Better off Dead - R.K. Adams - Wattpad

Story cover for Better off Dead by The-Scrivener

Better off Dead

Reads 446
Votes 143
Parts 35
Time 2h 35m

Reads 446
Votes 143
Parts 35
Time 2h 35m

action adventure danger mars mystery near-future sciencefiction scifi spacecolonization survival thriller worldbuilding

Nathan Colt is not on Mars to build a new life. He's come to here for one reason only-to find his cousin Noah and bring him home. Noah travelled to Mars seeking adventure and opportunity. But two years later, he's vanished without a trace.

Colt has thirty days before the planetary alignment closes the door home for the next eighteen months. Mars is a dangerous frontier, idealistic settlers mixing uneasily with ruthless opportunists. Following Noah's fading trail north along a route locals grimly call "The Widow's Road," Colt discovers unsettling truths: idealistic colonies disappearing overnight, settlers missing without explanation, and rumours of something hidden deep within the Martian wilderness.

When Colt rescues desperate settlers only to be betrayed, he finds himself forced into survival mode, fighting off corporate mercenaries, bandits-and Mars itself. Time is running out. Colt must uncover the truth and find Noah-dead or alive. On Mars, everyone is a potential victim-and Colt might already be too late.All Rights Reserved

action adventure danger mars mystery near-future sciencefiction scifi spacecolonization survival thriller worldbuilding

Table of contents

35 parts

Sign up to add Better off Dead to your library and receive updates

or

Content Guidelines

You may also like

To Burn the World for You by Lecheesw

In a world swallowed by fire, ash, and the endless groans of the undead, two women find solace in the chaos-and in each other. Charlotte, quiet but fierce, and Max, a bold and rugged dirt-bike-riding survivor, are bound by the blood they've spilled and the love that's grown between battles. Together they ride through ruined cities and overgrown highways, dodging death, hunting supplies, and navigating the raw ache of survival. But the greatest threat isn't just the zombies crawling from the dark-it's the living, and the cost of keeping each other alive. They will burn the world for each other. They just might have to. -this story contains violence, gore, sexual content, and mature themes. It is not suitable for readers under 18.

Project Z: The Outbreak by Jeli_Kitty

There's an unidentified drugs that also made by a person who only wants to conquer the world. That drugs is a virus, a virus that can turn people into a violent one. Violent, not only violent human but a brainless one who will just chase another to eat their flesh. Eating a human flesh is their needs to satisfy their hunger. Yes, they are humans but that was before, before this stupidity starts. They are not humans anymore. Do you think humanity will remain and stands in this craziness? Or it'll be gone too? People are running for their lives. People are running to survive. And some people are fighting for humanity. Why they are running? Running from whom? "Ofcourse! Running away from zombies!" Started: Mon, August 31,2020- 11:45pm Finish: Tue, September 15,2020- 2:36pm RANKING: #29 APOCALYPSE STATUS: COMPLETED

Once Upon a Deadland by AlveenWoro

Who holds the pen that writes reality? Our world is bound by a silent covenant of laws-mathematical, physical, undeniable. But these laws are not graven in stone. They are written in a script that can, under terrible duress, be rewritten. When this happens, the first crime is not against a person, but against existence itself. In the Island State of Blaqountee, this ultimate transgression is unfolding. A nameless dread settles over the streets like fog. The people feel it in their bones: the baseline of 'what is' is shifting beneath them. A memory that three people share-but only two remember. A door that opened east yesterday, opens west today. The city's underworld notices first. When the rules bend, power flows to those who see it happening. They are not facing annihilation. They are facing something older and more patient: erasure. History rewritten. Physical laws negotiated. The architecture of being itself, edited by a hand they cannot see. Multiple lives. Multiple agendas. A shattered criminal mastermind fighting to impose his vision of what must be. Detectives hunting a killer through crimes that defy the logic of cause and effect. Ideologues who believe reality should be rewritten. A survivor who remembers a world no one else does. Each fighting for their vision of what should be real. Each wielding their conviction as a weapon in a war that isn't fought with bullets-it's fought with narratives, competing gospels for a world coming undone. This is the labyrinth. Sanity is the cost of entry. Understanding is the cost of survival. To witness this is to see the terrible machinery behind existence. To choose a side is to become an instrument of ontological murder-or salvation. This is a war for the soul of reality itself. Who will break? Who will endure? And who will finally seize the pen?

After Moses by MichaelFKane

*Featured on Wattpad Explorer's Near Future Visions reading list!* A century ago, our AI benefactor, Moses, disappeared, taking mankind's future with him. The dream of the stars is dead. Earth is silent and the colonies of the solar system slowly dwindle. Everyday life depends on technology that we no longer understand. The future is grim. Freelancer for hire Matthew Cole struggles to pay the bills and keep his ship in the air. He's always been a loner, but as the years go on and the solar system grows ever more dangerous, the time has come that he'll have to either find a crew or perish. When the specter of Matthew's past comes back to haunt him, his new crew will have to come together around their captain. They'll find that he is a rare kind of man, a man with principles. And that might be just what humanity needs.

