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Families First Band 8 Neuanfänge „Neuanfänge" ist das achte Buch in der Families First-Saga. Dies wird der letzte Teil der Families First-Reihe sein. Während die Amerikaner aus der Asche ihrer zerschmetterten Nation auferstehen, kann eine Gruppe mutiger Menschen den kommenden Sturm überleben? Colorado. Lance dachte, sie hätten endlich einen Neuanfang gefunden. Beim Wiederaufbau mit Familie und Freunden, nur mit ihrem Verstand und Mut bewaffnet, spürt er, dass sie an einem gefährlichen Scheideweg stehen, während sich Langeweile breit macht, aber Feinde weiterhin lauern.

The brilliant new novel from the Orange Prize-winning author of We Need to Talk About Kevin centres on three generations of the Mandible family as a fiscal crisis hits a near-future America. It is 2029. The Mandibles have been counting on a sizable fortune filtering down when their 97-year-old patriarch dies. Yet America's soaring national debt has grown so enormous that it can never be repaid. Under siege from an upstart international currency, the dollar is in meltdown.

Lauren Russell often wondered why her father had been so adamant about teaching her skills that most other fathers wouldn't even consider teaching their daughters. Ever since she was little, she had been taught how to live and survive outdoors, and how to use firearms to protect herself and those around her. Some of the training had been a bit extreme. Or had it been? Many of her questions were answered the day the world as she knew it ended.

Die postapokalyptische Welt verändert sich in diesem letzten Band der Families First Serie. Lance, Joy und ihre angeschlagene Gruppe von Überlebenden haben sich auf der Saddle Ranch niedergelassen und verteidigen das Tal mit ihrem Blut. Lance und seine Frau Joy sind es gewohnt, Anführer zu sein, und finden sich in dieser nächsten Welt ohne Aufgabe wieder. Können sie einen Weg finden, in diesem komplizierten neuen Zuhause wieder zu führen?

For a brief period after the world changed forever, the self-reliant community of Trout Run Valley managed to avoid conflict. They practiced subsistence, and found safety and security within their numbers. As the post-apocalyptic timeline moved forward, it began to spiral downward. Takers had made their presence known, and their malevolent intentions clear, transforming the once benign community into a violent battleground.

Eva Hyllis and her ancestors became healers because their talents let them feel inside their patients. This helps them diagnose the underlying causes of many illnesses. Having made a diagnosis, sometimes they can do something. Unfortunately, often they cannot. However, Eva’s children Tarc and Daussie have inherited telekinetic and teleportation talents.

Hundreds of years after a plague-induced apocalypse collapsed civilization back to iron and horsepower, the Hyllises have a genetic tendency to inherit “talents” such as telekinesis, teleportation, and telepathy. Though they aren’t powerful talents, they help the Hyllises diagnose and treat the underlying causes of many illnesses in their role as healers. In this book, their town of Clancy Vail is struck by the plague. In order to save thousands of lives, they must master and use the knowledge of epidemiology contained in their copies of the ancients’ books.

Lauren Russell, her family, and the community of Trout Run Valley had been blessed with a workable blueprint for overcoming nearly insurmountable odds - odds that had been surmounted against them, and others like them, since the blackout, subsequent decline of society, and the world's devolution. The aftermath of the most recent onslaught, a ruthless attack by a menacing enemy, had left them reeling in its wake, leaving a once-sustainable food supply damaged beyond repair and two of their own senselessly murdered.

When a devastating electromagnetic pulse is detonated over the USA, it leads to a total loss of power and a complete and catastrophic breakdown of everyday society. As the country descends into chaos and anarchy, one man makes an epic decision in order to save his loved ones and find a place of safety.

In the aftermath of an EMP blackout, Don Morton battles through a world plunged into mayhem, determined to safeguard his wife and son at their mountain refuge. But as he navigates the lawless land to reach them, a chilling reality unfolds—a merciless cartel has set its sights on their hidden haven. With whispers of an impending siege swirling, the Mortons are catapulted into a high-stakes game of survival.

