The third book in Erin Ampersand’s unputdownable LitRPG series in which everyone on Earth is forced to take part in a worldwide survival competition—everyone, including Meghan Moretti and her three lovably chaotic kids.



Meghan has learned that protecting her kids also means making sure they're ready to stand on their own when needed. That's always been part of her parenting philosophy, but applying it to letting a six-year-old get up close and personal with vicious monsters? Questionable! Certainly not easy.

Meghan doesn’t have a choice. She’s got to be an expert apocalypse parent while also stabilizing her area, finding a way to handle the mysterious new Titans, and dealing with the other nasty twists her alien tormentors have planned.

It's more than she bargained for, but she’s not giving up!

Perfect for fans of Matt Dinniman’s Dungeon Crawler Crawl and Travis Baldree’s Legends and Lattes.

“Nobody feels tension quite like a parent who is responsible for keeping their children alive, and nobody can spin that tension into pure gold like Erin Ampersand. I love these books!” —Matt Dinniman, New York Times bestselling author of Dungeon Crawler Carl

“A kick-ass mom in a post-apocalyptic world?! Yes, please. The perfect entry-point to the LitRPG genre.” —Felicia Day, actress and New York Times bestselling author of You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost)

Other Tor Publishing Group books by Erin Ampersand

The Apocalypse Parenting series

Time to Play

Making Friends

Hide and Seek

Breaking Rules

Running Wild

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Praise for this book

“Nobody feels tension quite like a parent who is responsible for keeping their children alive, and nobody can spin that tension into pure gold like Erin Ampersand. I love these books!” -Matt Dinniman, New York Times bestselling author of Dungeon Crawler Carl

“A kick-ass mom in a post-apocalyptic world?! Yes, please. The perfect entry-point to the LitRPG genre.” -Felicia Day, actress and New York Times bestselling author of You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost)




About the Author

Erin Ampersand is from a minor branch of the Punctuation Peerage. Neither as elegant as the noble Parentheses, nor as respected as the heroic Dashes, the Ampersands are considered little better than the scurrilous Interrobangs.

In addition to books, Erin loves puzzles and games of all sorts, from tabletop RPGs to videogames, although she is rather bad at platformers and hopeless at first-person shooters. She owns enough board games to capsize a standard canoe.


Title: Hide and Seek
Author(s): Erin Ampersand
Series: Apocalypse Parenting
Volume: 3
ISBN: 9781250470126
Copyright 2026
Release Date: May 19, 2026
Publisher: Tor Publishing Group
Countries: United States, Canada | Learn more about available countries
Language: English
Format: ePub | Learn More about our supported formats
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