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After a sudden EMP attack cripples the country, Austin Merryman is separated from his 14-year-old daughter. With no power, no phones, and no help coming, he sets out across a lawless landscape to find her—armed with only his wits, his will, and a few survival skills. Along the way, he teams up with Amanda, a tough stranger with her own painful past. Together, they form an unlikely bond—fighting harsh terrain, dwindling resources, and the constant threat of desperate people willing to kill for a can of food.

After Austin Merryman’s wife died, he and his 14-year-old daughter left home to travel the country in an old RV. But the comfort and renewal they sought soon descends into chaos - even before the EMP hits. When a message from an old college buddy leads Austin to a bridge in the middle of nowhere, he finds his friend - now an NSA agent - waiting to give him a USB drive. Before the contents can be explained, machine gun fire strafes the bridge, killing Austin’s friend and forcing Austin into the raging river.

In this riveting account of the pandemic and its devastating ripple effects, Gale captures the pandemic's messy realities the panic it spurred, the misinformation and political infighting that stood in the way of controlling it, and the heroic efforts by scientists and health care workers to contain it. Gale exposes what went wrong, what worked, and what continues to threaten us. From the pandemic's chaotic beginnings to the hidden toll of Long Covid, he examines how governments shaped and sometimes warped the public narrative around the pandemic.

The New World Order is at hand. Civilization has crumbled since the EMP thrust humanity back into the Stone Age, and dangerous factions now scavenge for scarce resources in this terrifying new world. Austin Merryman wonders what the future holds for his teenage daughter, and if the madness surrounding them is even worth surviving. For now, the group is safe in his brother’s prepper house nestled in the Rockies. But the calm can’t last forever. With 16 people crammed together in the tiny mountain home, tensions are bound to erupt.

When an ambitious experiment to reverse climate change spirals out of control, the planet is plunged into an eternal winter.

The world has descended into a nightmarish hell. Death and destruction reign at every turn. Everywhere Austin Merryman has led his tight-knit group of survivors has gone from bad to worse as enemies pursue them for the intelligence he possesses. Yet, his group remains steadfastly together even as the infighting continues. It’s only when the cryptologist traveling with them finally breaks through the last coded barrier, exposing the full extent of the data on the mysterious USB drive, that their luck finally seems to be turning.

Influenza swept the planet. In months, two billion were dead. In the decimated United States, President Andrew Thomas signed an Executive Order to spray the national food and water supply with a flu vaccine. It spread and mutated up the food chain. The infected craved the flesh of the living and the undead walked the earth. Overnight, Emily Gray's privileged world was ripped away.

With Zeke’s gang out for blood, Amanda and Austin know they must flee the home they’ve built in Idaho. But in the aftermath of a devastating EMP, finding a working vehicle won’t be easy. And as the gang closes in, Amanda knows they’re running out of time to escape. The desperate pair soon find themselves heading for a safe haven in Spokane. But damaged roads, wrecked vehicles, and a washed-out bridge turn the journey into a deadly ordeal. A flat tire becomes the biggest crisis yet, as desperation sends them to a junkyard defended by armed thugs.

The Ku Klux Klan established a significant foothold in Arkansas in the 1920s, boasting more than 150 state chapters and tens of thousands of members at its zenith. Propelled by the prominence of state leaders such as Grand Dragon James Comer and head of Women of the KKK Robbie Gill Comer, the Klan established Little Rock as a seat of power second only to Atlanta. In The Ku Klux Klan in 1920s Arkansas, Kenneth C. Barnes traces this explosion of white nationalism and its impact on the state’s development.

When an experiment to reverse climate change goes disastrously wrong, Jarred and his daughter Hope are forced to head south in search of warmth. This manmade eternal winter shows no signs of stopping, and with temperatures continuing to plummet, fears of a new Ice Age drive survivors into a panic. Jarred and Hope don’t have the wilderness skills needed to survive this disaster. But when their car spins out of control, they’re forced to fend for themselves in the ruthless and unforgiving forest surrounding them. And as they slowly discover they are not alone….

