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A meteor shower unleashed unspeakable evil. A woman must lead a group of survivors to safety in these three novels. EMERGENCE The world may have ended, but hope is just beginning. After months of hardship, betrayal, and unimaginable loss, Lucy and her makeshift family turn their backs on the corrupted base that once promised safety. With little more than determination and a vision for something better, they head west—risking everything for the chance to rebuild, to reclaim what it means to be human, and to prove that the end isn’t the end after all. On a highway haunted by dangers both ...

It's not about the zombies; it's about the survivors. When a meteor obliterates a top-secret government research facility, the world spirals into chaos. The dead walk among the living, and humanity's hope seems lost. Chalice Hart never imagined she'd lead a band of survivors through the apocalypse. Now, she must guide her rag-tag group to safety, navigating a world where every sanctuary is fleeting, and danger lurks around every corner. As they journey through the ruins of civilization, they gather allies and lose friends, each step fraught with peril. Their one beacon of hope is Colton, ...

Five dystopian stories where a young woman has to prove her worth and save the people who rely on her. To fail means losing everything. THE WHEEL A future of fate decided by the spin of a wheel. For ten years or until death. Can she stay alive in a hostile world and uncover the truth before it's too late? THE HUNT Crynn Dayholt never expected her life to take a turn for the extraordinary. When she is thrust into a role of leading a group of rebels against the oppressive city of Soriah, she must take up the impossible task of finding a hidden armory and building an army strong enough to take...

Now in one volume, the epic trilogy of fae and human fighting to overtake an encroaching darkness. SHAYNA A darkness approaches that only a fae can stop. Evil forces threaten to cover the human world with darkness. The faerie world is dependent on the human world’s survival or they, too, will perish. Shayna, a faerie warrior of the Light is sent to the human world to prevent that from happening and must convince a human to help her. When she reveals her true self to Detective Pierce Cochran, his world is thrust upside down. Everything he believed to be a fairy tale is true. The faerie and...

They survived the apocalypse. Now they must survive each other. In a world overrun by the dead, Lucy and Reece have found what so many only dream of—a sanctuary. Hidden behind the fortified walls of a once-abandoned university, survivors have built something rare: hope. Gardens bloom. Children laugh. The dead are kept at bay. But peace has a price. When a ruthless warlord known only as Granger demands their surrender, Lucy refuses to bow. The Scour—his brutal faction of killers—wants their home, their food, their future. As tensions rise and loyalties fracture, Lucy must decide who ...

The city was built to keep them free. The maze was built to keep them alive. The last free city in North America is a fortress of stacked shipping containers—steel corridors, shifting paths, and secrets welded into its walls. No one leaves. No one survives alone. When the city is breached for the first time in generations, teens aged sixteen to nineteen are forced into a hastily formed fighting unit. Trained to run the maze, wield blades, and kill without hesitation, they’re told one thing: the city must not fall. But as battles escalate and bodies pile up, the truth begins to crack. ...

The world may have ended, but hope is just beginning. After months of hardship, betrayal, and unimaginable loss, Lucy and her makeshift family turn their backs on the corrupted base that once promised safety. With little more than determination and a vision for something better, they head west—risking everything for the chance to rebuild, to reclaim what it means to be human, and to prove that the end isn’t the end after all. On a highway haunted by dangers both living and dead, every mile tests their courage and their faith in each other. But even as the shadows of the old world ...

After the fall of Haven, Lucy and her battered group of survivors have nothing left but a whispered rumor and a map pointing north—toward the snow-capped peaks of Montana and a sanctuary known only as Eagle’s Rest. With the undead stalking the roads and ruthless scavengers hunting anything of value, Lucy leads her people on a brutal trek across a crumbling America. Frozen highways, betrayal from within, and the ghosts of those they’ve lost test their strength at every turn. As the winter deepens and hope fades, Lucy must decide how far she’s willing to go to keep the promise of ...

On Crynn Dayholt’s eighteenth birthday, she spins the wheel. The needle lands on the only black square. For 10 years or her death, whichever comes first, she is now the leader of a group of people called the Stalkers. People sent from the safety of Soriah to clear the city outside the wall of Malignants, a breed formed by earth’s desecration.

From leader of evil, to outcast, to wanting revenge, Kasdeya joins forces with the faeries in hopes of witnessing, firsthand, the destruction of Abaddon. She’d forgotten what it felt like to be human, with a heart that could be broken. Now, she would fight alongside the very people she’d once tried to extinguish and find that being human came with its own treasures. Namely in the form of Detective Luke Marshal, who saw through the darkness in Kasdeya and pulled her into the Light.

The epic battle between good and evil continues with Deema training the warriors for her queen. Once a follower of the dark, Deema’s responsibilities increase as she strives to prove her worth to a race of fae she’d once betrayed. Not only is her life in danger against an evil traitor’s creation of a new breed of demon, but she longs to bind herself to a human...something forbidden to an heir of the throne.

A darkness approaches that only a fae can stop. Evil forces threaten to cover the human world with darkness. The faerie world is dependent on the human world’s survival or they, too, will perish. Shayna, a faerie warrior of the light is sent to the human world to prevent that from happening and must convince a human to help her.

Crynn Dayholt and her brave group of fighters found an underground compound, a place of safety, until outside forces threaten to take away all they’d fought for. Her thirst for revenge against the mighty city of Soriah has her on the constant hunt for soldiers willing to desert Soriah’s army and fight on the side of the rebellion. Her incessant hunt for others takes a back seat when she is handed the journals of the man who had built the underground compound. A man more evil than the president of Soriah. A man who held secrets to the earth’s destruction.

An act of rebellion. Mankind is the real monster. A hunt for something that will turn the tides of war. Thrust into a role she doesn’t want, Crynn Dayholt must lead a group of rebels against the city of Soriah. But first, her group must find a hidden armory and build an army strong enough to conquer a seemingly endless swarm of soldiers. The hunt is long. The approaching war huge. Soriah’s secret is revealed.

When shadow armies threaten to devour her realm, reluctant warrior Linette never expected to become the last hope for civilization itself. Armed with an ancient blade that chooses its own wielder, Linette must unite bitter enemies in an impossible alliance—light and dark, mortal and immortal, order and chaos. But victory against the Shadowbringer is only the beginning. In the void between worlds, primordial forces older than reality itself are stirring, and they hunger for more than conquest. As Queen of a fractured realm, Linette faces an agonizing choice: accept a devil's bargain with a...

Crynn Dayholt and her group of warriors discover the city of Peace. The man who runs the city, known as the Governor, welcomes them with open arms. As Crynn’s strong personality and warrior spirit emerge when her and her group become virtual prisoners, the Governor’s demeanor changes and not only Crynn’s life is at risk. Now the enemy of Soriah knows her location and that of her people.

In a land shrouded by tyranny and oppression, a spark of rebellion ignites. Crynn Dayholt, a fierce and determined leader, rallies a diverse group of rebels to challenge the brutal regime of Soriah. As their compound falls under relentless bombardment, Crynn and her comrades embark on a daring mission to dismantle the oppressive system from within. With allies like the enigmatic Fawke and a host of brave new recruits, they navigate treacherous alliances, face monstrous creatures, and endure harrowing betrayals.