In a post-apocalyptic world, where the rules have changed, Lance and his family, along with other survivors of the next-world, continue their struggle. Each setback grievously felt, and the clashes with military forces and desperate outlaws, have drained them both physically and mentally. But for Lance, he is left wondering how it will all end, as every day seems harder than the last. Can they reach the safety he promised everyone in one piece?

Band 4 Harte Wege Nachdem sie der Raton-Pass-Miliz bei ihrer Verteidigung geholfen haben, wissen Lance und Joy, dass es Zeit ist, zu ihrem Ziel auf der Saddle Ranch weiterzuziehen. Die Verzögerung hat sie viel gekostet, aber er weiß, dass es etwas war, das sie tun mussten. In einer Welt, in der jeglicher Gemeinschaftssinn und jeder Gedanke an andere rasch verschwindet, hat diese eine Tat ausgereicht, um Lances Glauben daran wiederherzustellen, dass er sein Einfühlungsvermögen für seine Mitmenschen nicht verloren hat.

Die postapokalyptische Welt war noch nie gefährlicher. Während Lance, Joy und ihre zerzauste Gruppe von Überlebenden müde durch eine verwüstete amerikanische Nation ziehen und gegen Banden von Kriminellen kämpfen, die ihnen alles nehmen würden, was sie besitzen, entdecken sie, dass die größte Bedrohung noch vor ihnen liegt.

The Family I Once Knew is a heart-pounding post-apocalyptic thriller that drags listeners into a world shattered by chaos, where survival is written in blood and the bonds of family are tested like never before. Written by Fenix Sanders, this gripping tale follows a broken group of survivors—haunted by loss, driven by duty, and bound by an unbreakable oath to protect what remains of humanity. When a devastating outbreak turns cities into graveyards and the infected evolve beyond mindless rage into terrifyingly intelligent predators, one family stands between hope and oblivion.

When the apocalypse happens only one thing matters...family. From the author of the wildly successful debut novel Family Reunion, P. Mark DeBryan, comes a new and terrifying Apocalypse Family novel. The South African flu had put the fear of God into the world. But the press and the government assured all that a revolutionary nanovaccine had stopped the outbreak in its tracks. The vaccine had stopped the flu, yes. But two weeks later a strange and deadly side effect became apparent, a side effect worse than the flu - far, far worse.

Familien Zuerst Band 1Könntest du eine Apokalypse überleben? Familien Zuerst ist eine kraftvolle Geschichte über eine gewöhnliche Familie, die in die Dunkelheit geworfen wird, als ein EMP den Strom im gesamten US-Festland ausschaltet und das Land binnen Sekunden in die 1800er Jahre zurückwirft. Diese Familie muss schnell eine Gruppe von Freunden und Nachbarn für eine 1.300 Kilometer lange Wanderung von Nordtexas bis in die Rocky Mountains von Colorado zusammenbringen. Die charakterorientierte Geschichte nimmt unerwartete Wendungen und lässt bis zum Ende nicht nach.

Band 6 Schlachtfelder Saddle Ranch ist alles, was Lance, seine Familie und ihr größerer Freundeskreis sich erhofft haben. Wunderschön, fruchtbar und abgelegen, sollte es ihnen die Sicherheit und den Schutz bieten, für den sie so viel geopfert haben. Aber Lance und Joy wissen, dass sie sich noch nicht ausruhen können. Der verrückte Baker und seine Bande von Mördern, die im Namen eines Gottes handeln, den Lance nicht einmal ansatzweise erkennen könnte, werden bald eintreffen, und ihre Absichten sind klar.

The heartland of the country has gone dark after an EMP attack has neutralized the power grid. John Carver, a construction worker and prepper, must rescue his family from the city and seek shelter in their cabin off the grid. The only thing in the way of John’s family reunion is one hundred miles, and the entire metropolis of Cincinnati fighting to stay alive.