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Extinction Level : an explosive near-future disaster thriller
The end of the world is just the beginning.
When a catastrophic quake tears through Manhattan, toppling skyscrapers, flooding tunnels, and shattering the Eastern Seaboard, federal prosecutor Nick Dykstra claws his way through the chaos and rubble to reach his daughter Lauren, a brilliant but rebellious high school student caught in the heart of the disaster.
The 9.1 earthquake that levels New York City is no natural disaster. Beneath the wreckage, something ancient has awakened.
Buried for eons, a vast network of alien systems – older than recorded time and woven into the earth’s crust – has begun to stir. These machines weren’t built to invade. They were built to reset. Not just cities or civilizations but the entire planet.
As radioactive fallout and violent aftershocks lay waste to what’s left of the city, Nick and a wounded FBI agent must descend into the devastated subway system to reach their loved ones. But this alien technology wasn’t meant to be discovered and waking it might well have triggered an extinction level event.
Because the earthquake isn’t the end. It’s the initiation sequence.
When a catastrophic quake tears through Manhattan, toppling skyscrapers, flooding tunnels, and shattering the Eastern Seaboard, federal prosecutor Nick Dykstra claws his way through the chaos and rubble to reach his daughter Lauren, a brilliant but rebellious high school student caught in the heart of the disaster.
The 9.1 earthquake that levels New York City is no natural disaster. Beneath the wreckage, something ancient has awakened.
Buried for eons, a vast network of alien systems – older than recorded time and woven into the earth’s crust – has begun to stir. These machines weren’t built to invade. They were built to reset. Not just cities or civilizations but the entire planet.
As radioactive fallout and violent aftershocks lay waste to what’s left of the city, Nick and a wounded FBI agent must descend into the devastated subway system to reach their loved ones. But this alien technology wasn’t meant to be discovered and waking it might well have triggered an extinction level event.
Because the earthquake isn’t the end. It’s the initiation sequence.
275 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 28, 2025
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About the author
Douglas Corleone
30 books113 followersDouglas Corleone is the highly acclaimed and award-winning author of contemporary thrillers. His debut novel, ONE MAN'S PARADISE, introducing hotshot defense attorney Kevin Corvelli was a finalist for the 2010 Shamus Award for Best First Novel and winner of the 2009 Minotaur Books/Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Award. Corleone's other novels in the Kevin Corvelli series include NIGHT ON FIRE and LAST LAWYER STANDING.
Douglas Corleone's highly acclaimed international thriller, GOOD AS GONE, featuring former U.S. Marshal Simon Fisk, was hailed by the Huffington Post as a "heart-wrenching, adrenaline-producing adventure that...leaves the reader gasping for breath." The second book in the series, PAYOFF is due out in August 2014.
Recently Douglas Corleone was selected by the Estate of Robert Ludlum, internationally bestselling author and creator of the Jason Bourne series, to continue Ludlum's series of thrillers featuring ex-Navy SEAL and former covert government agent Paul Janson. ROBERT LUDLUM'S THE JANSON EQUATION will hit stores early in 2015.
A former New York City criminal defense attorney, Douglas Corleone now resides in the Hawaiian Islands with his family, where he is currently at work on his next novel.
Douglas Corleone's highly acclaimed international thriller, GOOD AS GONE, featuring former U.S. Marshal Simon Fisk, was hailed by the Huffington Post as a "heart-wrenching, adrenaline-producing adventure that...leaves the reader gasping for breath." The second book in the series, PAYOFF is due out in August 2014.
Recently Douglas Corleone was selected by the Estate of Robert Ludlum, internationally bestselling author and creator of the Jason Bourne series, to continue Ludlum's series of thrillers featuring ex-Navy SEAL and former covert government agent Paul Janson. ROBERT LUDLUM'S THE JANSON EQUATION will hit stores early in 2015.
A former New York City criminal defense attorney, Douglas Corleone now resides in the Hawaiian Islands with his family, where he is currently at work on his next novel.
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November 20, 2025
Scary and Unsettling
What makes this so unsettling is the realism. The governmental response, the media blackout, the way information collapses before society does — it all feels uncomfortably believable. The creature design is fresh, not your usual invasion clichés. Great for fans of District 9 or The Mist.
Give it a read! You won’t regret it!
What makes this so unsettling is the realism. The governmental response, the media blackout, the way information collapses before society does — it all feels uncomfortably believable. The creature design is fresh, not your usual invasion clichés. Great for fans of District 9 or The Mist.
Give it a read! You won’t regret it!
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