M G Herron: 7 books

People used to say that after the apocalypse, only the roaches would survive. Well, there were roaches all right. But that was just the beginning of my problems. While the world was ending, I was trapped in a basement with only the roaches and a feral cat to keep me company.  It...

New planet, new problems Josu and his father trade up for a second chance at life by emigrating from a dead Earth to the Alpha Centauri system. But their new role as planetary pioneers presents its own challenges. One of which is that on this wild, waterlogged world, they always...

Did life ever exist on Mars? Astrobiologist Ackley Griven once set out to answer that question…and came up with squat. The mining companies, though? They struck gold on the red planet. Gold and oil. When accidents in the low mines bring Griv back to Mars with a delivery of mining bots...

When was the last time a character in a video game stepped out of your TV? Anders is just an ordinary high school teenager suffering from a painful breakup and trying to drown his sorrows in video games. But when a rare Super Nintendo RPG he bought at the flea market comes to life, he is sent...

A basilisk barks and chases boulders across the desert. Has the thing lost its blinking mind? As a scavenger, Das is no stranger to the beautiful and deadly alien creatures the invaders left behind. He’s always careful, like his father taught him, when he’s exploring the ruins. But this...

Sid is all alone at the end of the world, with only his robot and his garden to keep him company. He tends his plot, and tries to keep his distance from Slimeball, the lake monster the aliens left behind. But a hot spell and the need for water finally forces him to the lake's perilous shores. When...

How would you react if you found hidden doors in your city that led to other worlds of mystery and magic? While trying to escape the incessant bickering between his mom and his jerk of a stepfather, Colton goes out to meet a friend—and stumbles into a doorway that leads him somewhere unexpected. Distracted...