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Kyla Stone is an author of apocalyptic thrillers, dystopian fiction and young adult fantasy.

Some of the series she has penned include: Edge of Collapse, Last Sanctuary, Lost Light, and many more.

Passionate about books from the time she was young, Kyla enjoys writing stories about ordinary people in extraordinary situations–where they muster the courage to triumph over their fears.

Part of the reason why she pens apocalyptic and dystopian novels is because not many feelings can match writing about the end of the world from the comfort of your couch.

Some of Kyla’s favorite books include: The Road, The Passage, Hunger Games, and Ready Player One.

Whenever she isn't writing, Kyla enjoys practicing at the range, hiking, traveling, and skydiving.

More about Kyla Stone

Genres: Dystopian Fiction, Fantasy / SF, Thriller, Women's Fiction, Young Adult

Website: https://www.kylastone.com/

Non Series

  • Beneath the Skin (2016)
  • Before You Break (2017)

Edge of Collapse

  1. Chaos Rising: An Edge of Collapse Prequel (2019)
  2. Edge of Collapse (2020)
  3. Edge of Madness (2020)
  4. Edge of Darkness (2020)
  5. Edge of Anarchy (2020)
  6. Edge of Defiance (2020)
  7. Edge of Survival (2021)
  8. Edge of Valor (2021)

Last Sanctuary

  1. Rising Storm (2017)
  2. Falling Stars (2017)
  3. Burning Skies (2018)
  4. Breaking World (2018)
  5. Raging Light (2018)
  6. No Safe Haven (2018)

Lost Light

  1. The Light we Lost (2022)
  2. The Dark We Seek (2022)
  3. The Hope We Keep (2023)

Nuclear Dawn

  1. Point of Impact (2018)
  2. Fear the Fallout (2019)
  3. From the Ashes (2019)
  4. Into the Fire (2019)
  5. Darkest Night (2019)

Queens of Fate and Fury

  1. Labyrinth of Shadows (2018)
Queens of Fate and Fury

Detailed book overview

Non Series

Beneath the Skin

To save her life, she must risk her heart ...

For 18-year-old Sidney Shaw, life pretty much sucks. Her mom’s a drunk. Her dad is worse. At school, she's bullied by her ex-best friend. And cutting no longer brings the relief she craves.

When Sidney is forced into group counseling, she meets perfect, popular Arianna, the type of girl who grieves over a broken nail. But Arianna has secrets of her own. She might prove herself a friend—if Sidney can let her guard down. Then there’s Lucas, the sweet and funny new guy who sees straight through her tough, snarky façade.

But Sidney’s wounds go deeper than anyone knows. When her secrets threaten to unravel her, Sidney must choose. How far is she willing to go to protect her family? And who can she turn to when the unthinkable happens?

Author: Kyla Stone
First Release: 2016
ISBN: 978-1945410024
Publisher: Paper Moon Press
Before You Break

Two sisters. A haunting tragedy. And a past that won't let them go...

Eight years after tragedy shattered their family, the McKenna sisters are still broken.

Responsible Lena flees to college on a photography scholarship, hiding her past--and her heart--behind her camera lens. Reckless Lux escapes into a world of pills, parties, and dangerous boys--anything to forget the darkness trapped inside her own head.

But when their father suffers a massive heart attack, Lena returns to a house haunted by resentment, secrets, and lies. Her father is wracked by guilt. And her sister is hiding something. What really happened that terrible day?

After a charming former crush reenters her life, Lena glimpses a future that just might include a love she never expected--or believed she deserved.

But the past won't let either sister go.

As devastating secrets resurface, Lux spirals dangerously out of control. To save her sister, Lena must risk everything to confront the ugly truth--before it destroys them both.

NB: This book is also known as Who We Are Instead.

Author: Kyla Stone
First Release: 2017
ISBN: 978-1945410093
Publisher: Paper Moon Press

Edge of Collapse

Chaos Rising: An Edge of Collapse Prequel

On Christmas Eve, the lights go out.

Reclusive former soldier Liam Coleman doesn't want to be anywhere near bustling downtown Chicago the day before Christmas, but his twin brother and pregnant sister-in-law need him.

