In Ashes by Ilsa J. Bick, everything does turn to dust. Well, the world as we know it, that is. We don't know why, exactly, in this first book in a trilogy, except that is has to do something with EMPs. It might have been a war, it might have been terrorism, not sure, because well, all communication is gone. And a lot of people are dead. And some people are "changed"- meaning that they have turned into zombie types that eat people. Some people though are enhanced. Like Alex, who is a brave and tough chick. She sets out on a hiking trip up through Michigan. I think she is going to the UP, but I am not sure. Either way, she doesn't really get to do what she wants to do, which is spread her parents ashes before she dies of the brain tumor that is killing her, because of the EMP thingy.
This is not a happy story. But it is a really good one. It is almost two stories though. First there is the survival story that is about 60% of the book. Then there is the cult type story after that. Both are good. They are just really different. This is a gory kind of book, too. It is almost 500 pages, but the chapters are very short with makes it really easy to read, if you don't like long books, like I. Anyway, gross and creepy and great characters. I loved it. And it is Michigan so I am reading around the USA!
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