Ashes, Ashes (Ashes, Ashes, #1)

A Thrilling Tale Of Adventure, Romance, And One Girl's Unyielding Courage Through The Darkest Of Nightmares.epidemics, Floods, Droughts--for Sixteen-year-old Lucy, The End Of The World Came And Went, Taking 99% Of The Population With It. As The Weather Continues To Rage Out Of Control, And Sweepers Clean The Streets Of Plague Victims, Lucy Survives Alone In The Wilds Of Central Park. But When She's Rescued From A Pack Of Hunting Dogs By A Mysterious Boy Named Aidan, She Reluctantly Realizes She Can't Continue On Her Own. She Joins His Band Of Survivors, Yet A New Danger Awaits Her: The Sweepers Are Looking For Her. There's Something Special About Lucy, And They Will Stop At Nothing To Have Her. "Smallpox epidemics, floods, droughts- for sixteen-year-old Lucy, the end of the world came and went, stealing with it everyone she ever loved. Even the landscape of her beloved New York City is ever-shifting and full of hidden dangers. As the weather rages out of control, she survives alone in the wilds of Central Park, hunting and foraging for food and making do with the little she has, while avoiding roving scavengers and thieves. But when an unrelenting pack of vicious hounds begins to hunt her, Lucy is not sure she can continue on her own. Then suddenly, she is swept to safety by a mysterious boy named Aidan, who helps her escape the hounds and urges her to join a band of survivors. Reluctantly, she finds him after her home is destroyed; however, new dangers await her. An army of Sweepers terrorizes the camp, carting off innocent people and infecting them with the plague. Lucy and Aidan realize that it's up to them to save their friends, but Lucy doesn't know that the Sweepers have laid a trap-for her. There is something special about Lucy, and the Sweepers will stop at nothing to have her in their clutches."--Jacket Epidemics, floods, droughts - for sixteen-year-old Lucy, the end of the world came and went, taking 99% of the population with it. As the weather continues to rage out of control, and Sweepers clean the streets of plague victims, Lucy survives alone in the wilds of Central Park. But when she's rescued from a pack of hunting dogs by a mysterious boy named Aidan, she reluctantly realizes she can't continue on her own. She joins his band of survivors, yet, a new danger awaits her: the Sweepers are looking for her. There's something special about Lucy, and they will stop at nothing to have her. In a future Manhattan devastated by environmental catastrophes and epidemics, sixteen-year-old Lucy survives alone until vicious hounds target her and force her to join Aidan and his band, but soon they learn that she is the target of Sweepers, who kidnap and infect people with plague.