As the Ash Fell

Life in the frozen wastelands of Texas is unforgiving.

It's been seven years since the ash billowed into the atmosphere, triggering some of the harshest winters mankind has ever faced. Populations are dwindling. Food is scarce. Despair, overwhelming.

Clay and his sister Megan have taken a handful of orphaned children into their home--a home soaring sixteen stories into the sky. With roughly six short months a year to gather enough food and supplies to last the long, brutal winter, Clay spends much of his time away from his family to scavenge, hunt, and barter.

But when Clay disrupts the grisly execution of a young woman by a group of Screamers, his life is catapulted into a new direction, forcing him to make choices he never thought he would have to make.

Now, with winter rolling in earlier than ever, Clay's divided attention is putting him, and his family, at risk.