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Hope in the Ashes
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Dec 16 2025
Pages: 244
Weight: 0.73
Height: 0.51 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
After narrowly escaping the collapse of the Briar Ridge Shelter, Aria Rowan and her little brother Finn find themselves thrust into a world that has fallen even deeper into chaos. The outbreak has spread across the country, and the Lost Ones are changing-moving differently, reacting faster, and gathering in ways no one expected.
When Aria, Finn, and Dr. Hart discover clues about a possible cure, they join a small band of survivors journeying across abandoned towns, farmlands, and broken highways in search of a hidden research facility rumored to hold the answers. Along the way, they face desperate groups of people, dangerous ruins, and the growing threat of the evolving Lost Ones.
But Aria's biggest fear isn't the monsters outside-it's losing Finn again.
And when the siblings are separated a second time, Aria must draw on every bit of strength, courage, and hope she has left to reach him.
Inside the research facility, the truth about the outbreak is revealed: the virus isn't just spreading... it's mutating. Time is running out, and humanity's last chance for survival lies in a serum that only a few can create-and even fewer can protect.
With Finn caught in the middle of a world racing toward collapse, Aria vows nothing will stop her from keeping him safe. Not the Lost Ones. Not the failing camps. Not the groups fighting for control of what's left.
Book 2 is a heart-pounding journey of discovery, danger, and hope as Aria and Finn fight to help bring the cure to life-and survive long enough to see the world change again.
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