<p>Before the Ebola epidemic, before the Starve, Ava Panic is a lonely teen.Ava is caught inside the barricades as the U.S. descends into martial law. Food prices skyrocket, and riots fill the streets.But Ava meets handsome Cade at her karate dojo, and her life changes overnight.Cade is popular, wealthy, a top student. Heady days follow of friendship and freedom, and budding romance. Ava finally belongs. The mean streets are their playground.But there's a dark side to Cade. And maybe being with others isn't safer.Maybe it's a trap.Ebola Day is a prequel to Feral Recruit, in Ginger Booth's kick-butt urban survival Feral America series.</p>

She cannot die. But this moon is killing her people.Sass Collier took years to buy a spaceship, a dream born in humiliation and defeat.Four decades ago, Sass arrived on the unpromising moon Mahina with refugees from Earth, the home planet now falling out of living memory. As a marshal, she mediates disputes between the elites of the capital and destitute settlers wresting a living from the moondust.Then an 'air drop' kills hundreds, maybe thousands.Settlers tucked their children into bed, then enjoyed an hour of free time before they slept. And out of the blue, they suffocated to death.This isn't the only injustice on Mahina — far from it. But it's the final straw, the match that lights rebellion aflame. Irate as anyone, Sass becomes a ringleader. Settlers demand a shot at a better life!Until the rebels go too far. Must she betray everyone?Petticreek Five is an origin story for the humorous Thrive space colonization series. If...