When the world breaks, what you fight for defines who you are.
Jonah Kessler is still hundreds of miles from home, pushing east through a broken America toward the family he refuses to lose. Evie holds their children together in a mountain cabin under siege, outgunned and running out of time. Between them lies every kind of danger the new world has to offer.
In Emerald Lake, a ruthless opportunist tightens his grip on the town's dwindling supplies. On the highway, a charismatic leader commands a growing army of true believers—and leaves ash where communities once stood.
When these forces collide, survival demands more than weapons. It demands the courage to trust strangers, the will to protect the innocent, and the stubborn refusal to let darkness win.
Ashen Dawn is a gripping, heart-driven story about ordinary people fighting against incredible odds.