Showing results by author "Derek Shupert" in All Categories

Rex Hays thought escaping Firebend would be the hardest part. He was wrong. After a deadly encounter with a local family, Rex and Zoe are forced to flee. But with his truck broken down and no way to call for help in a world crippled by the CME, their options are running out. When a relentless deputy tracks them down and drags Rex in for questioning, things go from bad to worse.

After the impact upends the world...calamity brings out the worst in humanity. A troubled childhood. A rocky marriage. A prison stint. Cory’s life was already a ragged road of hardships before the apocalypse. But new threats are approaching fast. Now Cory faces deadly dilemmas...and a realization. His past failures armed him with the skills to survive. Is the disaster an opportunity in disguise? Can Cory rise to the occasion and become someone greater? In the wake of plummeting temperatures, Cory must press on unhindered, but he comes to Anna’s aid.

Fifteen-year-old James remains haunted by what he's had to do to stay alive. His one glimmer of hope remains the idea of reuniting with his mother and sister. But with the chasers spilling blood at every turn, he fears making it to the safe zone in Portland could be impossible. When a fellow survivor arrives with a working vehicle, James persuades him to arm up and take the long journey westward. Hunted by the ravenous undead, they must rely on dubious allies to keep the quest alive.

Nobody was sure who took down the power grid in Texas, but from the moment it happened, Alex knew it was his chance to escape. Four months into a four-year sentence for armed robbery, Alex had barely survived Huntsville Prison. Worried about Wendy and desperate to make things right with Vargas, the mobster his old partner, Trey, stole from, he needed to breakout.

Between them and the Accountant...lies a gauntlet of roaming gangs. How will they make it to Houston? For Alex, he only has one move: Get the money from the Accountant and hope it’s enough to make things right with Vargas. There’s just one problem: The gangster’s men aren’t the only ones trying to kill him, Vee, and Ranger. Texas has become a wasteland where everyone is willing to kill to survive. Can Alex survive long enough to get to Wendy?

Was this how the apocalypse ended for Alex? He never should have been in this mess, but Trey crossed the wrong man. Now Mr. Jackson, the leader of the thugs sent to get blood from a stone, had plans to drag him into the forest and put a bullet in his head. They couldn’t be reasoned with, so when there’s nothing to lose, one might as well go for a long shot. He attacked and caught Mr. Jackson’s men by surprise. If he was going to die, it would be this way, and not on his knees. Exhausted, bloodied, and very much alive, he bolted. Into the dense forest with one goal on his mind.

One man’s promise. One girl’s survival. One brutal journey across America. Rex Hays thought he’d left death behind when he tore a grieving teenager from the hands of a brutal cult. Now he’s bound by a promise he can’t break—get her to safety, no matter the cost. For Zoe Mills, survival means facing a shattered America without her mother. The roads are broken. The cities burn. And every stranger could be a killer. With nothing left but fear and guilt, she has no choice but to trust the hardened man who saved her.

Survival Rules is an apocalyptic survival thriller featuring a world breaking under societal collapse and the devastating force of coronal mass ejections. A disaster series perfect for fans of Kyla Stone, A.G. Riddle, Bobby Akart, Jack Hunt, and Ryan Schow. If you enjoy captivating characters and pulse-pounding, harrowing action, then you’ll love Survival Rules.

In Las Vegas, Nevada, Dylan, his family, and their loyal Australian Kelpie, Pepper, are like everyone else. They scrape for food and do whatever it takes, but at least they’re in one of the few remaining cities where they can keep the family together. It was hard, but everything changed the day Dylan’s daughter decided to leave. When Maci left with her boyfriend, Logan, she had no idea what they would discover in the rest of the country. It was worse than she imagined. Raiders, cannibals, and rogue factions roamed. It wasn’t long before she realized the real threat.

Alex was in bad shape. Just this side of dead, lying in a dumpster, but he couldn’t give up. Crawling out of the garbage, the first thing he noticed, beyond the pain, was that Vee was gone. He had only one option - to keep going. Out to the street he walked. All around there was only the otherworldly destruction of burned-out cars, broken windows, and empty streets. Houston had fallen further into chaos, brimming with violence and a population at each other’s throats.

