Bøger af Jacqueline Druga

Following a control breach at a top-secret facility, a weapons grade biological pathogen, YPP-234, escapes and quickly spirals out of control. It is deadly, it is fast, and it goes unnoticed until it is too late. YPP-234 isn't just a manmade biological weapon, it is a manmade extinction level event. Now it is out. Returning home from a successful business venture, Ellis Ridge is trapped inside a plane on a tarmac in New York City. More than quarantined, he and others are prisoners, not because someone on the plane is patient zero, but rather someone on the plane is the weapon. Cut off from all factions of communication and news, Ellis is unaware of the danger so close and that the world around him is falling apart. He just wants to leave and get home to his family. Something that may not be as easy as he thinks and the outcome not as hopeful as he believes. YPP-234 is a stand-alone novel.

Jolly Copper is one of the few people who know the world is on the brink of cataclysmic destruction.... not because he had any scientific knowledge or prophetic dreams, but because he is nosey and read what was on a fellow bus passenger's phone one day. He learns there will be an unprecedented series of natural disasters, and the expected grand finale disaster is predicted to be a tidal wave massive enough to swallow half the globe. His discovery leads him to exhaust all his funds making relentless preparations, transforming Jolly into a modern-day Noah. However, only those closest to him believe him, while others around him see him as delusional. That is ... until it all begins. Suddenly, "delusional" Jolly is now the expert...but, really, he's not. He's just a single father doing all he can to make sure he and his daughter survive. Even the best laid out plans can go awry, and despite everything he did and organized, Jolly and his family find themselves like everyone else ... in the middle of it all at the end of the world.Can Jolly keep it together enough to keep his family and those he loves alive?

The world is decimated by a virus. An illness so deadly it instantaneously turns its victims into ravenous creatures. One man, locked alone in the city, battles the abominations. That man is Frank Slagel. It is a story within a story. Frank Slagel, the beloved and not-so-bright fictional hero of the Beginnings Series pens a novel in Series Book Twenty-Four. His own take on a zombie apocalypse. This is that book. Filled with many, 'what the heck' moments, the story veers off of subject and is told in the manner in which only Frank can do. He shares the storytelling with fictional character, Dean Hayes. His chapters are opposite of Frank's, they are tempered and focused. A serious story told humorously by the man with the gift of gab. While this is an odd stand alone novel, it is part of the Beginnings Series because it contains characters from the Beginnings Universe.

In a split second, the world is thrown into chaos when a terror attack like none other is unleashed. It isn't just one city, one country, it is global.While experts believe a virus will eventually bring about mankind's demise, there is no planning for the one that brings the world to its knees. A terrorist cell releases a computer virus which infects the defense and missile guidance systems of every technological country across the globe.They hold the world hostage. 'Meet our demands or face the launch of every nuclear weapon.'While leaders rush to end the siege, Henny Edwards focuses on a strategy.She takes no chances and immediately starts to plan. She is aware that her lack of survival skills and knowledge are a hindrance, but she does all that she can, in a short span of time, to be prepared.No matter the cost or sacrifice she vows she will protect her daughter, keeping her alive and safe above all else.As the hours and minutes tick away, the launch of over three thousand warheads across the world seems inevitable. Even for as much as Henny plans, things go awry. Evacuation seems hopeless and Henny and her daughter are far too close to ground zero.Faced with choices, Henny must find a balance between what is right and wrong, what is surviving or just living, and between protecting a child and preserving her humanity.This title is a stand alone novel.

A long awaited sisters vacation hits a slight bump in the road when a series of tremors instantly cause the cancellation of all flights. Believing the airport is not the safest place, Lacey and her sister hurry from the terminal and board a crowded tram. Then it happens. No one knows why, how or what occurs. Cities are decimated, oceans rise and people drop dead from the cataclysmic event. The world becomes a dark place on a fast track to the next ice age. Lacey somehow survives and finds herself in a city of rubble. Unaware that it was a global event, she treks from the destruction in an attempt to find help. Along the way she meets Madison. Both women are far from home and together they embark on a mission to find their families thousands of miles away. The country is in chaos and is fast becoming uninhabitable. It is a race against the clock as the world grows colder and more dangerous by the day. Lacey and Madison vow not to give up until they know what has happened to those they love.

