Ember, Brock Adams
Ember, Brock Adams
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Ember
A Novel

Author: Brock Adams

Narrator: Angele Masters, Nicholas Tecosky, Casey Holloway

Unabridged: 11 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Lantern Audio

Published: 03/01/2024

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction


Synopsis

Three years ago, the sun began to die. In a desperate attempt to reignite the failing star, the United States joined the rest of the planet in unloading its nuclear arsenal at the flickering ember. The missiles burst from silos in Wyoming and Bangladesh, cocooning the earth in tendrils of smoke as they began their two-and-a-half year journey into space. When they finally reach their target, it's thirty degrees in July and getting colder. Lisa and her husband Guy sit shivering on a South Carolina hilltop, watching as humanity's best hope at survival shimmers faintly … then disappears below the horizon. A group of militant rebels called the Minutemen take advantage of the ensuing chaos to knock out power grids, cloaking the freezing earth in near darkness. Seizing control. To escape this ruthless new world order, Lisa and Guy join a reluctant band of refugees crossing the snow-covered South in search of shelter and answers. From an icy parking lot in Atlanta to the Minutemen's makeshift headquarters at Asheville's Biltmore Estate, only one thing is certain: in a world with little light, nothing is guaranteed – least of all survival.

About Brock Adams

Brock Adams is the award-winning author of the short-story collection Gulf and the novel Ember, which won the South Carolina First Novel Prize. His short fiction has appeared in Best American Mystery Stories, The Sewanee Review, Bacopa Literary Review, and several other journals. He teaches English and creative writing at USC Upstate and lives with his wife and daughter in Spartanburg, South Carolina.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jesse on April 29, 2023

This lady's poems rock!!!......more