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The Sixth Extinction
Series · 6 books · 2013-2015

Books in series

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#1

The Outbreak

2013

Mankind is no longer at the top of the food chain. The Sixth Extinction is an apocalyptic tale about a pandemic that sweeps the globe, decimating the human race, leaving humanity struggling to survive. Within three weeks everything has changed. Social structure has collapsed. The police are non-existent, and the army concentrates on the cities. Gangs of yobs rule the streets. It becomes everyone for themselves. The story follows three different people, and their journeys of self-discovery through the changing world. Noah Morgan is just an average twenty-one-year-old. He has no aspirations in life, no girlfriend, few friends, and a dead-end job. Red is a nineteen-year-old female runaway, with a sad past and a disturbing secret. Together they leave behind everything they have ever known, looking for a safe haven. Doctor Melanie Lazaro is working around the clock, under military supervision, in Exeter University’s Biomedical Sciences Department, trying to create a cure for the new pandemic that is turning humans back to their primordial roots, creating mindless killing machines with only one purpose − to eat.
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#2

Ruin

2013

Ruin is Part II in The Sixth Extinction Series. A pandemic has swept the globe, decimating humanity, affecting all who breathe in its deadly spores. The Sixth Extinction Series follows a collection of people from all walks of life, as they struggle to survive through the eradication of the human race. Doctor Melanie Lazaro identified the marker of the disease on the human DNA chain, and she carries a file with the information needed to create a blocker, to stop the disease from spreading. While she was being shown the four different stages of the transformation of the human host, the building came under attack by a horde of the infected. During the attack, she was rescued and placed on a helicopter en route to the Dartmoor military base. The helicopter crashed and Lazaro, along with nine military personnel, has to take shelter in a dentist’s clinic, while fighting back a mass of the infected. They gain new transportation; however, it proves to be a fatal mistake. Noah and Red join forces with an old woman called Betty, and her special need’s grandson, Lennie. The four of them hear the gunfire of the soldiers from the crashed helicopter, and Noah leaves the three behind in a house while he goes in search of rescue. However, not everything goes according to plan, and he finds himself in the wrong place at the worst possible time. Due to the timeline, the whole country is now overrun with stage three eaters – crazed, animalistic predators that only have one thing on their mind – to eat.
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#3

Infested

2014

Infested is Part 3 in The Sixth Extinction Series. The Sixth Extinction Series follows a collection of people from all walks of life, as they struggle to survive through the eradication of the human race. A pandemic has swept the globe, decimating humanity, affecting all who breathe in its deadly spores. There are four stages to the virus. The third stage, where the host human becomes a frenzied, animalistic eating machine, is sweeping the country. Doctor Melanie Lazaro is trapped along with the five soldiers left alive from the squad of twenty – and one of them is unconscious. The truck they tried to escape in crashed, dumping those on the roof into a pond. Their efforts to defend themselves seem futile as hundreds of creatures bear down upon their location. They need a miracle in order to survive. Noah left Red, along with Betty and Lennie, in a house while he went looking for help. He finds where the gunfire is originating from, and strips off his clothes to blend in with the horde of charging, naked creatures, to try to reach the army. However, does his plan backfire, when he comes under the sights of a female soldier? In all the chaos around her, can Echo differentiate one naked body from all the others? Red, Betty, and Lennie are barricaded in a house that comes under attack. Red rigs an explosion in the kitchen, which destroys the back wall, enabling them to escape into an old people’s housing complex. While searching for somewhere safe to wait for Noah’s return, Red stumbles upon two bloated poppers who sense her presence and explode. Betty finds Red’s body among the blood and destruction. The creatures, whose actions were thought to be erratic, seemed to be pulled together as if a hive mind is in control, as the mass of naked bodies’ surge across the moorland heading towards a specific destination. However, there is hope. A plan has been in operation since the deadly disease started. It would seem the spore pandemic has been expected and prepared for by the government for over a hundred years, ever since the first pod was discovered in 1898.
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#4

