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Ashes of the Capital: A Novel of Survival, Love, and Betrayal in a Fallen Washington DC

Ashes of the Capital: A Novel of Survival, Love, and Betrayal in a Fallen Washington DC

Westover, Melissa
Finley, Melissa

Paperback

Series: Ashes Trilogy, Book 1

Mystery & Thriller

ISBN13: 9798266410671
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Sep 20 2025
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.95
Height: 0.67 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
When Washington, D.C. falls to a mysterious contagion, Maisie Carter-an analyst at a federal agency-finds herself trapped in the heart of the apocalypse. At twenty-eight, she thought her greatest struggles were behind her: a failing marriage, endless hours of government drudgery, and the ache of a love she couldn't repair. But the outbreak transforms everything. Colleagues collapse into violence, the streets ignite in chaos, and survival becomes a desperate act of will.

Separated from her estranged husband, Ted, Maisie refuses to believe he is lost. With every step deeper into the ruins, she risks fire, teeth, and betrayal-facing looters, militias, and the infected hordes that sweep through the capital. Along the way she gathers unlikely allies: a wounded Marine, a teacher's children, a boy who clings to hope. Yet trust is as dangerous as hunger, and survival demands choices that scar more deeply than any bite.

From the smoke-choked halls of Congress to the underground tunnels and the Pentagon's collapsing refuge, Maisie's journey becomes one of resilience and reckoning. Ted is alive-but hardened, changed, and bound to compromises she can't ignore. Their reunion forces a brutal truth: love may endure, but survival asks for more than the heart can give.

As the city burns, Maisie must choose between rebuilding a bond with the man she once loved or forging a new path into the ashes-carrying with her only fire, memory, and the fragile promise of tomorrow.

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