Mere minutes after leaving O'Hare, their car crashes, along with hundreds of other vehicles. When Liam's phone stops working, he knows something is very wrong.

But before he can react, the first plane falls from the sky...

Author: Kyla Stone
First Release: 2019
ISBN: 978-1945410451
Publisher: Paper Moon Press
Edge of Collapse

In the dead of winter, an EMP attack destroys the U.S. power grid.

No electricity. No cars or phones. The country is plunged into instant chaos.

But for Hannah Sheridan, it's the best day of her life. For the last five years, she's been the captive of a sadistic psychopath--until the EMP releases the lock of her prison.

Battered but not broken, she emerges from her underground cell into a hostile winter wilderness with nothing but her determination to survive.

Reclusive ex-soldier Liam Coleman is headed nowhere fast. He believed he was prepared for any disaster, until the EMP took everything he'd ever cared about in a matter of seconds.

Two hundred frozen, perilous miles stand between them and their destination in rural Michigan. But the killing cold isn't the only threat, for Hannah's captor isn't about to let her go...

When the country goes dark, ordinary people find themselves facing the end of the world as they know it. With society collapsing before their eyes, they'll have to risk everything to protect their home and the people they love.

Author: Kyla Stone
First Release: 2020
ISBN: 978-1945410475
Publisher: Paper Moon Press
Edge of Madness

In a world without power, can one man protect his son?

On the five-year anniversary of his wife Hannah's disappearance, small-town cop Noah Sheridan takes his son Milo to a local ski resort for some much needed father-son time.

In a blink, the power grid goes out. Phones and cars stop working. What starts as a day of holiday fun soon turns into a deadly fight for survival.

And when an impending blizzard cuts off the town from the rest of civilization, it'll take everything Noah has to keep his family and friends alive.

When the country goes dark, ordinary people find themselves facing the end of the world as they know it. With society collapsing before their eyes, they'll have to risk everything to protect their home and the people they love.

Author: Kyla Stone
First Release: 2020
ISBN: 978-1945410499
Publisher: Paper Moon Press
Edge of Darkness

A world without power grows dark and deadly...

Liam and Hannah continue their dangerous journey, but their every step is dogged by a deadly adversary. Hunted and exhausted, will they have what it takes to get home?

In Fall Creek, Noah struggles to protect his son and his friends. With the town running out of food and fuel, and the cold as brutal as ever, they're forced to make compromises that may place them in even greater danger...

When the country goes dark, ordinary people find themselves facing the end of the world as they know it. With society collapsing before their eyes, they'll have to risk everything to protect their home and the people they love.

Author: Kyla Stone
First Release: 2020
ISBN: 978-1945410512
Publisher: Paper Moon Press
Edge of Anarchy

As the world descends into anarchy, home means everything...

Three weeks after the nation's power grid goes down, chaos reigns. Food supplies have dried up. Fuel is running low. And the bleak, brutal winter is relentless.

Fall Creek has forged a shaky peace, but the cost for safety is proving higher than some are willing to pay. The town is a powder keg waiting to explode.

Noah struggles to maintain order even as dissent and conflict threaten to destroy the community. With his son's safety hanging in the balance, the wrong choice could prove devastating.

For Hannah, home is finally within reach. But it won't be anything like she expected...

When the country goes dark, ordinary people find themselves facing the end of the world as they know it. With society collapsing before their eyes, they'll have to risk everything to protect their home and the people they love.

Author: Kyla Stone
First Release: 2020
ISBN: 978-1945410536
Publisher: Paper Moon Press
Edge of Defiance

Amid chaos, tyranny rises. Freedom demands a price...

As the United States unravels, the town of Fall Creek, Michigan struggles to survive. Hannah, Liam, and the others have endured the brutal winter and ruthless adversaries, but the threat has never been greater.

Enemies from within have wrested control of the town--including what little remains of the food. Isolated, overpowered, and on the verge of starvation, the townspeople are faced with a desperate choice.

To be free, Fall Creek may have to sacrifice more than they ever thought possible.

