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It took three weeks to destroy civilisation, it won't be rebuilt in a day. Surviving the Evacuation continues in Book 18: Rebuilt in a Day, out now.
Surviving the Evacuation, Life Goes On, & Here We Stand: Within hours of the outbreak, Manhattan was overrun. Within days, the living dead had spread throughout the world. Within six months, fewer than ten thousand people were left alive. This is the epic saga of how they survived.

Strike a Match: Twenty years after a nuclear war, the world has regressed to the age of steam. Food is rationed, prospects are slim, and crime is on the rise. Only the officers of the Serious Crimes Unit can prevent the collapse of their fragile democracy.
1. Serious Crimes, 2. Counterfeit Conspiracy, 3. Endangered Nation

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Surviving the Evacuation, Book 18: Rebuilt in a Day Jan 6, 2021

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It took three weeks to destroy civilisation. It won’t be rebuilt in a day.

A year after the outbreak, a sharp winter is followed by a sudden thaw. Spring has come early to Nova Scotia, bringing new hope. For the thirteen thousand survivors who’ve found sanctuary in northern Canada, and for the first time since the apocalypse, extinction isn’t imminent. But it looms large in the near future, a legacy of the nuclear war that destroyed civilisation.
As the weather improves, some survivors quit the small community. Even more plan their departure. The old-world supplies of food, oil, and ammunition have been consumed. More will have to be grown, drilled, and made. Medicine, paper, clothes: in a few years there will be none left to salvage. If it can’t be manufactured, it will have to be forgone. What knowledge can’t be preserved will be lost.

Humanity’s future appears bleak unless more people can be found. Hoping there is some truth in the rumours of a redoubt in Vancouver, an expedition to the Pacific is launched. The journey will be perilous as North America was ground zero for the outbreak, and for the nuclear war.

Set in Canada and beyond, as survivors from the Atlantic and Pacific meet.

Please note, this book features places and events, and heroes and villains from the saga of the Pacific survivors told in the series Life Goes On.

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Surviving The Evacuation, Book 7: Home Aug 9, 2015

by Frank Tayell

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In an undead world, zombies aren’t the greatest threat.

The outbreak began in February. Nations went to war. Governments collapsed. Billions died in the chaos and anarchy that followed. Billions more were infected. They died. They came back.

It is now October and out of the tens of millions who lived in southern England only ninety people remain. They sought sanctuary behind the ancient walls of the Tower of London, but it was only a temporary refuge. There is no more food to be scavenged from the ruins of the old world. Their water supply is polluted. As the days get shorter, the weather worsens, and people begin to get sick.

They have been betrayed and are besieged by the living and undead alike. Over their heads hangs the threat of a last catastrophic weapon. This spectre of the old world conspiracy that brought the living dead to plague the Earth leaves them with a terrible decision. Some must be sacrificed to the undead wasteland so that others might find a refuge that they can call home (80,000 words)

The series continues in Surviving the Evacuation, Book 8: Anglesey, out now, and the North American spin off, Here We Stand 1: Infected & 2: Divided.

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Surviving The Evacuation, Book 4: Unsafe Haven Dec 5, 2014

by Frank Tayell

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“Sooner or later, you have to trust someone.”

“There are no reported outbreaks in the UK or Ireland.” That is what the government broadcast. Nilda didn’t believe it. Not trusting the authorities, she and her son stayed behind when Penrith was evacuated. After weeks of rationing, there is little food left in the small town, and many other survivors competing for it. Choosing diplomacy over violence, she attempts to forge a community out of a disparate group. As the number of the undead grow, she realises that they will have to seek sanctuary elsewhere. Nilda travels north into Scotland, but death follows, and she is forced to leave once more.

Joining with others who have survived the evacuation, she finds not all of them have the same motives. Some, like Tuck, Sebastian, and the Abbot of Brazely only want to help. Others, like Harper and Rob, only want to help themselves. Chester and the new Mayor of Anglesey have their own agenda, one at odds with Nilda’s quest to find a safe haven for her son.

A new novel, featuring new characters (and a few old) in the post-apocalyptic series “Surviving The Evacuation”. Set during the first nine months of the outbreak (78,000 words)

Surviving the Evacuation 1: London. 2: Wasteland. (Zombies vs The Living Dead) 3: Family. 4: Unsafe Haven. 5: Reunion. Book 6: Harvest. Book 7: Home. & Here We Stand 1: Infected & 2: Divided.

Post apocalyptic detective novels: Strike a Match 1: Serious Crimes, 2: Counterfeit Conspiracy & Work. Rest. Repeat.

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Surviving The Evacuation, Book 5: Reunion Mar 27, 2015

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Surviving is easy. It’s the next part, living, that’s hard.

Zombies. It is seven months since the outbreak. The world is in ruins. Britain is a radioactive wasteland peopled by the undead. The few survivors cling to the hope that they might wake up tomorrow. For most, that is all they have left. But Nilda has something more; the chance that her son is alive.

