Jack Wilson found himself riding in the back of a pickup truck wondering how everything could have gone so wrong. He looked up the road and caught a glimpse of the strange, enclosed city looming in the distance. His father had agreed to leave the safety of their secluded cabin in the mountains and travel hundreds of miles with him to try and find Lori. It had been over two years since he saw her last. Jack loved her desperately but had no idea how she felt toward him. They had prepared for months, planning out every detail--or so he had thought. Now Jack's father was dead, the plan was totally shot, and he was making it up as he went along with his life in the balance. He had four days to infiltrate the city, find Lori, and escape before he would surely be discovered and killed. He couldn't have dreamed how the next four days and a mysterious letter from his father would forever change his life. Wake Up, O Sleeper is a page-turning thrill ride that you won't be able to put down. The shocking ending will leave you asking: 'Am I awake or asleep?'

Anthropologist Olivia West never believed in monsters—until her best friend Emma disappears after returning to the place that haunts their childhood memories: Heaven’s Bottom, a hidden Kentucky town shrouded in mist and secrets.

As children, Olivia and Emma stumbled into the secluded town and left with chilling, impossible memories. Emma believes they witnessed a ritual sacrifice and the undead. Olivia, ever the skeptic, is determined to find the truth—and Emma.

Detective Steven Lewis has his own reasons to investigate Heaven’s Bottom. His wife died under suspicious circumstances while running her own investigation of the town. Officially, it was a wild animal attack. Steven knows better.

When Olivia and Steven team up, their uneasy alliance ignites a spark neither expected. But they’re not the only ones with a stake in the town’s dark past. Sheriff Noah McCracken—sworn to protect Heaven’s Bottom’s legacy—warns Olivia to leave. Old tensions flare into dangerous chemistry, and a rivalry is born.

As buried secrets claw to the surface, science and superstition collide. Can Olivia trust either man? Will Steven and Noah put aside their feud to save her—or will the town’s undead past claim more victims?

SPECIAL BONUS: As a reader appreciation gift, the short story Gimlet is included FREE at the end of the book. The Shaken, Not Stirred, mystery/horror story takes place after A Pink Zombie, with a Mist.

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Five years after the Rise of the Furies, the walking dead are dying out.

Bites don’t infect . . . but anyone who dies, turns.

Skilled outdoorsman Tom Vanicek wants a future for the two children he’s protected so fiercely through five years of living hell.

When rumors reach them about reconstruction efforts in the decaying ruins of Columbus, Ohio, the family make the dangerous overland trek for the chance to begin again.

But political alliances, secret factions, doomsday cultists, and other ruthless survivors mean life in a broken city of more than 60,000 traumatized and desperate souls may prove even more dangerous than surviving in the wild.

“The freshest take on the genre in years – and without losing anything cool” – advanced reader review

“Like Game of Thrones in the zombie apocalypse” – advanced reader review

Season One features full editions of books 1 to 3 Resurrection, Reconstruction, and Resurgence bringing the first trilogy together in the one volume.

Fans of The Walking Dead and George A Romero will love After the Apocalypse because it’s a fresh new take on the zompoc genre looking at the struggles to rebuild society when daily life can turn deadly any moment. Click to buy.

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In an isolation experiment, Martin Lake had been below-ground for fourteen months and two weeks. He came up on May 30, Wednesday, 11:35 AM. He discovered that civilization had folded its arms across its breast, closed its eyes, and ceased.

When natural selection wipes the slate, there are always a few survivors. Unfortunately, nature does not select for beauty or intelligence.

Selection Event follows in the tradition of Earth Abides and The Road. In the aftermath of the catastrophe, this is what happens next. People open zoos, sabotage dams, and in a final nihilistic fling, several countries have a small nuclear exchange of greetings.

It is into this that Martin Lake must go and make his way.

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“At just under 8 million square feet and towering four stories, with one subterranean level for time-saving transport, the Mall of the Nation is home to 1600 stores and an additional three stories of residential apartments. Boasting a 30 screen movie theater, a five star resort-style hotel and two five star restaurants, the Mall is everything you ever wanted in one place. You may never want to leave.” When single mother Lara Myers finds herself suddenly homeless with her two children, she takes refuge for the night in the Mall of the Nation, a completely automated retail complex that never closes. When a catastrophic event occurs, the Mall is locked down, causing Lara to be separated from her ten-year-old son Owen . Trapped and desperate, Lara enlists the aid of Simon whose job it is to maintain and repair the Mall’s army of Bots. Lara finds herself in a life and death struggle to save her family from homicidal and supernatural forces to which Simon may hold the key. For they discover that they are not alone and that something does not want them to escape from…. The Mall About the Author Bryant Delafosse was born and raised in Southeast Texas. He holds a degree from the University of Texas at Austin and is a screenwriter. He currently lives in Southern California.

The Complete Trilogy in one!

From collapse to eternity!

Get to know the people, watch them live in difficult times in this Christian, dystopian, end times, apocalyptic series.

Book 1 -
Long ago, it was predicted that there would come a time when the people of the earth would turn against each other, that they would rise up and kill each other. In book 1, that day has arrived. Read about a world where normal life and the infrastructure we depend on has broken down.

Costume-masked killers have taken over downtown in such masses that they overwhelm the already weakened city and law enforcement. Anyone caught in their path is murdered without mercy. Caught unaware of the extreme danger, the city had their focus on the wildfires in the forest not far from them. Power is off, the banking system is shut down, and the nightmare begins. Ultimately, the violence and death lead to food shortages.

Follow two families, two brothers, a mom and adult daughter, and several killers as they live out the start of it all: the beginning of sorrows.

You may find our world is not far from theirs. Seeing the stories in the news shows it is not only plausible, but we might also be at the edge, ready to be tipped over.

Book 2 -
The situation on earth continues to decay. Violence, famine, disease, wild animals, and cosmic cataclysm ravage the people of the world.

Infrastructure continues to deteriorate, fewer resources are available. Disease spreads. Gangs rise up. Hungry animals make their way into cities to find food. An enormous earthquake, falling stars, and next level war.
Is this your future?
Then there are those who are caught up.
Is that your future instead?
Continue getting to know the characters of book 1 and meet some new ones as well. Read of their suffering as they struggle to survive with each step as more wrath of God is poured out, and people fight to survive.

Book 3 -
The world is heading into its final stages of destruction. Supernatural attacks are happening across the globe as the beast continues to set up his unholy empire.

Continue getting to know the characters of books 1 and 2, and meet some new ones. Times will get even tougher until they eventually reach the battle of Armageddon and eternity.
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