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When Ashes Speak Vol One
Paperback
Series: When Ashes Speak, Book 1
Mystery & ThrillerGeneral Fiction
Publisher: Ken Seng
Published: Aug 12 2025
Pages: 418
Weight: 1.06
Height: 0.93 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
In a near-future Earth scorched by the wrath of a hyperactive sun, humanity teeters on the brink of extinction. Blistering radiation and unspeakable heat fracture the planet's climate, unraveling civilization at its seams. Governments collapse. Resources vanish. And those who survive are forced into the ruthless dust.
Among the ruins walks Dr. Jian, a former solar physicist who foresaw the end long before it arrived. Guided by science, instinct, and sorrow, he leads a small band of survivors across a wasteland ruled by scarcity, hostility, and mutated predators born of environmental decay. Their goal: to find a place untouched, a cradle for rebuilding a world that no longer remembers what peace feels like.
Their journey reveals hidden sanctuaries and fragile human settlements-some ruled by tyranny, others clinging to the vestiges of democratic ideals. Through tense alliances, devastating loss, and unexpected grace, Jian and his team learn that the deepest threats aren't always monsters.
As hope flickers and fades, When Ashes Speak becomes a tale not just of survival-but of courage, sacrifice, and the audacity to rebuild from nothing. In the silence left by catastrophe, it asks: how far must we fall before we begin to rise?
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