When the unthinkable happens, not everyone is ready. Not everyone knows what to do. It is a very rare occasion that Abby Miller travels into the city, but an errand that can only be done in town prompts her to make it a girls' day out with her two daughters. Unfortunately, the day is far from perfect and they are in the worst place possible when nuclear war strikes ... ground zero. Lacking any survival knowledge, she finds herself in the shelter of the city's Liberty Tunnels with a group of strangers, none of which know much more than she does. The odds are against them. Panic, hunger, and sickness are rampant. The tunnels increasingly become more dangerous. With limited skills, Abby must pull it together, not only get her and the girls out of the tunnel shelter, but to survive long enough to make it home one last time.

The virus CO-D4 rages across the globe with debilitating effects. Authorities, scientists and medical personnel scramble to find a cure. Those who fall victim to the virus, experience a fast and insufferable death and then they come back. Chaos erupts and the world moves to the brink of extinction until the realization that a cure is not the answer, containing the crises is. The virus is not just a pandemic, it's a war. The battle is on, front lines are drawn and mankind holds the upper hand. Controlling the victims before they rise is the only way to stop it.But Doctor June Mannis doesn't believe that. She sees something else in the victims ... hope. She is a lone soldier in a private war that will prove to be either insanity or humanity's turning point.But how long will she be able to fight?

On the eve of an extinction level event, Anna Jenner's survival is almost assured. All she has to do is travel with her son from Midland, Texas to the designated safe zone out east, picking up selected essential personnel on her journey. Her job is to lead and bring the chosen few to the sanctuary. A comet is on a direct collision course for earth. Its impact will bring global devastation. Anna and the others will be the ones to rise from the ashes when the dust settles. Everything is set. But along the way, chaos over the nearing event ensues, and while crossing a panic filled country, Anna makes decisions that impact the long term plan. She is human. Unable to refuse those who ask for help, Anna opens the door to strangers in her own small attempt to preserve humanity. The meticulously drawn out long term plan is out the window. Not only must Anna prove to everyone that her choices were the correct ones, she must try to maintain balance in an emotionally difficult situation. Unfortunately, it is not easy for her. In the days and weeks following the event, everything in the bunker must be rethought, recalculated and unfortunately, heartbreaking decisions made.

It happens on a routine red-eye from Las Vegas to New York.Just as the plane breaks the early morning sky, in a blink of an eye, 144 passengers onboard flight 6520 die.There is no rhyme or reason.Experts scramble to find an explanation on how and why those on Flight 6520 met their demise so quickly and violently.It is hurriedly explained as a terror attack to the public, but General Buford Cane knows better. He has spent his entire career dedicated to the investigation and prevention of global threatening events. Behind the scenes, authorities are baffled as to what has happened and against the General's warning, they soon dismiss it as an isolated phenomenon.He knows there is more.The plane, the death of the passengers, are a prelude to something much bigger.An event is on the horizon. An anomaly that can and will wipe out every single living being from the face of the earth.Extinction is imminent unless something is done.There is no way to stop it. Time is running out. The only option that General Cane has is to devise a way to save as many people as possible before the event occurs. It is his mission to stop the human race from meeting the same fate as those onboard Flight 6520. A mission he can not fail.

Following a distress call from the state police, Dr. Edward Neil and his team from the Centers for Disease Control enter the small town of Hartworth, Montana. Immediately they encounter a man in a pickup truck holding a quarantine post. His body decimated by a disease like they have never seen. The entire town, population a little under a thousand ... dead. Men, women and children. The unknown germ hit so fast, the town did not stand a chance of survival. But it didn't hit so fast that they couldn't shut down and protect others from what they had. It is a race against the clock. Not only must Edward Neil discover what wiped out the small town in just a couple days, he needs to determine if it crossed boundaries. The germ is strong, contagious, deadly and fast. If it escaped Hartworth, humanity could very well face an extinction level event.

In a flash of light, in a blink of an eye, everything around you explodes. A fireball roars across the plains, radiation seeps through the air as an invisible killer. A scenario you thought you would never face becomes a reality. The first step you can take to ensure your survival is to ascertain all you can about that which threatens our world as we know it. Author, Jacqueline Druga, puts together her research and notes in the form of an easy to read book to help you gain the knowledge to survive. Discover the fundamentals to survival and beating the odds while learning the basic facts about nuclear war, biological and chemical weapons, zombie attacks and God's end.