When the country goes dark, ordinary people find themselves facing the end of the world as they know it. As society collapses before their eyes, they'll have to risk everything to protect their home and the people they love.

Author: Kyla Stone
First Release: 2020
ISBN: 978-1945410611
Publisher: Paper Moon Press
Edge of Survival

What lines will you cross?

Three months after an EMP attack destroys the U.S. power grid, starvation and disease have killed millions. With the end of winter finally in sight, the town of Fall Creek, Michigan balances on the precipice of collapse.

They have suffered and sacrificed. But to forge a future worth living, they will have to face the darkness within themselves. Each must decide--will they retain their humanity or choose survival at any cost?

Get the penultimate installment in the Edge of Collapse survival series now.

When the country goes dark, ordinary people find themselves facing the end of the world as they know it. With society collapsing before their eyes, they must risk everything to protect their home and the people they love.

Author: Kyla Stone
First Release: 2021
ISBN: 978-1945410642
Publisher: Paper Moon Press
Edge of Valor

The final battle for Fall Creek looms... and not everyone will make it out alive.

When the country goes dark, ordinary people find themselves facing the end of the world as they know it. With society collapsing before their eyes, they'll have to risk everything to protect their home and the people they love.

Author: Kyla Stone
First Release: 2021
ISBN: 978-1945410659
Publisher: Paper Moon Press

Last Sanctuary

Rising Storm

In a future America, a hijacked ship is the key to the fate of the world...

To privileged Amelia, the lavish Grand Voyager is just another gilded cage. For Gabriel, a covert rebel operative, the luxury liner is his one chance at vengeance.

But when terrorists storm the ship, Amelia and Gabriel are forced into an unlikely alliance. Hunted by ruthless killers, Gabriel is Amelia's only chance. But he needs her too, in ways he never expected.

But nothing is as it seems. As the lines between enemies and allies blur, they uncover an even greater threat, more insidious than they ever imagined—and it's already on the ship. Now, they're thrust into a battle not just for their survival, but the very fate of the world.

Only one thing is certain. Life as they know it is about to end.

Author: Kyla Stone
First Release: 2017
ISBN: 978-1945410109
Publisher: Paper Moon Press
Falling Stars

They believed they were safe. They were wrong.

After a violent ambush, Amelia and the survivors find themselves thrust into a harsh, unrecognizable world. No communications. No shelter. No food. All they have is each other—a ragtag group of elites and misfits.

Dangerous enemies lurk on every side. And someone—or something—is hunting them. To stay alive, they'll need answers. What is the Hydra virus? How can they stop it? And who can they trust when they can't even trust each other?

With a hostile world falling to pieces around them, the only way they'll survive is together.

Author: Kyla Stone
First Release: 2017
ISBN: 978-1945410130
Publisher: Paper Moon Press
Burning Skies

The Sanctuary exists—if they can live long enough to find it.

After escaping the Headhunters, Amelia and the survivors are more determined than ever to reach a safe haven. The Sanctuary represents hope-and life itself.

To get there, they embark on a perilous journey through a desolate, burning Atlanta. The city is rife with danger—from the bitter cold of winter to the ever-present risk of infection to the threat of desperate, violent gangs.

But Amelia has a secret. She may hold the key to end the Hydra virus once and for all. To protect the cure—and each other—the survivors will face their deadliest test yet.   

As the world descends into chaos, they'll risk everything for what matters most.

Author: Kyla Stone
First Release: 2018
ISBN: 978-1945410161
Publisher: Paper Moon Press
Breaking World

A cure to save the world...or a war to end it.

The Hydra virus killed 94% of the population. The only hope for a cure lies within the Sanctuary. But when Amelia finally makes it inside the walls, what she finds is the last thing she expected.

Separated from her friends, unsure whom to trust, and surrounded by danger, Amelia must face her greatest threat alone. And as rebels bent on vengeance gather outside the Sanctuary, Gabriel and the others find themselves caught in the crosshairs of a looming war.

With the fate of humanity at stake, how far are they willing to go?

Author: Kyla Stone
First Release: 2018
ISBN: 978-1945410185
Publisher: Paper Moon Press
Raging Light

Safety is within their reach--but at what cost?