Families shattered. Hatred reborn. What began as a simple trek into the mountains has exploded into a brutal war between humankind and the Genoskwa ancient guardians of the forest who will stop at nothing to protect their land. Three young survivors, driven by grief and rage, slip back into the snow-covered wilderness to exact their revenge. But as a deadly polar vortex traps everyone in its icy grip, humans and Sasquatch alike find themselves facing extinction. While the military tightens its hold and the Genoskwa retreat underground, unexpected alliances begin to form in the frozen dark.

When an egotistical billionaire’s plan to solve climate change goes horribly wrong, it unleashes a catastrophe with devastating consequences. Widowed boat tour operator, Kelly Walker, is determined to escape from Florida with her family, before the flood waters rise and life as she knows it disappears. But when disaster strikes her son, Jackson, is missing. She’ll do anything to find him. But as brutal winds and power failures accompany the floodwaters, she fears she may already be too late.

Desperate to prove her innocence and right her past wrongs, Jorja confronts her secret past head-on. Only to be further entangled in a deadly plot for revenge that leaves her overwhelmed with moral questions and a deep longing for redemption. Will her conscience stop her from doing whatever it takes to finally be free from her past?

Brendan P. Keegan is here to guide you on your way. In The FUD Facto, Keegan sets the record straight: Fearless Leaders aren’t born—they are made—and we all have the capability to become the Fearless Leaders we aspire to be. Drawing on lessons learned along his own Fearless Leadership journey and the lessons learned by emerging, stuck, challenged, and get-better leaders across all industries, experiences, and ages, Keegan urges us to face our fears, believe in ourselves, and inspire others through our own commitment to show up as a Fearless Leader every day.

Parenting can be overwhelming when your child is struggling with an anxiety disorder or OCD—but it doesn’t have to be. Anxiety Coach is a step-by-step guide full of useful strategies, techniques, and action plans designed to address all the most common forms of anxiety, including social anxiety, separation anxiety, generalized anxiety, specific phobias, panic attacks, and OCD. It teaches parents what anxiety is and how to recognize when it becomes a problem, explains why children need to face their fears to overcome them, and introduces listeners to exposure therapy and its application.

It’s been one year since the NWO was defeated. A year since the world got a fighting chance to claw its way out of darkness. But the road back is a long one, and the journey is fraught with danger. At first, Austin Merryman is relieved to see soldiers in town, tasked with restoring order. He’s intrigued, as well. Dr. Lydia Koble is working to establish a regional government in the aftermath of the EMP. And she wants to meet community leaders like Austin.

While tracking a potential terrorist cell, the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force sends a field team to investigate. Traveling deep into the Catskill Mountains, the Albany field office discovers something far more terrifying than a terrorist training camp. With more questions than answers, the JTTF team gathers their evidence and prepares to leave the forest when all Hell breaks loose. What started as a routine investigation quickly turns into a fight for survival against a foe that knows every inch of the terrain they are fighting on.

This is the legend of Saint Frank, and the great deeds he what did to earn that Sainthood, not born a Saint, in the beginning he was just, Frank, but not long after some stuff that took long, he became Sir. Frank. Sir. Frank may or may not have slayed a Dragon, if he did then this is the Tale of how Sir. Frank became Saint Frank, and if he did not then this is the story of nearly a Saint Frank and a triumphant Dragon.

After losing her brother to the violent conflict between the FBI and the Genoskwa, fearless reporter Patricia Murphy enlists a Special Agent, the only known survivor, to help her confirm the dark events that took him from her. Accompanied by a Police Beat reporter, a Native American hunter-tracker, and an ex British SFF field expert, she dives head first into the Catskills searching for answers and a verifiable way to break the horrific story that left the bones of a hundred men and women lying in the woods.

A war averted. Peace is made. The Genoskwa depart their stomping grounds for new lands that are untouched by humans. But Nature abhors a vacuum, and another clan moves into the territory, staking their claim on the mountain. When unsuspecting teens trespass on the Bureau’s crime scene cleanup in the hopes of seeing a living sasquatch in its natural environment, everything that could go wrong does. Concerned parents recruit Hector Ramirez to find their children and the creatures react violently, cutting off their escape.