With increased cases of human to human infection, scientists try to spearhead a Bird Flu Pandemic by merging the H5N1 virus with a similar synthetic strain, one for which there is a cure. The hybrid germ is a success. The results disastrous. The vaccine is ineffective on the new strain and an airborne route of transmission sends the hybrid out of control. The world spirals into a super pandemic. Scientists scurry and find and antidote using the blood of those who show natural immunity. A cure is found, however, the synthetic antidote turns those saved from the virus into raging maniacs void of human qualities. Lisa Marshall is immune. Her blood is part of the 'save the world' project. She is placed in a Savior tank to ensure her survival and safety from a world gone chaotic. When she finally emerges, she faces a world void of everything she remembers. Every day is a fight for her survival and sanity. Trapped in the desolate city of Cleveland with only the mutated humans, Lisa maps her escape in hopes of someday finding someone, anyone, who is alive and well.

Del Lincoln only wants to be a rock star. His ambitions go only as far as his next gig, until the day the earth changes. Millions vanish and a plague sweeps viciously across the globe, killing everyone infected. Three days later ... they rise from the dead. Now Del and six others are all that remain. They travel city to city, looking for a safe haven while trying to rid the land of the undead. They believe they are spared for a reason, when actually they are simply forgotten. However, within their group is one individual who was not meant to be forgotten. He must be delivered to sanctuary before the undead completely consume the earth. The Special One is the key to humanity. It will take dedication and sacrifice to complete the mission. Del and the others may be forgotten, but if they succeed, the human race will never forget them. Mankind is promised life after death, it is just never explained what the 'Resurrection' really entails.

While running an ordinary errand at the grocery store, Macy Anderson's life abruptly changes. In an instant, she watches in horror as people from her small town spiral into a coughing fit and seconds later, drop to their death. Within minutes, cars crash, helicopters fly overhead and the military rolls in setting up a quarantine of the town. This was only the beginning. With the town in chaos, Macy must focus on protecting and keeping her two young sons safe from catching the deadly virus. But how? By the time she processes what all is happening, it is too late. The virus is everywhere. The only hope and greatest chance for a cure lies within the work of Charles Kimble. However, even he faces defeat as the virus pushes man to the brink of extinction. In an attempt to save mankind, the world takes desperate measures. Quarantines and internment camps are initiated, and cities are closed down. As law, order and government structures crumble, people are left to the own battles and resources. Can one mother save her children from something caught as easily as taking a breath? And can she, like the human race, hold on until the virus runs its course.

In a small Montana town, it takes four minutes for every man, woman and child to die.It isn't a virus or biological attack, but rather the beginning of a geological event that triggers a chain reaction across the globe with devastating effects.A repeat of an extinction event that occurred millions of years earlier.There is no stopping it. The only way to survive is to stay ahead of it.Tom Foster hasn't flown in decades, yet, he sets his fear aside for a vacation with his grown sons. When the global catastrophe begins, Tom and his sons are in the safest place they could possibly be ... thirty thousand feet above ground. No matter the sacrifice, keeping his family alive is his number one priority and the only way to do that ... is not to land until it is safe.With billions dying on the ground, it's a race to achieve the impossible because there is no other alternative if they want to live.

What would you do if you had the opportunity to have one more hour with someone you love that had died? One more chance to say goodbye, to say I love you. Would you take it? Natalie Baynes is no different than anyone else. She works her job, leads a modest and quiet life. All that changes when a freak accident takes her life. More than just a near death experience, Natalie actually dies. She leaves the boundaries of earth for the spiritual side. She soon finds out that her brief visit to heaven isn't just an accident. Natalie is chosen. She is given the task to select five people who will receive another day with a loved one. Natalie embarks on a journey. One she is not ready for. Her decision is not easy. She travels the country listening to stories and meeting people, trying to determine who should be the ones to go. While everyone is deserving, she can only choose five. Five people who will be given more moment with someone they lost and will do so on the other side of heaven.

