Follows the experiences of a man stranded on the wrong side of the country who pushes his limits to traverse more than five hundred miles of devastated wasteland to return to his family.

The End of the World Running Club

Literature & Fiction

Walker, Adrian J.

Genre Fiction

Thorndike Press Large Print

The #1 International Bestseller!A Science Fiction &amp; Fantasy Book to Keep on Your Radar by io9 and Gizmodo
A literary dystopian fiction thriller for fans of Andy Weir's The Martian, Emily St. John Mandel's Station Eleven, and Ernest Cline's Ready Player One.
Asteroids are striking Earth, the end of the world is near, and Edgar Hill is on the wrong side of the country from the people he loves most. Over five hundred miles of devastated wastelands stretch between him and his family, and every second counts. His only option is to run―or risk losing everything he loves. He has to be ingenious and push himself to the very limit if he wants to see them again. But what if his best isn't good enough?
The End of the World Running Club is where the beautifully imagined post-apocalyptic world of The Salt Line meets the deep humanity of A Man Called Ove. It's a page-turner about the endurance of the human body and spirit―perfect for lovers of running books and Runner's World, and anyone who knows that true strength comes from love.
Praise for The End of the World Running Club:
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<li>"Harrowing and heartrending, this is a novel that is almost impossible to put down." ―Library Journal</li>
<li>"Walker's ability to imagine a post-apocalyptic world in crisp detail is on full display in the early pages of The End of World Running Club." ―Maximum Shelf</li>
<li>"...a beautifully written postapocalyptic tale of a flawed man's struggle for survival and redemption." ―Booklist</li>
</ul>

Sourcebooks Landmark

"A real find." ―STEPHEN KING on The End of the World Running Club 
Every dog has its day...
And for Lineker, a happy go lucky mongrel from London, the day his city falls is finally a chance for adventure. Too bad his master Reg plans to hide himself away from the riots outside...
But when an abandoned child shows up looking for help, Reg and his trusty hound must brave the chaos in a journey that will prove not just the importance of bravery, but of loyalty, trust, and finding family in the unlikeliest of places. 
When the world has gone to the dogs, who will you choose to stand with?
Praise for The End of the World Running Club
"Extraordinary." ― BBC Radio 2 "An end-of-the-world tale that is anything but an ending." ― Anne Corlett "An exciting and nerve―wracking 'run'" ― Robert McCammon

The Last Dog on Earth

Edgar Hill is 35 and caught in his own headlock. Overweight slob, under-performing husband and reluctant father - for Ed, the world may as well have already ended.  So when it does end in a catastrophic asteroid strike and Edgar and his family find refuge in an Edinburgh army barracks, it comes as something of a relief. His world becomes simpler, life becomes easier, things might just be looking up.  But nothing's ever that simple. Returning from a salvage run in the city, Edgar finds his family gone, taken to the south coast for evacuation by an international task force. Suddenly he finds himself facing a gruelling journey on foot across a devastated United Kingdom.  Accompanied by a group of misfits that include a large, hairy tattoo artist and an old man who claims to have run around Australia, Edgar must race against time and overcome his own short-comings, not to mention 100 mile canyons and a very strange council estate, to find the people he loves before he loses them forever.  A vivid, gripping story of hope, long-distance running and how we break the limits of our own endurance.

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Science Fiction

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

WELCOME TO LEAFEN!With our vibrant office centre, magnificent skyline and temperate climate (thanks to a state-of-the-art Fabrik perimeter), you'll soon see why we're one of the most desirable corporations in which to live today. Just ask our colour-coded workforce - 40 million smiles can't be wrong!**MESSAGE COURTESY OF THE LEAFEN CORPORATION TOURIST BOARD**Times are changing. There is unrest in the east. The Arctic oil conflict is getting worse. Guerrilla Startups are everywhere. In a world where even The Market (the vast, mysterious AI system worshiped the world over) cannot predict what will happen next, Leafen needs all the friends it can get.Executive Class Double Red Steve Manager is about to close a deal that will bring his corporation a powerful ally. But something is wrong. The death of an old friend has brought back painful memories that are telling him, for some reason, to stop.April Knight is a limo driver. By day she taxis high-flyers and dignitaries around the corporation she's lived in all her life. But by night she dreams of breaking through Leafen's Fabrik to see what lies beyond The Hordes, and discover the truth about where she comes from.For Blue-Yellow Demetri Trittek things are a little simpler. A third-level programmer with coding in his blood, all he wants is a quiet life; to take his seat and do his job, just like his father.But when Leafen is attacked by a ruthless defence corporation, its employees find themselves compromised by a mysterious force. Steve, Demetri, and April are about to discover that, in a world where nations are just distant memories and your Colours define you for life, things don't stack up quite the way they once thought.

Colours (Earth Incoporated)

Edgar Hill is thirty-five and caught in his own headlock. Overweight slob, underperforming husband, and reluctant father-for Ed, the world may as well have already ended. So when it does end in a catastrophic asteroid strike and Edgar and his family find refuge in an Edinburgh army barracks, it comes as something of a relief.
But nothing's ever that simple. Returning from a salvage run in the city, Edgar finds his family gone, taken to the south coast for evacuation by an international task force. Suddenly he finds himself facing a grueling journey on foot across a devastated United Kingdom. Edgar must race against time and overcome his own shortcomings, not to mention hundred-mile canyons and a heavily flooded west coast, to find the people he loves before he loses them forever.
This is a vivid, gripping story of hope, long-distance running, and how we break the limits of our own endurance.

The End of the World Running Club Lib/E

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Thrillers & Suspense

Blackstone Publishing

The Other Lives

Independently published

500 Years In The Future, Earth Is A Paradise... Without Us. The Earth was dying, and only the Erta could save it. Created to be genetically superior, hyper-intelligent and unburdened by the full range of human emotions, they succeeded by removing the cause: humans. Now the Erta are faced with a dilemma--if they reintroduce the rebellious and violent Homo sapiens, all of their work could be undone. They decide to raise one child: a sole human to decide if we should again inherit the Earth. But the quiet and clinical Ima finds that there is more to raising a human than she had expected; and there is more to humanity's history than she has been told.

The Human Son

Solaris

An original and powerful post-apocalyptic thriller, perfect for fans of The Martian. Edgar Hill is 35 and caught in his own headlock. Overweight slob, under-performing husband and reluctant father -- for Ed, the world may as well have already ended. So when it does end in a catastrophic asteroid strike and Edgar and his family find refuge in an Edinburgh army barracks, it comes as something of a relief. But nothing's ever that simple. Returning from a salvage run in the city, Edgar finds his family gone, taken to the south coast for evacuation by an international task force. Suddenly he finds himself facing a gruelling journey on foot across a devastated United Kingdom. Edgar must race against time and overcome his own short-comings, not to mention 100 mile canyons and a heavily flooded west coast, to find the people he loves before he loses them forever. A vivid, gripping story of hope, long-distance running and how we break the limits of our own endurance.

Del Rey

Ebury

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The End of the World Running Club

The End of the World Running Club

The Last Dog on Earth

The End of the World Running Club

Colours (Earth Incoporated)

The End of the World Running Club Lib/E

The Other Lives

The Human Son

The End of the World Running Club

The Last Dog on Earth