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Mike Mullin
Ashfall
When the Yellowstone supervolcano erupts, fifteen-year-old Alex finds his world turned upside down. With his city destroyed and society crumbling, he must journey across a dangerous, transformed landscape to find his family. This is a story of resilience and the struggle to survive when all the old rules are gone.
Ashfall is the first book in a trilogy. The story continues in 'Ashen Winter' and concludes with 'Ash and Fire'.
The book explores a fictional scenario of a supervolcano eruption at Yellowstone, a real geological feature. While the specific events are imagined, the scientific basis for such an eruption is grounded in geological understanding.
The first book resolves some immediate dangers but leaves the overarching quest for survival and family reunion open, setting the stage for the subsequent books in the series.