSeries
series4 books2013
Science fiction and alien invasion, about aliens, set in near future.
“Cassie Sullivan, the survivor of an alien invasion, must rescue her young brother from the enemy with help from a boy who may be one of them.”
from the catalogue
Start with The 5th Wave →
I Am LegendNovel
Richard Mathesonstandalone novel1954
About vampires and last of their kind, set in our world and 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 PassageSeries
series3 books2010
Science fiction, about vampires, set in near future.
Start with The Passage →
NightUniverse
universe134 books2006
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 →
includes Rot & Ruin, Dead of Night (Maberry), Pine Deep, Joe Ledger, Joe Ledger / Rot and Ruin, The Sam Hunter Case Files
The Resurgam TrilogySeries
series3 books2010
About plague and pandemic, set in near future.
Start with Dust →