An archaeological manhunt is raging in the holy land — a hunt for the historical Jesus. For Nathan Lee Swift, a young American field researcher and expectant father, the line between noble discovery and the plunder of ruins is sacred — until the night he crosses it. At a Roman landfill beneath the crucifixion grounds…
Category: apocalyptic
A Brief History Of The Dead – Kevin Brockmeier
‘Remember me when I’m gone’ just took on a whole new meaning …Laura Byrd is in trouble. Three weeks ago she and her friends found themselves alone in one of the coldest, most remote places on earth. Her friends set out in search of help, and now Laura realises that they are not coming back….
I Spied A Pale Horse – Mark Timlin
As the new millennium approaches, it is the end of the world for John in more senses than one, for his wife and child are dead, and society lies in ruins as a plague devastates the world. When a pregnant young girl enters his life, he finds he has more to fight for than he…
One – Conrad Williams
This is the United Kingdom, but it’s no country you know. No place you ever want to see, even in the howling, shuttered madness of your worst dreams. You survived. One man. You walk because you have to. You have no choice. At the end of this molten road, running along the spine of a…
The Quiet Place – Richard Maynard
Set in the future, this story concerns a group of astronauts who return to Earth after what they believe is 60 years. They do in fact arrive centuries after they set off, to a land of savage hunting tribes whose only link with the lost culture is a crude version of former language. ——————————— I…
Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse
Famine, death, war, and pestilence: the four horsemen of the Apocalypse, the harbingers of Armageddon – these are our guides through the Wastelands…From the Book of “Revelations to The Road Warrior”; from “A Canticle for Leibowitz to The Road”, storytellers have long imagined the end of the world, weaving tales of catastrophe, chaos, and calamity….
I Am Legend – Richard Matheson
Robert Neville is the last living man on earth … but he is not alone. Every other man, woman and child on the planet has become a vampire, and they are all hungry for Neville’s blood. By day he is the hunter, stalking the sleeping undead through the abandoned ruins of civilization. By night, he…