The Ark

2013

The concluding part to The Sixth Extinction Series. A pandemic has swept the globe, decimating humanity, affecting all who breathe in its deadly spores. There are four stages to the virus. The third stage, where the host human becomes a frenzied, animalistic eating machine, is sweeping the country. However, the creatures have changed; they are no longer unorganized; they are working together, with a deadly agenda in mind. Doctor Lazaro has been shown The Ark, and told of its founding, and deadly secret. General Philips has summoned her, along with Doctor Hall, to the main hub control room, where she is about to witness the American president do something so shocking she can only stand and watch in stunned, horrified silence. Noah, Red, Betty, Lennie, and the Squad are making their way through Princetown to get to Dartmoor Prison. Betty sits silently inside the truck, slowly changing into something they all fear. In her pain-wracked state, she can hear voices in her head. When the truck arrives, they realize they may already be too late; thousands of creatures are swarming around the prison, clawing at the stonewalls with bleeding hands – something has called the horde together. Then before their eyes, the creatures do something unimaginable, making it possible for them to breach the prison walls and pour inside. Time is running out. They need to get below ground before it is too late. In the chaos, decisions and sacrifices have to be made.
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#10

The Sixth Extinction Series The First Three Weeks The Squads First Three Weeks The Sixth Extinction America

2015

(1484 pages on a reading device) Mankind is no longer at the top of the food chain. THE SIXTH EXTINCTION is an apocalyptic tale about a pandemic that sweeps the globe, decimating the human race, leaving humanity struggling to survive. Within three weeks everything has changed. Social structure has collapsed. The police are non-existent, and the army concentrates on the cities. Gangs of yobs rule the streets. It becomes everyone for themselves. The story follows three main characters, Noah, Red and Doctor Melanie Lazaro, as well as Betty and her simpleminded grandson, and a Squad of military personnel. It follows all their journeys of self-discovery through the changing world. Noah Morgan is just an average twenty-one-year-old. He has no aspirations in life, no girlfriend, few friends, and a dead-end job. Red is a nineteen-year-old female runaway, with a sad past and a disturbing secret. Together they leave behind everything they have ever known, looking for a safe haven. Betty and her grandson Lennie are just trying to stay alive, and find somewhere safe to hide while they try to make sense of all the madness around them. The Squad is a small group of military personnel who are trying to get back to the safety of their large base – a base that holds a secret. Doctor Melanie Lazaro is working around the clock, under military supervision, in Exeter University’s Biomedical Sciences Department, trying to create a cure for the new pandemic that is turning humans back to their primordial roots, creating mindless killing machines with only one purpose − to eat. The four-part series is a fast-paced story, all set within a twenty-four-hour time frame. THE SIXTH THE FIRST THREE WEEKS The four part series is a prelude to The Sixth Extinction series. We get to see what happened within the first three weeks of the outbreak from the point of view of the five main characters, set out in four new books. THE SIXTH THE FIRST THREE WEEKS – THE SQUADS STORY We find out about the squad in the first three weeks of the infection, with two books, looking at the relationship between Echo and Coco. We also get an in-depth look down inside The Ark. THE SIXTH AMERICA Now for the first time we jump from England to the United States and see how the Americans are dealing with the end of the world. Social structure has collapsed as the American government locks itself away with a select portion of its vast army in deep bunkers, leaving the civilians to their own fate and the infected that stalks the streets. The Story follows a group of fourteen strangers, who lived in an apartment building in the Fordham Heights area of New York City; they decide to band together, seeking shelter in a shipping container, on the back of a truck heading towards Pennsylvania and the promise of safety. Altogether, they are struggling to survive and come to terms with their new situation. However, they’re a large group of people now living in close proximity. Tempers flare, and emotions run high as one disastrous situating leads to another. There is also Doctor Nathan Bachman, a scientist working in Groom Lake, in the secret base often referred to as Area 51. However, it doesn’t contain UFOs and little green men; its sole purpose is much more disturbing. It contains one of the seven pods – living artefact that our ancient forefathers buried beneath vast structures of stone, to save the world from their deadly, infectious black spores. When the base is compromised Bachman is airlifted to the secret Quirauk Mountain, Pennsylvania bunker. There an even more disturbing secret comes to light that makes everything before it pale in comparison.
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#6

