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Ashes

By Ilsa J. Bick (Author)

Paperback published by EgmontUSA (EgmontUSA)

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It could happen tomorrow . . .
 
An electromagnetic pulse flashes across the sky, destroying every electronic device, wiping out every computerized system, and killing billions.
Alex hiked into the woods to say good-bye to her dead parents and her personal demons. Now desperate to find out what happened after the pulse crushes her to the ground, Alex meets up with Tom—a young soldier—and Ellie, a girl whose grandfather was killed by the EMP.

For this improvised family and the others who are spared, it’s now a question of who can be trusted and who is no longer human.
 
Author Ilsa J. Bick crafts a terrifying and thrilling novel about a world that could be ours at any moment, where those left standing must learn what it means not just to survive, but to live amidst the devastation.

Gripped me from beginning to end – dark, creepy and suspenseful.  James Dashner,
New York Times Best-Selling author of The Maze Runner and The Scorch Trials       
             
A haunting and epic story of survival in a shattered world, ASHES is a must read.  
Michael Grant, New York Times Best-Selling author of Gone
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It could happen tomorrow . . .
 
An electromagnetic pulse flashes across the sky, destroying every electronic device, wiping out every computerized system, and killing billions.
Alex hiked into the woods to say good-bye to her dead parents and her personal demons. Now desperate to find out what happened after the pulse crushes her to the ground, Alex meets up with Tom—a young soldier—and Ellie, a girl whose grandfather was killed by the EMP.

For this improvised family and the others who are spared, it’s now a question of who can be trusted and who is no longer human.
 
Author Ilsa J. Bick crafts a terrifying and thrilling novel about a world that could be ours at any moment, where those left standing must learn what it means not just to survive, but to live amidst the devastation.

Gripped me from beginning to end – dark, creepy and suspenseful.  James Dashner,
New York Times Best-Selling author of The Maze Runner and The Scorch Trials       
             
A haunting and epic story of survival in a shattered world, ASHES is a must read.  
Michael Grant, New York Times Best-Selling author of Gone
Product Details
Paperback (496 pages)
Published: August 28, 2012
Publisher: EgmontUSA
Imprint: EgmontUSA
ISBN: 9781606843857
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  • October 15, 2012
    BDUKE
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    Could I please just read a book that has an ending?! I'm so tired of series books right now. This book was incredibly violent, had lots of bad language, and gave you absolutely no closure and no answers. I gave it 2 stars because I really liked the first half of the book. It could have been so much more. I almost quit several times after I got halfway through. Usually 1st-in-a-series books leave you wanting more, this one left me wondering why I had wasted my time.

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    Could I please just read a book that has an ending?! I'm so tired of series books right now. This book was incredibly violent, had lots of bad language, and gave you absolutely no closure and no answers. I gave it 2 stars because I really liked the first half of the book. It could have been so much more. I almost quit several times after I got halfway through. Usually 1st-in-a-series books leave you wanting more, this one left me wondering why I had wasted my time.


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  • May 29, 2012
    4SARAD
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    The fact that this took me three weeks to read really says a lot. It's not that it was bad, there were just things that really bugged me about it. The reason it took me so long to read it was that Bick constantly MADE me want to put the book down. Instead of having the typical cliffhangers at the end of chapters, she would have ones that were something like "and that's when she heard the wolves" or "that was the last good time they had." Well that doesn't make me want to read more! It felt like the life was being sucked out of me, which I guess is a type of good writing, but it sure wasn't fun. I don't like how there were two very important characters who disappear early in the book and they NEVER make another appearance. I figure you'll see them again in the sequel, but it felt weird in this book to spend so much time on them and then for them to just be gone for the rest of the book. I also feel like the main character was way too good at coming to the right conclusion sometimes. She would pick up on the slightest clue like flies being present and from that understand that people were being traded. It was a little hard to believe. Overall this book was just okay. Some good parts and some bad.

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    The fact that this took me three weeks to read really says a lot. It's not that it was bad, there were just things that really bugged me about it. The reason it took me so long to read it was that Bick constantly MADE me want to put the book down. Instead of having the typical cliffhangers at the end of chapters, she would have ones that were something like "and that's when she heard the wolves" or "that was the last good time they had." Well that doesn't make me want to read more! It felt like the life was being sucked out of me, which I guess is a type of good writing, but it sure wasn't fun. I don't like how there were two very important characters who disappear early in the book and they NEVER make another appearance. I figure you'll see them again in the sequel, but it felt weird in this book to spend so much time on them and then for them to just be gone for the rest of the book. I also feel like the main character was way too good at coming to the right conclusion sometimes. She would pick up on the slightest clue like flies being present and from that understand that people were being traded. It was a little hard to believe. Overall this book was just okay. Some good parts and some bad.


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  • April 29, 2012
    KATRINADUVALL1992
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    Amazing. Held my attention the whole time. Can't wait for the next installment. The only thing I could say about the book that just made me go -_-... was the huge cliff hanger at the end. Hurry second book. SO I can devour you!!!!

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    Amazing. Held my attention the whole time. Can't wait for the next installment. The only thing I could say about the book that just made me go -_-... was the huge cliff hanger at the end. Hurry second book. SO I can devour you!!!!


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