The never-before-published fifth and final 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.



Pointy’s budding friendship with the Maffiyir Overmind led the showrunners to try to kill it by executing the sapients it was linked to. It survived, but only by forcing a ramshackle connection to the brains of several humans… including Meghan.

Meghan’s mind was damaged by the process. She’d love to focus on her recovery, but the aliens in charge aren’t taking their failure to kill the Overmind calmly. Both sides are breaking every rule they can in an ever-escalating showdown, and Meghan and her family are right in the crosshairs.

Can humanity find a way to win before their tormentors find a way to destroy them?

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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: Running Wild
Author(s): Erin Ampersand
Series: Apocalypse Parenting
Volume: 5
ISBN: 9781250470201
Copyright 2026
Release Date: August 18, 2026
Publisher: Tor Publishing Group
Countries: United States, Canada | Learn more about available countries
Language: English
Format: None available | Learn More about our supported formats
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