OBLIVIOUS by ericdabbs

Noah Grey awakens to a world wiped clean by a global flood and reseeded with new life, but not all of it is good. When Noah wakes up on a space ark and discovers Earth has recovered from a global ocean, he meets Eve and learns about their mission to repopulate a planet where the reseeding didn't go according to plan. With Abraham guiding them from the space ark, they begin a new life safe in their habitat. They must come to terms with the relationship they are supposed to have and their growing attraction to each other. They also battle the overwhelming urge to venture outside and explore a world that is more vile than they could ever imagine. The temptation is real, one they can't deny or resist. Vile Planet Book One

Earth Mars Love (The Marsikons) by AsandraAvason

A terrible mistake took REGINA's career in law enforcement and her trust with herself, and that was after a betrayal from her first love already took her trust with anyone else. But her dedication to going at it alone is challenged when a mysterious stranger makes her an offer of galactic proportions. Unfortunately, helping him means reaching out to her estranged father. Amidst romance, family, and reclaiming her future, Regina discovers a dangerous conspiracy that could threaten not just the entire planet-but the entire galaxy. That mysterious stranger, also known as MARCUS-also known as the prince of Mars-prepares to one day rule by keeping tight control over his emotions, but Regina wreaks havoc on his mind and his heart. He came to Earth to reveal hidden threats and forge an alliance between the two planets. Instead, he discovers the greatest threat could be to his heart. At least until the explosive confrontation begins against rogue Martians. Comps: MISS CONGENIALITY meets THOR and they're off to save a planet

Beneath the Red Sand by Lorareedpalmer

Kassi Blake, a ballerina dragged to Mars by her parents, must solve the mystery behind an escalating series of disasters and thwart an ancient guardian spirit to save the colony.**** When seventeen-year-old Kassi Blake's father is chosen by the Joint Space Commission to help terraform the red planet, Kassi gets dragged away with her family to join Mars Colony 1. Mars is a sterile wasteland 33.9 million miles away from home and her dance academy. Heartbroken over sacrificing her ambitions of becoming a prima ballerina for the sake of her father's dream, she has no choice but to make a new life with the limited options available on Mars. She learns the excavation team is accepting applications and takes the opportunity to prove that her physical stamina and grit honed from years of ballet can translate into a new dream - success in one of the most challenging fields Mars offers. Kassi's assigned partner in hunting archaeological treasure is Noah, a former football player and grandson of the habitat's commander. He teases her new friend with the term of endearment, "Goth Girl," he's got a cocky grin that's too cute for his own good (and hers), and she's stuck with him. On their initial dig, they unearth prehistoric cave drawings and pottery emblazoned with a mysterious symbol. When the habitat's hull breaches during a freak sandstorm that vanishes as quickly as it came, Kassi sees that the walls of their compound now bear that same strange symbol. With the colony's commanders in denial that this was something more than a natural disaster, Kassi and Noah team up to unravel the mystery of the symbol and discover who - or what - attacked their new home. The next disaster targets the greenhouse. Then the habitat's oxygen circulation system fails. With dwindling food stores and air supply, Kassi and Noah must confront an ancient force before it wipes out the entire community. 1st Place winner - Science Fiction Category, Winter 2021 Four Seasons Awards.

THE RISKS by EmJayRey

"You can't tell me there isn't something here worth risking everything for." [New Adult Apocalyptic Romance] Summary: There are some things that you can't outrun. That becomes all the more obvious when the world is ending, when there's nothing left but the feral creatures that were once people, consumed now by a virus that's made them cannibalistic and ravenous. It might just be easier to end it all, but Claire still has one last thing to fight for. Her younger sister. And she intends to keep her safe, no matter the cost. So, with no other options and her sister in tow, Claire ventures out into the dangers of this new, unforgiving world in search of safety, security, and answers to some long burning questions. The first two things -along with some new, unexpected questions- she finds in an unlikely place: a stranger who she's become indebted to. She has a feeling he can help her answer all her questions, if she can allow herself to fully trust him. Trust, she thinks, is a fragile thing. Humanity, a construct. Love, a weakness. But these are the thoughts of a survivor, and she's beginning to wonder if surviving is all she wants. Maybe she wants to live.

AWAKENED by ericdabbs

Noah and Eve face the dangers of repopulating a post-apocalyptic Earth as the Yellowstone Super Volcano builds toward critical mass. When Noah and Eve realize the gravity of their situation-the vile creatures and the unstable territory force them to move to what they hope is a safe location. Their new home has its own dangers and challenges, but with Abraham watching over them from the space ark, they have a chance to survive. That's when they receive a mysterious message from someone named Jude, offering them hope for a better life and a future for their growing family. But Abraham forbids contact with Jude and they must decide who to trust on a planet that grows more vile with each passing day. More vile than they could ever imagine. Vile Planet Book Two

The Forgotten (TNN) by istanforautumn

*disclaimer!* Most of the characters are not mine! Credits to thenursery_nurse for creating the characters/storylines mentioned. (Events in the story are set a while ago since I started writing it before a lot of major things happened) _ When a horrifying virus breaks out, the staff of the nursery are forced to escape in order to survive. On the run, they must accept their diverse opinions and learn to work with each other... or face the consequences. Will the ties of their friendship alone be enough to hold them together, or are they doomed to fail because of their differences?

You may also like

Slide 1 of 10

To Burn the World for You cover

Project Z: The Outbreak cover

Once Upon a Deadland cover

After Moses cover

OBLIVIOUS cover

Earth Mars Love (The Marsikons) cover

Beneath the Red Sand cover

THE RISKS cover

The Forgotten (TNN) cover

To Burn the World for You

In a world swallowed by fire, ash, and the endless groans of the undead, two women find solace in the chaos-and in each other. Charlotte, quiet but fierce, and Max, a bold and rugged dirt-bike-riding survivor, are bound by the blood they've spilled and the love that's grown between battles. Together they ride through ruined cities and overgrown highways, dodging death, hunting supplies, and navigating the raw ache of survival. But the greatest threat isn't just the zombies crawling from the dark-it's the living, and the cost of keeping each other alive. They will burn the world for each other. They just might have to. -this story contains violence, gore, sexual content, and mature themes. It is not suitable for readers under 18.