Chaos erupts as Subway Train 440 rounds the bend to the First Avenue station. Something has happened. People are thrown into a deranged state. Fueled by an uncontrolled madness and rage, they viciously attack each other.It isn't just a single riot, it is happening in every city, everywhere.Following a traumatic experience at her job, it is Andi Mason's first day back after a six month leave. Not only is she behind the controls of the subway, but she is also thrust into a position where she is responsible for the lives of those on board her train.Those riding the 440 somehow escape being overcome by the event that is causing the rage attacks. They go from innocently making their commute to work to witnessing unforeseen horrors and are helpless to do anything.Everyone is at a loss. No one knows what is happening.Not only must the passengers stay onboard for their own safety, they must keep moving until they not only can find a safe place to stop, but find a safe place to go ... if there is any place left on earth unscathed.

'When the mind goes, the memories fade, then so does the ability to breathe.'Years earlier, Travis Grady wakes up unable to remember how to tie his shoes. His condition degrades and soon the knowledge to do other simple things evades him. Fearful he is suffering from a form of early dementia, Travis is relieved to find out he has fallen victim to a rare brain virus called, ARC. He is cured and the virus is a thing of the past.But all that changes when a chain of events causes the resurgence of the degenerative virus. No longer is it a rarity, most of the world is stricken. This time there is no cure. The disease not only is worse. It is deadly.Now, Travis, one of the few immune, must face the inevitable, watching as everyone he loves slowly fades from existence, first mentally, then physically. All while desperately hoping some way, somehow, it will stop.

Returning home from her weekly visit with her incarcerated stepdaughter, Tess Lordes pulls over the family car on the mountain highway ten miles outside of her small town of Falcon's Way, California. It is a brief, unscheduled stop that saves their lives. Cars lose control and crash around Tess and her two children just before a blinding light envelopes the entire sky. No sound of an explosion. No blast waves. In an eerie silence the western sky is transformed into an inferno. The unexplained phenomenon extinguishes all power and disables communication. Although unscathed, it doesn't take long for things to fall apart in Falcon's Way. Law and order in the quaint town quickly evolve into chaos and violence. Without phones, radio or television, no one knows what has happened. Soon enough, those in Falcon's Way learn the fiery event is only the first of many devastating and heartbreaking occurrences that sweep through their town. Tess' number one priority is to keep her family alive and safe. To her, staying in Falcon's Way is the means to do so. But is it? Being in the dark breeds so many questions. Was the event isolated or global? And are Tess and the others better off standing their ground or is time truly running out? Not just for Falcon's Way but for mankind.

In a small pocket of the world the sickness has been in existence since the sixties. A disease so feral, it strikes eighty percent of all children under the age of fifteen. For decades it has pushed the boundaries into three countries. Those infected become mere shells, often in a state followed by violent tantrums. There is no hope, no treatment and there is no cure. Little is known about the sickness called the Nodding Disease. Information regarding it is often buried deep. But what would happen if the resilient disease mutates and breaks into heavily populated areas? With a infection rate of eighty percent, our future could all but be eliminated along with our young. Nodding takes an emotional and fictional look at this very real disease. In Nodding, the disease has mutated. Following an outbreak in the UK, a global pandemic ensues. The young victims are so violent, they are a danger to all those around them. The bacteria is resistant to any treatment and deadly to any adult exposed. Governments must make their resolutions as time runs out for humanity, and worse, parents must face their most heart wrenching decisions.

It starts as a fever.A debilitating virus emerges in India and quickly burns its way through the densely populated areas of Asia. The victims suffer for days even weeks on end until finally succumbing. Streets are empty and major cities are mere graveyards.Because of the slow killing nature of the virus, attempts to contain it to one continent seemingly work at first, but human smuggling into infection-free areas cause the virus to break borders globally.Darren Reynolds is a foot doctor and survival enthusiast. For years he has made it a hobby to collect all things survival, knowledge and goods. Despite the fact that the United States is fortress America, he knows the virus won't stay out forever. When news breaks that the virus is on American soil, he is ready to hunker down. He will do anything to protect his family from what threatens to wipe out mankind.But Darren soon learns, things aren't what they seem. The threat of man's extinction will not come from the virus. It will come from what rises in the aftermath.