She and Chester set out from Penrith, searching for her son. During the journey, Nilda learns more about this self-confessed criminal, Radio Free England, and the conspiracy behind the outbreak. As they near Hull, she realises it is too late to change her travelling companion. She will need his help to escape the zombie infested city, and find her son.

Fleeing from the last remnant of the old government, Tuck and Jay head south in search of survivors. When they rescue a wounded man, their quest becomes one for medical supplies. That leads them to a rooftop city, and to the realisation that surviving out in the wasteland is easy compared to forging a new life from the wreckage of the old civilisation. (100,000 words)

Surviving the Evacuation 1: London. 2: Wasteland. (Zombies vs The Living Dead) 3: Family. 4: Unsafe Haven. 5: Reunion. Book 6: Harvest. Book 7: Home. & Here We Stand 1: Infected, 2: Divided

Other books: Strike a Match 1: Serious Crimes, 2: Counterfeit Conspiracy. & Work, Rest, Repeat - A post-apocalyptic detective novel.

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Surviving The Evacuation, Book 1: London Sep 26, 2013

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Would you survive the evacuation?

The outbreak began in New York. Soon it had spread to the rest of the world. People were attacked, infected and they died. Then they came back. Nowhere is safe from the undead.

As anarchy and civil war took grip across the globe, Britain was quarantined. The press was nationalised. Martial law, curfews and rationing were implemented. It wasn’t enough. An evacuation was planned. The inland towns and cities of the UK would be evacuated to defensive enclaves being built around the coast, in the Scottish Highlands and in the Irish Republic.

Bill Wright broke his leg on the day of the outbreak. Unable to join the evacuation, he watched from his window as the streets filled with refugees, he watched as the streets emptied once more. He watched as they filled up again, this time with the undead.

He is trapped. He is alone. He is running out of food and water. He knows that to reach safety he will have to venture out into the wasteland that once was England. On that journey he will ultimately discover the horrific truth about the outbreak, a decades old conspiracy and his unwitting part in it.

The first novel in the post-apocalyptic series “Surviving The Evacuation”. (74,000 words)

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Surviving the Evacuation, Book 17: There We Stood Jan 17, 2020

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As one year ends, and our old world fades into memory, a new future is born.

On a frozen archipelago, where it is too cold to farm, a few thousand survivors from across the Atlantic have found a refuge. The arduous process of turning a sanctuary into a home begins once more for these weary travellers who’ve been chased from Britain, from Ireland, from France and Denmark. But their work is not yet done. The missing Marines cannot be left behind. The French and Ukrainians cannot be abandoned. The cartel can never be forgotten.

As soldiers once again become civilians, the dangers of malnutrition replace the everyday spectre of starvation. Potential mutiny supersedes being overrun by the undead. Boredom replaces fear. Slowly, they relax, allowing themselves to enjoy the simple pleasure of music and plays, of weddings and births, of life without the imminent prospect of death. But all is not what it seems in the snowy wastes surrounding their town.

While Europe is a zombie-filled radioactive wasteland, there are other continents. Other oceans. Other survivors. Other communities, just like their own, who will fight to keep what they’ve the clawed from the grip of the apocalyptic nightmare.

Set in Northern Europe, Eastern Canada, and the tumultuous seas between, as one year ends, and a new civilisation dawns.

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Surviving the Evacuation, Book 16: Unwanted Visitors, Unwelcome Guests Jul 24, 2019

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The battle might be lost, but the war isn’t over.

Once it was home to half a billion people. A year after the nuclear war, Europe is a radioactive, storm-ravaged wasteland through which a hundred million undead inexorably march. In their wake, they leave nothing but ruins. Ahead of them flee those few who managed to survive this long. Chasing them are the dregs of humanity. Once known as the Rosewood Cartel, they kill, loot, and destroy as indiscriminately as the living dead.

Hope might be lost, but it could still be found, as can a future for the last remnant of humanity. Those who built a sanctuary on Anglesey, in Dundalk, in Creil are the help that came to others. In this, their darkest hour, but with a new dawn so close, they will not give up.

Set in the Faroe Islands, France, Denmark, and elsewhere, the battle has begun, but the war hasn’t yet been lost. Please note, this book contains characters and events that first appeared in Outback Outbreak.

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Surviving The Evacuation, Book 2: Wasteland Jan 13, 2014

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Nowhere is safe from the undead

Billions died during the global civil war that followed the outbreak. Anarchy took grip. Chaos ruled. The world collapsed. In Britain, the evacuation failed. Nowhere was safe from the undead.

Four months after the outbreak Bill Wright has found safety in a ruined Abbey in southern England, but he is still alone. All he has for company are the files sent to him by his shadowy contact, Sholto. On those, he believes he has found the origins of the undead, and the vast conspiracy in which he discovers he played an unwitting part.