Amelia fled to the Sanctuary, desperate for the cure to the Hydra virus. In the safety of the walled enclave, she discovers the promise of a luxurious life she thought she'd lost forever. She can have it all--if she's willing to betray the people she loves.

Offered the vengeance he's always longed for, Gabriel faces his own crucible. He can attack the Sanctuary, bring down the elites, and save the cure--but doing so will turn him into the man he swore he'd never become again...

On the brink of war, the survivors must choose--escape with their lives, or stay and fight for the hope of a better world.

Author: Kyla Stone
First Release: 2018
ISBN: 978-1945410192
Publisher: Paper Moon Press
No Safe Haven

Run to save your life—or stay and fight for what's yours...

Isolated at her family's wildlife refuge in northern Georgia, Raven longs to escape. Instead, she spends her days shoveling manure for bears and wolves—until her father contracts the deadly Hydra virus.

Desperate to help him, Raven journeys into town to get medicine, only to discover the outside world is collapsing into chaos. There are no police, no laws, and no hospitals. No one is coming to help.

The wildlife refuge she once resented now offers sanctuary—plenty of food, shelter, and the safety of electrified fences. Using the skills her father taught her, Raven knows how to survive.

But the threat is just beginning. The electrified fences may be failing. Even worse, a dangerous gang tracks Raven back to the refuge. And they'll stop at nothing to take what she has...

Raven can run. Or she can stand her ground, risking everything to defend the animals—and her home.

NB: This is a stand-alone story in The Last Sanctuary world.

Author: Kyla Stone
First Release: 2018
ISBN: 978-1945410222
Publisher: Paper Moon Press

Lost Light

The Light we Lost

The sun gives life. It is also capable of profound destruction.

With little warning, a solar super flare erupts from the sun. A billion tons of superheated plasma hurtles through space toward Earth…

When all lights fail, who will save you?

Thirteen-year-old Shiloh wakes with a dead body beside her, her brother missing, and no memory of what happened. As fiery northern lights blaze across the sky, she sets out into the night, determined to find him.

Haunted by the past, Undersheriff Jackson Cross vows to catch a vicious killer. But every clue he uncovers leads him further into a darkness he fears he cannot defeat.

Eli Pope has just been released from prison. Wrongly convicted of murder, the former Ranger has but one goal: exact vengeance upon those who betrayed him.

Meanwhile, Search-and-Rescue first responder Lena Easton begins a harrowing 1600-mile journey to Michigan's Upper Peninsula to find the children of the one person she couldn’t save.

As multiple solar storms strike Earth, transformers explode, the power grid fails, and communication networks collapse. Half the world goes dark, thrusting the planet into utter chaos.

Author: Kyla Stone
First Release: 2022
ISBN: 978-1945410734
Publisher: Paper Moon Press
The Dark We Seek

Darkness spreads across the globe...

After explosive solar flares strike Earth, half the planet goes dark. Store shelves gather dust, pharmacies run out of life-saving medications, and banks and gas stations shut their doors.

As tens of millions of people grapple with a new reality without power, a serial killer hunts in the chaos. Alger County Undersheriff Jackson Cross is determined to stop him, no matter the cost.

Torn between vengeance and a chance at redemption, ex-convict Eli Pope faces his greatest test, while Lena and Shiloh Easton struggle to survive in a world that grows deadlier by the day.

But nothing can prepare them for what comes next…

Author: Kyla Stone
First Release: 2022
ISBN: 978-1945410925
Publisher: Paper Moon Press
The Hope We Keep

Only in darkness can you see the stars...

When massive solar flares strike the planet, a million tons of superheated plasma rips through the Earth’s atmosphere. As power grids fail across the Northern Hemisphere, the entire world balances on the brink of chaos.

Author: Kyla Stone
First Release: 2023
Ebook: B0BDXVFMX9
Publisher: Paper Moon Press

Nuclear Dawn

Point of Impact

Surviving the blast is only the beginning...

Dakota Sloane, a tough-as-nails former foster kid, has spent her life running from the past. Logan Garcia, a man haunted by secrets, has only one goal: to drink himself into oblivion.