Following a mysterious storm, the world is thrown into chaos. Communications are disabled along with computer networking. Nightly, the skies illuminate and with each sequential storm more and more people disappear. No one knows what is causing the events and as the governments break down, the population dwindles to a mere fraction. Communities are left to fend for themselves. Mankind faces an extinction level event. Grant and Rita Mason have lived in the same town for over three decades. Their town has become one of the few remaining pockets of civilization. They live not because they refuse to go down without a fight, but because they, unlike many others have discovered the secret to surviving. But as the secret to the events unravel, those who remain of the human race are left to wonder: Do they really want to survive?

The journey to heal ... beings from within.Jonas Truett is a musician trapped in a cycle of bad choices, selfishness and destructive behavior. His family and those who love him see him on a path where there is no positive outcome. Until one night, fate decides differently, sending Jonas down a road that will forever change his life.It starts with a car accident.Now, Jonas finds himself in a small town with limited recollection of what has happened or who he is. He recalls only a stranger in the car with him. A stranger who mysteriously disappears after the crash. Jonas strives to remember his past while moving forward, believing the key to it all starts with the identity of the passenger in his car that fateful night.

In the time it takes to create a single beat of a heart, 75 percent of the population drops dead. Within hours, another 20 percent succumb leaving only a speck of human life remaining. Believing they are victims of a preliminary act of war and eventual invasion, a group of survivors trek across a barren United States following a radio signal. The simple plan was to band with others to fight and defend their homeland. However, their journey not only brings them together with other survivors but also brings them a chilling truth. What had happened to their country was not a prelude to invasion, but rather the groundwork of global extermination. The enemy is not what they expect.

Nature is unpredictable, as are viruses and when one so volatile surfaces with a vengeance, there is not only little time to comprehend the devastation, but even less time to do anything about it. In the wake of the virus, there are three types of people. Those immediately infected, those who are vulnerable and those who are immune. The initial infection ripples across the globe infecting half of the world's population. A small fraction of the ill are fortunate and die quickly from the disease, the remainder are condemned to a living death on earth. The virus turns the infected into mindless and violent beings, intent on the kill and spreading the infection to those who are not immune. One bite, one scratch. The virus is an anomaly. It moves too quickly for a cure. The world quickly transforms into a darkened place, besieged with violence and sickness. Hope against extinction is in the hands of the immune. They can walk freely among the infected, fight to extinguish them, while protecting those who are still at risk. Archaeologist, Grace Howard is one of the immune. While she dreams of traveling the world, learning about lost civilizations, the reality of being a wife and mother, kept her saddled to a local job at the museum dusting dinosaur bones and relics. Grace finds herself with a small group of survivors, some immune, some not. Together they must struggle to live day to day in a dangerous world, while protecting those who can still fall prey to the infected. They must decide what is best. Fight it out or hide until eventually and hopefully, the virus runs its course.

My Dead World 5 is the finale of the My Dead World series.As time has passed, the virus has changed, but civilization still struggles to rebuild. The only way forward is to find a cure. That cure is in Nila ... literally.Within her, she carries the final gift from Lev: twin boys, and one of them is the key to ending it all. While she only wants to move forward with her group, live on the mountain and survive, Nila shoulders the responsibility of the entire human race within her womb.Decisions are made by the group but things are not what they seem. The good comes with a cost. One thing becomes certain, the end of the world can sometimes be a new beginning.Don't miss the thrilling conclusion to one of the most harrowing and impactful series in the genre.

After surviving a terror attack that took her husband, Lucy is trying to rebuild her life for her two teenage children. She makes the decision to move them all to an off-grid mountain community. Away from the insanity their life had become, their temporary solution becomes a permanent way of living. Lucy believes she is giving her kids the perfect life, and a way of living that they truly want.Until the day her son, Vincent, decides to leave without saying a word. Lucy and her daughter, Avery, leave their secluded life to search for him in the nearby town. But what they find is nothing short of shocking. Everyone is dead and there is no sign of Vincent. Soon Lucy learns that it isn't just the town of Piedmont, it is everywhere. A fast-moving phenomenon sweeps across the globe, pushing mankind to extinction and allowing only a few to survive. Lucy pushes on in her search for her son, but can she find him before he crosses paths with the anomaly...or is it already too late?