He needs answers, and knows the only place they will be found is at the facility that created the virus. As he journeys through the desolate ruins of a dead civilisation, he meets other survivors. He rescues some, is rescued by others, but ultimately discovers that zombies are not the most deadly threat in an undead wasteland. (76,000 words).

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Surviving The Evacuation, Book 8: Anglesey Sep 24, 2016

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Trapped. Alone. Unconcerned.

Eight months after the outbreak, Bill Wright is trapped during a survey mission of Ireland. Surrounded by the undead, low on food and lower on water, he’s been in this situation before. Unlike before, help is only a rifle shot away. While waiting for the rescue he’s sure will come, he records the turbulent events since his last entry.

The Welsh island of Anglesey has become a sanctuary for survivors from across the zombie-infested world. It has electricity, wheat, and not much else. Medicines and equipment, plants and fertiliser, books and batteries, and so much more are needed if this last bastion of civilisation is to survive. Scavenging expeditions depart for Svalbard, Liverpool, and the southern Atlantic, but a discovery is made far nearer, one which will change the fate of all those who’ve come to call Anglesey home.

Set on Anglesey, in Bangor and Caernarfon, and in the Republic of Ireland, Bill’s journals continue. It’s recommended that you read the spin-off stories, Here We Stand 1: Infected & 2: Divided, before this novel. Surviving the Evacuation continues in Book 9: Ireland, out now.

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Surviving The Evacuation, Book 3: Family Jun 4, 2014

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Nations collapsed. The undead rose. Some people survived.

Three months after escaping from London, Bill discovers the true extent of the global war that followed the outbreak. Most of the world has been destroyed, but there is a safe haven in a small village on the Irish coast.

When he is told of the sanctuary awaiting them, he also discovers that the scientist who created the virus escaped from New York. In order for any of them to ever truly be safe, Bill will have to head north to confront the man, discover the truth behind the outbreak and finally choose between his old family and his new one.

This is the third volume of his journal. (78,000 words). Please Note: This novel features characters who first appeared in the short story Zombies vs The Living Dead.

The story of post-apocalyptic Britain continues in Book 4: Unsafe Haven, but the story of the outbreak in New York, and of Sholto's attempt to destroy the cabal behind it, is told in Here We Stand: Infected, out now.

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Surviving The Evacuation, Book 10: The Last Candidate Apr 25, 2017

by Frank Tayell

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Whoever wins the election, humanity will lose.

Nine months after the outbreak, ten thousand survivors from across the globe have found a refuge on the Welsh island of Anglesey. Hordes of the undead ravage the wastelands of Britain and Ireland. Satellite images show that the rest of the world is no better. Food, fuel, and ammunition are running low and there are no more old-world supplies with which to replace them.
Intended as an alternative to a slide into despotism, an election is called. It is hoped the contest will bring forth solutions to the myriad crises facing this last bastion of humanity. After the favoured candidate is hospitalised, suspicion falls on the new frontrunner, a publican who purchased his support with an impossible promise of a return to the pre-apocalyptic world. With no viable candidate, and no way of calling off the election, those who still have access to a ship plan their departure; others plan to rig the contest; a few give up on all plans for a future beyond tomorrow. Anglesey is on the verge of collapse, and humanity is on the brink of extinction.

Set in Belfast, the Isle of Man, and Wales during the run-up to the election on Anglesey, this is the sixth volume of Bill Wright’s journals.

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Surviving The Evacuation, Book 6: Harvest Jun 28, 2015

by Frank Tayell

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“A castle can be made safe from the undead, but not from the people inside the walls.”
It is seven months since the outbreak. In the anarchy and chaos that came with the undead, the world was was destroyed. Only a few thousand survived.

Fifty people have found refuge in the Tower of London. Zombies plague the city outside the old fortress. The wasteland beyond is filled with nothing but radioactive ruins. With nowhere to which they can retreat, and in a final attempt to prevent starvation, the survivors search for food in the abandoned coastal farms. They find something else. They discover that the undead isn’t the only threat they face. (78,000 words)

Surviving the Evacuation: 1: London. 2: Wasteland. (Zombies vs The Living Dead). 3: Family. 4: Unsafe Haven. 5: Reunion. Book 6: Harvest. Book 7: Home & Here We Stand 1; Infected, 2: Divided
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Post-apocalyptic detective novels: Strike a Match 1: Serious Crimes, 2: Counterfeit Conspiracy. & Work, Rest, Repeat.

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In an undead world, zombies aren’t the greatest threat.

“Sooner or later, you have to trust someone.”

Surviving is easy. It’s the next part, living, that’s hard.

Would you survive the evacuation?

The battle might be lost, but the war isn’t over.

Nowhere is safe from the undead

Nations collapsed. The undead rose. Some people survived.

Whoever wins the election, humanity will lose.

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