Ashes by Ilsa J Bick

Ashes by Ilsa J Bick

An electromagnetic pulse flashes across the sky, destroying every electronic device, wiping out every computerized system, and killing billions. When it happens, Alex was hiking in the woods to say good-bye to her dead parents and her personal demons. Now desperate to find out what happened after the pulse crushes her to the ground, Alex meets up with Tom--a young soldier--and Ellie, a girl whose grandfather was killed by the EMP. For this improvised family and the others who are spared, it's now a question of who can be trusted and who is no longer human.



Author Ilsa J. Bick crafts a terrifying and thrilling novel about a world that could be ours at any moment, where those left standing must learn what it means not just to survive, but to live amidst the devastation.

Ilsa J.Bick is a child psychiatrist, cinema scholar, and former Air Force major who is currently working full-time as an author. Monsters, Ashes (a 2011 VOYA Perfect Ten and a 2012 Outstanding Novel by a Wisconsin Author), Shadows, Draw the Dark, Drowning Instinct, and The Sin-Eater's Confession are among her critically praised and award-winning YA novels. Ilsa now lives in a rural Wisconsin town near a Jewish cemetery. The neighbors are quiet and only come around for sugar once in a blue moon, which she appreciates. Visit www.ilsajbick.com or adr3nalin3.blogspot.com to learn more about her, and follow her on Facebook and Twitter @ilsajbick.