Nuke Fiction III
Dive into Nuke Fiction III's thrilling collection of atomic-themed novels. Explore post-apocalyptic worlds, nuclear dramas, and gripping tales of survival in our curated list of the best nuke fiction books.
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The Sky Unwashed
by Irene Zabytko
Early on an April Saturday in 1986 in a farm village in Ukraine, widow Marusia Petrenko and her family awake to a day of traditional wedding preparations. Marusia bakes her famous wedding bread-a korovai-in the communal village oven to take to her neighbor's granddaughter's reception. Late that night, after all the dancing and drinking, Marusia's son Yurko leaves for his shift at the nuclear power plant at Chernobyl. In the morning, the air has a strange metallic taste. The cat is oddly listless. The priest doesn't show up for services. Yurko doesn't come home from work. Nobody know what's happened (and they won't for many days), but things have changed for the Petrenkos-forever. Inspired by true events, this unusual, unexpected novel tells how-and why-Marusia defies the Soviet government's permanent evacuation of her deeply contaminated village and returns to live out her days in the only home she's ever known. Alone in the deserted town, she struggles up into the church bell tower to ring the bells twice every day just in case someone else has returned. And they have, one by one/ In the end, five intrepid old women-the village babysi-band together for survival and to confront the Soviet officials responsible for their fate. And, in the midst of desolation, a tenacious hold on life chimes forth. Poignant and truthful and triumphant, this timeless story is about ordinary people who do more than simply "survive."
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Damnation Road Show
by James Axler
Eerie remnants of preDark times linger as Ryan and his warrior group challenge a wandering death merchant and his army of circus freaks. But no one is aware that a monster from the past is preparing a private act for Ryan. Original.
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This Is the Way the World Ends
by James Morrow
George Paxton was an ordinary man until something extraordinary happened--nuclear holocaust. Now George Paxton is about to discover what happens after the end of the world. "Astute, highly engaging, and finally moving".--Los Angeles Times.
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Armageddons
by Jack Dann
Collects twelve apocalyptic scenarios offering frightening glimpses into the end times, brought on by angry gods, technology, or nature.
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Armageddon
by David Drake
Here are 12 visions of the final cataclysm. These are the ways the world ends--with a bang, a whimper, and a belly laugh! Stories include "One Hell of a Party", "Reach Out and Touch Somebody Bodiless", "Over the Top", "It's Armageddon Time", and "The Real Armageddon".
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After the Zap
by Michael Armstrong
Holmes Weathurby III, one of the few survivors of World War III and the Zap effect who retained the cognitive ability to read, learns a secret that could save or destroy what's left of the world
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The Breaking of Northwall
by Paul O. Williams
To the Pelbar, the sentence seemed a living death -- exile to distant Northwall for a year, facing barbarian tribes, isolated from the security and order of Pelbarigan society. But the rebellious Jestak embraced his punishment -- for only with the lore of Northwall and the battle-craft and bravery of the wild tribes could he free the woman he loved from the slaveholding Emeri. This he swore to do -- even if he had to destroy utterly the power of the Emeri . . .
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Bone Dance
by Emma Bull
Fifty years after nuclear Armageddon, Sparrow, a trader of pre-war CDs and videotapes, unwittingly possesses the secret to the Earth's destruction, and he is soon drawn into the mystery of the Horsemen, the Pentagon's telepathically trained soldiers
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The Road to Corlay
by Richard Cowper
On the eve of the fourth millenium, Earth is crawling out of a dark age under the sway of a powerful and repressive church when a magical child appears who promises a world of freedom and enlightenment
