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 ★★★★★
Well written, great character development and nail biting plot. I can't wait to read the rest of the series. I am hooked.
 -- Sena, Amazon reviewer
★★★★★
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​White-knuckled reading. Grabs you and holds on until the very end.
   -- ParaPap, Amazon reviewer

They said the bunkers would protect us...

​They lied.

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Requiring no more than the slightest skin-to-skin contact, the mysterious disease known as the Flense spreads with ruthless stealth and speed, decimating mankind before it can even react. The infected, still living, are turned into soulless creatures called Wraiths. They are brutal killer that wreak destruction upon everything in their path.

Secure inside ten isolated bunkers are Humanity's survivors, all working independently in hopes of unraveling the mystery of the scourge. But the bunkers were never meant to protect forever. In fact, they were never meant to protect at all.

The series currently consists of 4 full-length novels.

​And don't forget to check out the companion series, THE FLENSE
INDIVIDUAL TITLES
Contain (book 1)

Three years. That's how long Finnian Bolles has been hiding inside the impregnable walls of the hydroelectric complex known as Bunker 8. Three years, with enough resources to last him and the other thirty survivors three more.
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But then a series of disturbing events culminates in the sudden appearance of a stranger at their door. Before he too falls victim to the mysterious sickness known as the Flense, he warns them of a fate more horrific than the one they've been avoiding. But to prevent it, they must leave and seek a place many insist doesn't exist, a mythical twelfth bunker.

Condemn (book 2)

Three years after the Flense decimates civilization, Finnian Bolles and a dozen survivors flee the security of Bunker 8 and the murderer it protects. Hoping for clues to the plague and a possible cure, they seek the mysterious Bunker 12. But Finn splits away to search for his brother, fracturing the group, and rendering them vulnerable.

Soon, they'll discover that there are monsters far more terrifying in the barren wasteland than Wraiths. Now it's not just their lives on the line, it's their sanity and their souls.

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Control (book 3)

A psychopath has kidnapped Finn's twin brother and promises to infect him with the Flense, a synthetic virus that turns the vulnerable into vicious killing machines with a taste for human flesh. But before he can rescue his brother, Finn is betrayed by someone close to him and is turned over to a madman bent on vengeance. But what form will it take?

​For the other Bunker 8 survivors, it's a race against time to find the elusive twelfth bunker and the promise of a cure. Will they prevail soon enough to help Finn and his long-lost brother? Or will their fate be the same as all the others who tried, and failed, to survive THE FLENSE?

Consume (Book 4)

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A tragic accident inside the long-abandoned tenth bunker has left Finn clinging to life, and his friends facing the possibility that the nanites injected into their bodies, the same nanites that decimated Humanity four years earlier, might not be enough to save him. Should they carry on alone searching for the elusive Bunker Twelve and the cure to the Flense? Or give up and return to Westerton Army Base to spend the rest of their days fighting off the Wraiths? And when a hated enemy offers help in finding the so-called source of the Flense and a promise to put an end to their misery, do they trust him? Or is it a ruse which will finally destroy them once and for all?
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bunker 12 omnibus
THE BUNKER 12 OMNIBUS
Includes all 4 novels + 4 companion stories
COMPANION TITLES
Shelter in Place by Saul Tanpepper
New World Order (a BUNKER 12 vignette) by Saul Tanpepper
Torn Apart (a BUNKER 12 vignette) by Saul Tanpepper
The Last Thng She Said (a BUNKER 12 vignette) by Saul Tanpepper
Seeds (a BUNKER 12/FLENSE vignette) by Saul Tanpepper
SHELTER IN PLACE
An unexpected and terrifying lockdown at an elementary school thrusts a third grade teacher into survival mode. But she'll soon discover that the children under her charge pose as much risk as any threat waiting outside her door.

Shelter in Place is a standalone story bridging the pre- and post-apocalyptic worlds of Saul Tanpepper's BUNKER 12 with its companion series, THE FLENSE.

This story may be enjoyed at any time whilst reading either series.


Originally published as Lockdown in the short story anthology, The Doomsday Chronicles, the story is available separately, as well as a part of the BUNKER 12 boxset and omnibus, and the BUNKER 12 / FLENSE Super-omnibus bundles.

NEW WORLD ORDER
New World Order (a BUNKER 12 vignette) by Saul Tanpepper
A BUNKER 12 vignette offering a glimpse into the fates of Mara and Leah Bolles, mother and sister, respectively, of the series' main character, Finn.

Not available separately. Instead, this short story is included with Book 2: Condemn, as well as the boxsets and omnibus editions.

TORN APART
Torn Apart (a BUNKER 12 vignette) by Saul Tanpepper
A BUNKER 12 vignette that tells how Bix Blakeley, Finn Bolles' best friend, came to be in just the right place at the right time on the day the world ended.

Not available separately. Instead, this short story is included with Book 3: Control, as well as the boxsets and omnibus editions.

THE LAST THING SHE SAID
The Last Thng She Said (a BUNKER 12 vignette) by Saul Tanpepper
In this BUNKER 12 vignette, truck driver Omar Sandervol reflects on his finbal conversation with his wife, Maggie, on the day the Flense decimates humanity.

Not available separately. Instead, this short story is included with Book 4: Consume, as well as the boxsets and omnibus editions.

SEEDS
Seeds (a BUNKER 12/FLENSE vignette) by Saul Tanpepper
Seeds is a collection of "files" taken from a top government official's private archive offering insight into the program that developed the technology behind the Flense. It provides a bridge between THE FLENSE and BUNKER 12.

Not available separately. Instead, this short story is included with Book 4: Cuba as well as the boxsets and omnibus editions.

THE FLENSE COMPANION SERIES
Hundreds of people die in a fiery train crash in northern China. A cargo ship smuggling refugees is lost to calm seas off the Libyan coast. Entire villages in Ghana are turned into ghost towns overnight.

A young freelance medical reporter uncovers a disturbing pattern between these seemingly unconnected events: each is preceded by the sudden spread of a mysterious ailment and is followed by the appearance of a man dressed in black and silver who witnesses claim is the devil himself. Are the tragedies harbingers of an impending biblical catastrophe or practice runs of a fanatical organization bent on global annihilation.

Trapped in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with government agents and corporate spies who will kill to keep their secrets hidden, Angelique de l'Enfantine is determined to uncover the truth. But will she before it's too late? And will she stop the deadly attacks, or are they just the beginning of something far worse?

Check out the 
★★★★★ rated technothriller series ​here.
China by Saul Tanpepper
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Africa by Saul Tanpepper
Cuba by Saul Tanpepper

All content, (including text and photos) copyright Saul Tanpepper © 2011 or licensed for use. All rights reserved.
  • APOCALYPTIC
    • GAMELAND >
      • ZPOCALYPTO
      • STRIKE FORCE ZULU
      • REZURRECTION
    • BUNKER 12
    • MORE END-OF-THE-WORLD
  • THRILLING
    • THE FLENSE
    • CLIMATE COLLAPSE >
      • SCORCHED EARTH
      • DROWNED EARTH
      • FRACTURED EARTH
      • SHROUDED EARTH
      • FROZEN EARTH
    • EVEN MORE THRILLS
  • HORRIFYING
  • OTHERWORDLY
    • THE INTERSTELLAR LIFE OF PIGEON
    • SCAVENGER
  • MISCELLANY
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