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Extinction Ashes

By: Nicholas Sansbury Smith, Anthony J. Melchiorri
Narrated by: R.C. Bray
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The ashes have fallen and the dust clears to a startling discovery....

Beyond the reach of the nuclear infernos, the masterminds survived and continue their assault on outposts across the Allied States. Timothy Temper and Sergeant Ruckley narrowly escaped one of those attacks. On the run from hostile forces, they fight to get an urgent message to command - the monsters aren’t the only threat. Their human allies have a nuclear weapon.

Refusing to hide underground, President Jan Ringgold heads to New York. Doctor Kate Lovato and her team are there working to infiltrate and sabotage enemy communications. To buy them time, S.M. Fischer and his engineers deploy technology to detect incoming Variant attacks. But they can’t hold the monsters for much longer.

Deep in enemy territory, Master Sergeant Fitzpatrick and Captain Beckham discover the terrifying truth behind the New Gods and a plan even more nefarious than eliminating the human race. This time, the future depends not just on the survival of Team Ghost, but their ability to convince new allies to join the fight before it’s too late.

©2019 Nicholas Sansbury Smith (P)2019 Blue Heron Audio

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Absolutely outstanding.

There's very little to be said that hasn't been already. Chances are that if you're already 6-12 books deep into this series (depending on how many of the side stories you read) you're already in love with this story and won't even see this. If you're the 1 in 1,000,000 that picked a random book in a long series to read reviews for before committing, you're an odd duck but trust me when I say you must read this book. Thank me later.

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Nonstop

Great but ya gotta wonder, who the heck can go full speed 24/7 for days. The variants aren’t the only super humans in this book.

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Amazing as usual!

As usual, NSS hits the ground running and doesnt stop till the end! what a thrill ride!

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Excellent!!!!!!!!

great loved it and can't wait for the next one to be released !! !!

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Always good

Smith writes great post apocalyptic books and his co-author must have tremendous talent as well. By book three, sometimes things get boring, but that’s not the case here. Keep them coming.

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Extinction cycle continues

A great series continuing the world that was developed in the Extinction Cycle works.
more drama, more monsters, more plots and intrigue.
characters were introduced and old characters further developed.
I enjoyed the all the additional books.

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great book

I love this series. the narration is very well done. I highly recommend it to anyone

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Much better than first series

Much better than first series. If you liked the first one you’re going to love this one. Should co-author more often.

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awesome audio book

loved it. rc bray and all the authors thank you.
happy new years to audiobook listeners

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Loved the book

I wish the good guys would win more, seems like they never catch a break

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