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When a catastrophic solar flare wipes out all technology, the world is plunged into darkness. For Joshua and Lara Ryan, simple life in their quiet New England town seemed secure—until a relentless storm floods roads, wipes out crops, and leaves their community on the brink of starvation. As desperation grows, a ruthless local family takes what they want by force, triggering the worst tragedy.

Seth Willard is broke, sick, and running out of time. A single dad drowning under bills and a cancer diagnosis, his last chance comes from a desperate gamble: taking a job as an NPC in a real world, fully immersive zombie survival experience. The nanites injected into his body that will project the game’s experience into his senses will also cure his cancer as he safely sells supplies to rich players out killing monsters that aren’t really there. At least, that’s the plan.

Seth Willard survives. Frankly, he's doing better than that. After fighting his way through the disastrous introduction to Waves of the Undead, Seth has leveled up, gotten gear, expanded his skills, and assembled a party of players he might actually trust. His contract pays him to explore, discover hidden content, and do the sort of incredibly dangerous things other players haven't managed yet.

The Halloween Children are watching—they're always watching in this chilling novel of suburban horror from Norman Prentiss and Brian James Freeman... The accommodations at Stillbrook Apartments aren't exactly glamorous, but they're quiet, affordable, and well-maintained. The handyman is usually available to help with a leak or a broken bulb, his wife and two adorable kids often tagging along. When occasion dictates, the neighbors gather to wish each other well and spread the requisite holiday cheer. Everything's very nice. Very normal.

Jack Catcher has already lost everything. His mother died of illness, his father of grief, and the Dust Bowl has turned his Oklahoma home into a wasteland where hope is as scarce as rain. So when his former classmate Jane Lewis arrives with her younger brother, Tony, and a desperate plan to steal a dead neighbor's car and head for Texas, Jack is ready to leave the past behind. But their escape takes an unexpected turn after a chance encounter with one of America's most infamous gangsters.

Rander Belmorn is far from home. He searches tirelessly for the one man who might be able to cure his dying son, but time is running out. The road has led to a frozen waste at the very edge of the world. But what this simple river man never learned on that long, lonely road was the answer to the last question. The only question. How do you kill a witch?

The First Expeditionary Marines of the Colonies of Ghara scratched out a foothold on the wild planet of Selva five years ago, with only a tenth of the expedition surviving the onslaught of monsters the planet offered. But they destroyed the entire colony of mutating, horrifying insects, and now, husband and wife Master Sergeant Dustin Cline, and Captain Melody Cline have their son on the world, as do hundreds of other colonists, safe on islands, or at the top of massive trees the insects cannot climb.

On a rainy summer night in 2009, eleven-year-old Danny Beecher’s life changed forever. An intruder killed Danny’s family, along with his best friend, Brian. Danny survived, but at a cost. Ten years later, Danny is released from The Lodge, a long-term mental health care facility. Against the wishes of his doctor, Danny returns to Millfield, MA. The town hasn’t changed much, but there’s something strange going on in Danny’s childhood home. Donald Jacobs, former journalist turned true crime blogger, never believed the man convicted of the Beecher murders was guilty.

Logan Clark has always had issues. Going all the way back to being four-years-old and crying after stepping on a sidewalk crack. He'd been good at hiding it, though-great friends and a spot on the school football team. But his façade is starting to crack, starting with his mother deciding that his therapist simply isn't cutting it. Now off the football team, he's going to a treatment center four times a week and having breakdowns in front of his friends.