They're two strangers in a bar, until the news reports nuclear bombs in New York City and D.C. Fearing Miami may be next, Dakota's first thought is to grab her little sister and get the hell out of Dodge.

Then everything explodes. As buildings collapse and fires rage, utter chaos erupts. Trapped in the burning city, Logan and Dakota have less than ten minutes to seek shelter before the fallout descends.

But Dakota's sister is still out there. To rescue her, Dakota will need Logan's help, but can she trust him? And how far is she willing to go to save the only family she has left?

Author: Kyla Stone
First Release: 2018
ISBN: 978-1945410284
Publisher: Paper Moon Press
Fear the Fallout

If the radiation doesn't kill you, the survivors will...

Dakota and Logan continue their treacherous journey to escape the city, but danger threatens at every turn. Dakota knows of a place to ride out the coming chaos: a safe house deep in the Everglades.

But Dakota's past has caught up to her. Amid the radioactive ruins of Miami, someone is hunting her. And he won't stop until he has her...or they're both dead.

Author: Kyla Stone
First Release: 2019
ISBN: 978-1945410307
Publisher: Paper Moon Press
From the Ashes

From the ashes, heroes will rise...

In a matter of seconds, multiple American cities were devastated by nuclear bombs. Millions fled the destruction as the lethal fallout descended.

Now, entire cities are hot zones. The nation's supply chain is crippled. Hundreds of thousands of citizens are homeless, hungry, and growing more desperate with every passing hour.

While the government scrambles to respond to the worst humanitarian crisis the United States has ever seen, Dakota and Logan are still trapped in Miami. They may have fled the hot zone, but the insidious radiation can't be escaped. It's already inside them.

Their only chance to survive is to reach the nearest emergency hospital at the Miami airport, but deadly foes are determined to stop them. And in the background, unnoticed, a formidable enemy rears its head...

Author: Kyla Stone
First Release: 2019
ISBN: 978-1945410352
Publisher: Paper Moon Press
Into the Fire

How far will you go to save your family?

Thirteen American cities devastated by nuclear bombs. Hundreds of thousands of people dead. And a nation descending into chaos.

After fleeing the radioactive ruins of Miami, Dakota and Logan finally reach their destination--a cabin deep in the Everglades, surrounded by a million acres of sawgrass rivers, cypress forests, and gator-infested swampland.

It was supposed to be safe. It's not. Now, Dakota and Logan must fight to save the place that was supposed to save them. It's not only their home, it's their future.

But something much larger and more insidious lurks, waiting and watching, preparing to destroy America for good...

Author: Kyla Stone
First Release: 2019
ISBN: 978-1945410390
Publisher: Paper Moon Press
Darkest Night

The end is near...are you ready?

Logan and Dakota must prepare for the fight of their lives in order to defeat an enemy more powerful than they've ever faced.

The lives of everyone they love are on the line. The fate of the country hangs in the balance. The stakes couldn't be higher.

Will they have what it takes? Or will the cost of victory be too terrible to bear?

Author: Kyla Stone
First Release: 2019
ISBN: 978-1945410437
Publisher: Paper Moon Press

Queens of Fate and Fury

Labyrinth of Shadows

A hero sworn to slay the monster. A princess determined to save it. But only one can live...

They call me the cursed princess. Daughter of a tyrant king. Sister to the monster. For seven years, I've watched helplessly as my father sacrifices human tributes to the monster trapped within the dark maze.

When the queen begs me for help, I seize the chance to prove myself--to finally break the curse, rescue my brother, and transform him into his human form. But is there any humanity in him left to save? Or will he try to kill me, too?

Either way, I have to try. I must enter the Labyrinth myself, where darkness reigns and terror lurks...

To survive, I'll need the help of the tributes, especially brave, heroic Theseus. Determined to free his people from the terrible blood tithe, Theseus vows to slay the monster, no matter what.

But I won't let that happen.

And I can't let myself fall for Theseus's charms either. My quest may cost me everything, including my heart...

To save my brother, Theseus must die.

Author: Kyla Stone
First Release: 2018
ISBN: 978-1945410260
Publisher: Paper Moon Press