Fractured World: Courage in the Apocalypse Collection by Maira Dawn
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This is a collection of short stories dealing with different kinds of apocalyptic events and the unlikely heroes who come to the fore and aid those who cannot aid themselves.

Altered Resonance deals with an electromagnetic pulse which causes behaviour change and the way people think, where unlikely individuals band together to try and find a way to stave off the effects of this new life, but can they do it and survive the madness around them?

Adam 2.0 is all about advanced technology and the havoc it can wreak if programmed incorrectly and paired with dangerous expertise, but can it be stopped?

Against All Odds tells of what happens when one young woman finds herself in a dangerous situation and a family friend has to overcome dangerous adversities to help her, but will he make it in time to save her?

American Ruins deals with a plague which rages across the world, causing grief and devastation in it’s wake, but what happens in a world where you are the only one to survive it?

Early Retirement is the story of one man and his unlikely companion battling the apocalypse to find loved one and the trials which lie between them, but can they make it there alive?

Absolute Terror deals with a small town where nothing really happens until the power goes out and one person decides to take the law into their own hands, but can the one officer of the law still there keep the town on the straight and narrow?

The Bad Guy is a story of a guy who wants to be good, but keeps finding themselves in situations where the decisions he needs to make make him more of a bad guy, but when he finds a group of similar individuals, can they band together to escape their confinement?

Looming Mayhem is a story of collaboration even when there are people at odds with each other in a small community as it works together to survive in a world lacking in technology, but can they all use their skills to survive, or will nature keep them on their toes?

This We’ll Defend is the story of one young man trying to use his skills to get his family to safety when the electronics are taken out across the country, but can he get them all somewhere safe before the more disreputable members of society try and stop them?

Title Needed is about one man and his need for a mission, he had been discarded before and left alone, but since the event happened, he had a new mission, but when he is waylaid along the way, he has to rescue the one person who never left his side, but will he be able to get there in time?

Zero Hour is a tale of survival when technology stops working and your smarts and skills are the only things you can rely on in order to seek out loved ones, but is it possible where danger surrounds you in the middle of an unforgiving sea?

Beyond The Walls looks at life generations after an apocalypse and how lies and corruption can change lives for the worse, but can one girl make challenge that and change it back?

Cataclysm: New Hope is set in a world where silence is survival and any movement or sound can get you killed, but can one girl use her silence to save the rest of humanity when she struggles to keep the small amount of people she comes into contact with alive?

When Tomorrow Comes is all about the risk space debris holds and what would happen if it all fell to Earth, will anyone be able to survive the onslaught, never mind the aftermath?

In No Plans To Be A Hero, a man has to make a decision whether to risk his life to save a group of others, but what will he decide and what will happen afterwards?

In Babysitter Of The Apocalypse one man has to take charge of two young kids, get them to safety I’m Canada, all while avoiding the zombies created by a virus, but with no previous experience with kids, will he manage to keep them all alive?

Solar Fire is a story of a solar flare, the destruction it causes and the aftermath as a group of survivors try and figure out what to do to survive and try and find others, but will they be able to survive in this ravaged landscape, or will their skills come to nothing in the end?

The Old Friend is a zombie apocalypse with a bit of a twist, where the protagonist is not what you expect as the game of survival is played out, but will the zombies or the non-infected win?

Finally, in It’s The End Of The World, scientists create something in the hope of helping humanity, but will it, or will it be the end of the world as they know it?

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