As society crumbles, the world divides between good and evil. The fallout from the EMP and cyber-attack that crippled Texas has ravaged the rest of the country. Alex and Vee must stay on the move, with the Accountant’s men being hot on their heels. And, on a lonely road back to Houston, Wendy survives through grit, determination, and a little luck - but she’s still not home free. Who can she trust, when everyone is out to save themselves? Houston is like a war zone. She’s going to need some help.

With Indiana in their sights...they have no choice but to stop. Will the storm or their pursuers be the end of Cory and Anna? Why hadn’t he thought about it before? Winchester, Illinois was where his old friend, Abe lived. He wasn’t just a pal, Abe had a bunker. Maybe they could hide and ride out the weather. Perhaps they could even escape the two men trying to kill them. What they didn’t know...was someone guessed their next move. Was the bunker out of reach?

Cory’s family was his first concern. He had to get home, but Indiana was more than 2,000 miles away, and he had only one question: What dangers lie ahead? The warmth of the sun faded. When the temperature dropped, panic set swept the world. Fears of doom terrified the masses. Gangs roamed the streets. The girl he had helped had proved to be a valuable travel companion. Cory has no idea what Anna isn’t telling him.

Russell and his friends have been through the ringer, but they survived. Now, there are only two questions left. Is Sarah safe? Where can they find her? He misses his wife. Every moment apart is torture. Sarah has been better. She doesn’t trust Spencer, even though he helped her escape Valintino. The wound has slowed her down, but she’s determined to get away.

Cory’s life was hard. A horrific childhood, bad marriage, and a stint in prison set him on the path. His time in organized crime was miserable, but he had no choice. He did pick up a few skills along the way, though, and just in time for the end-of-the-world.

Was the mom-and-pop station a trap? All around, people fought to survive. Russell, Cathy, and their faithful German shepherd Max just wanted to stay out of trouble. But trouble has a way of finding the desperate. They needed gas. It was their only option. When Cathy got shot, things looked bleak. Russell would need to find a place to treat her wound, away from the thugs that hunted them.

Survival is Russel’s second biggest problem. In this new world, the major cities are in chaos. Cathy, a prepper with a knack for calling out criminals, only wants justice. Marcus Wright thinks she’s been sticking her nose where it doesn’t belong. He can be ruthless. She wants to stop him. He moves on her first. Russel has been trying to quit, but who gives up drinking during an apocalypse? If it hadn’t been for Cathy, he wouldn’t have survived the plane wreck. She saved his life. Now, Cathy’s in trouble. He misses Sarah, but he can’t go home until he helps her.

Everyone he loved is gone. To get them back, he’ll have to fight through zombie hell. Fifteen-year-old James is in a blind panic. Regaining consciousness after his escape chopper crashes, he’s horrified to find no sign of his faithful dog...or his sister. Enraged when he learns she’s been kidnapped, he enlists the help of a grizzled sniper seeking redemption. Bloody and broken, James undertakes a desperate race to rescue the girl and the cure her cells contain before she’s auctioned off to the highest bidder.

James will do anything to save his sister. After fighting to reach the army-secured medical building with his crew, he’s relieved she’s managed to fend off the infection. But it slices his happy reunion short when a sea of dead breach their barricade. As zombies smash their way up through the floors, his stomach plunges when he discovers the secret to saving humanity lies outside the blockade. And the only means to retrieve the data is for James and his faithful dog to descend into the hellish battleground.

One town. One man. Zero mercy. Firebend is falling apart. Corrupt officials, a brutal cult, and killers in uniform rule the town through fear, fire, and blood. But when they came after Rex Hays, they lit the wrong fuse. After watching his cabin burn and his friends hunted like animals, Rex is done playing defense. A former soldier with nothing left to lose, he’s turning the tables—one ambush, one bullet, one enemy at a time. He’s not just fighting back. He’s tearing their empire down. But taking on a town this rotten doesn’t come without a cost. Every move he makes draws more heat.