Lawless towns, deadly gangs, and no safe haven—will Kat make it home?When a solar flare cripples the world’s power, trucker Kat is stranded miles from her daughter, with no food, no shelter, and no safety in sight. Small towns have turned lawless, and Kat must fight through brutal obstacles to reach her little girl. Every step brings her closer to danger—but also closer to the one person she refuses to leave behind. As chaos reigns, will a mother’s determination be enough to overcome a world gone dark?

Olivia never imagined giving birth in a subway bathroom while the infected pounded on the door. She didn’t expect her husband to turn into one of them, either. Rescued by Cole, she clings to him as her only chance of survival for both her and her baby. He's gruff and reserved but she soon feels safer with him than she ever did with her late husband. She’ll fight to stay by Cole's side as the world crumbles around them.Cole’s only mission is to find his best friend until Olivia and her newborn baby derail his plans. The world has fallen into chaos, and he's been surviving alone, but now he’s playing protector to a woman he just met. Navigating a crumbling city full of the undead is hard enough. Keeping them all alive might be the most dangerous challenge yet. As they journey to the safety of the mountains, they realize that they share similar pasts, and a bond forms between them. In a world shattered to pieces, love was never part of the plan, but sometimes, the end of everything is only the beginning.

*****READERS' FAVORITE 2023 BOOK AWARD FINALIST"From the icy wastes of the Northern Zone to the opulence of Thio's castle, this is a rich and detailed world...There were moments reminiscent of DUNE as well - strong character work and a grand sweeping scale of world and story..." - Jim Maher, Reedsy"Intricate and complicated in the best way possible, Beyond the Father had me entertained and wanting more. I was lost in Xzyber's intricacies and its four regions..." Rabia Tanveer, Reader's FavoriteThe first of 8 books that will give you pause and make you ponder...“Beyond the Father” sets the scene for the 8-book Sci-Fi Epic “gods on Trial: The Series™,” delving into life’s determination to transcend all limitation. A uniquely different world to explore...Set on the planet X?yber, citizens of the Sub-Median Region, imperfectly reborn into metal, oppress those who are organic. Elsewhere, in the Central Kingdom, religion supports royalty’s brutal domination of the lowest class. Rife with mounting tension...War over scarce resources is coming, revolution within each region is brewing, and none know of the eccentric god who created them. This being watches, has fascinating conversations with his often-wiser companion, occasionally learns, and rarely intervenes. A struggle for survival and existence...The many levels and threads of struggle distract nearly all from a far greater threat. Meanwhile, the young Prince Anglid’s vision quest into the unexplored Area X may ultimately change everything. However, just when you think you know the direction of the story, the author has yet another surprise.

Her mission to the past is in shambles. Her future’s in deadly peril. Can this resourceful spitfire stop the present from going sideways?Wilda Firestone suffers no fools. And the seasoned retiree refuses to be tempted by the thrill of time-traveling shenanigans and instead buckles down to train her clueless new protégé. But when a bomb reduces the time machine next door to ashes and reduces her life’s work to rubble, the angry woman takes on a dangerous investigation…Ignoring her own battle scars from past time-hopping adventures, Wilda convinces her trainee to jump to 1850s France to lure the elusive terrorists out of the shadows of history. But when their malfunctioning contraption dumps them hundreds of miles away, the savvy agent fears something far worse is out of whack in the time stream.Can she unravel this mind-boggling mystery before it’s “off with her head?”Threads of Time is the snark-infused second book in the Toronto Time Agents science fiction series. Brace yourself for witty banter, nail-biting intrigue, and historical escapades that will make your head spin. If you crave witty characters, whiffs of conspiracy, and a lively romp through history, then C. N. Jackson’s rollicking adventure is a must-read.Read Threads of Time to untangle a lethal conspiracy today!

“Fast-paced, gripping hard SF with death in hard vacuum waiting at every turn.” — Arthur C. Clarke Award winner Adrian TchaikovskyAD 2118. Humanity has colonised the Moon, Mars, Ceres and Europa. Captain Ellisa Shann commands Khidr, a search and rescue ship with a crew of twenty-five, tasked to assist the vast commercial freighters that supply the different solar system colonies. Shann has no legs and has taken to life in zero-g partly as a result. She is a talented tactician who has a tendency to take too much on her own shoulders. Now, while on a regular six-month patrol through the solar system, Khidr picks up a distress call from the freighter Hercules…This is the first book in Allen Stroud’s epic science fiction trilogy, The Fractal Series, which features the novels: ‘Fearless’, ‘Resilient’ and ‘Vigilance’.?FLAME TREE PRESS is the new fiction imprint of Flame Tree Publishing. Launched in 2018 the list brings together brilliant new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices.

Thirty years after the Ragnarok meteor devastated Earth, humanity survives in sealed underground bunkers. Sixteen-year-old Alex Keener has never seen the sun—and in Bunker 108, that’s considered a blessing.When a recon patrol rescues a survivor from a neighboring bunker, they bring back more than they bargained for. The man carries the xenovirus, an alien pathogen that hijacks its hosts and twists them into violent, explosive monsters.Within hours, Bunker 108 falls. Now Alex is on the surface, alone, unprepared, and hunted. But surviving the Wasteland is only the beginning. The xenovirus didn’t arrive with Ragnarok by accident.Something sent it. And it isn’t finished.