The Sixth Extinction Omnibus Edition

Books 1 to 24

2015

Mankind is no longer at the top of the food chain.THE SIXTH EXTINCTION (Books 1 to 4)The Sixth Extinction is an apocalyptic tale about a pandemic that sweeps the globe, decimating the human race, leaving humanity struggling to survive. Within three weeks everything has changed. Social structure has collapsed. The police are non-existent, and the army concentrates on the cities. Gangs of yobs rule the streets. It becomes everyone for themselves.The story follows three main characters, Noah, Red and Doctor Melanie Lazaro, as well as Betty and her simpleminded grandson, and a Squad of military personnel. It follows all their journeys of self-discovery through the changing world.Noah Morgan is just an average twenty-one-year-old. He has no aspirations in life, no girlfriend, few friends, and a dead-end job. Red is a nineteen-year-old female runaway, with a sad past and a disturbing secret. Together they leave behind everything they have ever known, looking for a safe haven.Betty and her grandson Lennie are just trying to stay alive, and find somewhere safe to hide while they try to make sense of all the madness around them.The Squad is a small group of military personnel who are trying to get back to the safety of their large base – a base that holds a secret.Doctor Melanie Lazaro is working around the clock, under military supervision, in Exeter University’s Biomedical Sciences Department, trying to create a cure for the new pandemic that is turning humans back to their primordial roots, creating mindless killing machines with only one purpose − to eat.The four-part series is a fast-paced story, all set within a twenty-four-hour time frame.THE SIXTH THE FIRST THREE WEEKS (Books 1 to 4)The four-part series is a prelude to The Sixth Extinction series.We get to see what happened within the first three weeks of the outbreak from the point of view of the five main characters.THE SIXTH THE SQUADS FIRST THREE WEEKS (Books 1 and 2)The Sixth Extinction continues with two short prelude stories about the main military characters.We get to follow Echo and Coco.THE SIXTH AMERICA (Books 1 to 13)We cross the ocean to America to see how they are coping with the infection.The Story follows a group of fourteen strangers, who lived in an apartment building in the Fordham Heights area of New York City; they decide to band together, seeking shelter in a shipping container, on the back of a truck heading towards Pennsylvania.Along the way, they run into other groups who will do anything to survive.There is a group of military misfits who run a small town that forces other survivors into slavery.Also, a collection of mostly females that travel a river on a boat, collecting survivors and taking them to a safe haven – which goes drastically wrong.They have to navigate the perils of the infected, and the surviving humans, to reach safety. Every step of the way is fraught with danger and treachery.THE SIXTH THE SEVEN SEEDS OF THE GODS (Vol. 1) – Ancient EgyptHow did the Ancient Egyptians react when they stumbled upon one of the original pods?PLUS, A BONUS BOOKEndless - Part Sorrow

Author

Glen Johnson
Glen Johnson
Author · 24 books

Glen Johnson was born in England in 1973. He used to live in Devon, just a stone's throw away from the English Riviera, but in August 2014 he gave away all his belongings and bought a backpack, and he travelled around Southeast Asia for three years. He settled in Bangkok. He is the author of 54 fiction and non-fiction books. While he travels, he will be helping charitable organizations, writing and releasing books about their foundations, leaving them with all the royalties. His first charity book called Soi Dog: The Story Behind Asia's Largest Animal Welfare Shelter is available in ebook and paperback worldwide. He has also started to release a collection of books about his travel adventures as they unfold, and Living the Dream: Part One - Khaosan Road, Thailand is available from all good ebook retailers. He is also on the development team for a new computer game called The Seed (out now), from the creators of the award-winning S.T.A.L.K.E.R Misery mod. He loves to travel and has already visited forty-two different countries. At present, he lives in Bangkok, Thailand, but he has also lived in Mexico, Malaysia, Laos, Cambodia, and Singapore. He has also been married twice – and still refuses to say where he buried them. Why not add Glen Johnson as a friend on Facebook. From his author's page, you can keep up to date with all his new releases, and when his kindle books are free on Amazon. He checks it daily, so pop on and say hello! Don't be shy he's a friendly chap. www.facebook.com/GlenJohnsonAuthor Glen Johnson has published 171 books worldwide (via two publishing companies he owns). 54 are his work; the other 117 are modern-classic-fiction books that can be found at www.facebook.com/RedSkullPublishing

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