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'Ashes of the Earth' by Eliot Pattison is a post-apocalyptic mystery novel set in a world devastated by nuclear and biological devastation. The story follows Hadrian Boone, the protagonist, as he investigates the murder of his best friend, Jonah, a scientist in a survival colony around the U.S. Great Lakes. Despite facing challenges from others with hidden agendas, Hadrian works to uncover the truth and bring justice while navigating through a community of survivors coping with emotional and physical losses. is praised for its intricate relationships among characters, the engaging plot, and the evocative depiction of a post-apocalyptic world.
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Thirty years after global holocaust, the colony of Carthage still struggles to build its new world. While steam engines and other early industrial technology have empowered its economy, the fragile society is undermined by secret crimes, rifts between generations, government censorship, and a legacy of casting out those who suffer from radiation sickness.
Embittered survivor Hadrian Booneonce a revered colony founderhas been hounded by despair and the ghosts of his past into a life of drunkenness and frequent imprisonment for challenging the governor's tyranny. But when a gentle old man, the colony's leading scientist, is murdered, Hadrian glimpses chilling secrets behind the killing that could destroy the colony. Realizing that he may be the only one able to expose the truth, Hadrian begins a desperate quest through the underbelly of the colony into the wrenching camps of the outcasts, escorted by a young policewoman who struggles to cope with the physical and emotional remnants of the prior world. Ultimately, Hadrian's journey becomes one of self-discovery. In his search to find justice, his greatest challenge is navigating the tortuous path of the human spirit in a world that has been forever fractured.
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