Gunpowder & Embers

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IN THE SMOKING RUINS OF OUR WORLD, WILL THE STRUGGLE FOR YESTERDAY'S TECHNOLOGY SPARK TOMORROW'S GLOBAL WAR

WAR IN THE SMOKING RUINS OF TOMORROW!

Thirty years ago, the world ended. Giant electrovoric ants and pterodons came through a rift in space-time, millions of humans died, and that was that.Human ingenuity has provided some creative workarounds to life without electricity and with giant homicidal ants, but most people merely get by at subsistence level.

For Chuck Gibson, the simple life of arancher was enough. But then he met a mysterious dying stranger, and now hes on the road of destiny across America accompanied by a warrior monk, a beautiful dragon tamer, a runaway cultist, and a mystic drunken lecherall searching for the key to reclaiming humanity'spastand future.

AboutGunpowder and Embers:
. . . a post-dystopian romp across an America both degenerating and crushed. . . . There are dragons both wild and tame, betrayals of great magnitude, heart-stopping action.Great fun.The Seattle Book Review

AboutTheValley of Shadowsby John Ringo:
". . . fast-paced . . . building to an exciting climax . . . Ringo and Massa have written an end-of-the-world novel that is unconventional and entertaining."Daily News of Galveston County

AboutBlack Tide Rising, coedited by John Ringo(featuring stories by Kacey Ezell and Christopher L. Smith):
. . . an entertaining batch of . . . action-packed tales. Certainly, fans of Ringos particular brand of action-adventure will be pleased.Booklist

"This anthology broadens RingosBlack Tide world, serving up doses of humanity amid the ravenous afflicted. Comedy has a place in this harsh reality, and these stories stir adventure and emotion at a frantic clip throughout. Zombie fiction fans will be thrilled."Library Journal

About the Black Tide Rising Series:
Not only has Ringo found a mostly unexplored corner of the zombie landscape, he's using the zombie frame to tackle a broader theme: the collapse and rebirth of civilization. The zombie scenes are exciting, sure, but its the human story that keeps us involved. A fine series.Booklist

About John Ringo:
[Ringos work is] peopled with three-dimensional characters and spiced with personal drama as well as tactical finesse.Library Journal

. . . Explosive. . . . Fans . . . will appreciate Ringos lively narrative and flavorful characters.Publishers Weekly

. . . practically impossible not to read in one sitting . . . exceedingly impressive . . . executed with skill, verve, and wit.Booklist

Crackerjack storytelling.Starlog

About the work of Kacey Ezell:
"Gritty, dark and damp. Much like the war itself."Michael Z. Williamson, best-selling author ofA Long Time Until Now

"I lovedMinds of Men."D.J. Butler,best-selling author ofWitchy Eye

Author Bio

John Ringois theNew York Timesbest-selling author of the Black Tide Rising series, the Posleen War series, the Through the Looking Glass series, and more, including the Troy Rising series, of which Live Free or Die is the first installment.A veteran of the 82nd Airborne, Ringobrings firsthand knowledge of military operations to his fiction.

After retiring from the USAF and flying medical emergency helicopters,Kacey Ezell is a full-time writer who specializes insci-fi/fantasy/alt history/horror fiction. Her first novel was a Dragon Award finalist in 2018, and her stories have been featured in Baens Years Best Military and Adventure Science Fiction compilation in 2017 and 2018. In 2018, her story Family Over Blood won the 2018 Years Best Military and Adventure Science Fiction Readers Choice Award.She writes for Baen and Chris Kennedy Publishing.

A native Texan by birth (if not geography), Christopher L. Smith moved home as soon as he could. While there, he also met a wonderful lady who somehow found him to be funny, charming, and worth marrying. Chris began writing fiction in 2012. His short stories can be found in the anthologies Black Tide Rising, Forged in Blood, and The Good, The Bad, and The Merc, among others. He has co-written two novels, Kraken Mare, with Jason Cordova, and Gunpowder & Embers with John Ringo and Kacey Ezell. A solo urban fantasy novel is currently under construction. His cats allow his family and three dogs to reside with them outside of San Antonio.