Ash and Resin

Chicago is dead. The streets are choked with blackened sap. The bodies of the fallen are twisted into monstrous forms. Every step could be your last.
Eighteen-year-old Lyra has survived the outbreak that killed her brother and left the world in ruins. Survival has come at a cost. Betrayal, violence, and loss have hardened her. She trusts no one. She protects no one until she finds Amari.
Six-year-old Amari is quiet, clutching a stuffed rabbit for comfort and harboring a secret that could change everything. The city is crawling with the infected, known as the Wither. Humans corrupted by a maple-sap disease spread fast and kill slower, giving time for fear, pain, and desperation to fester.
As Lyra and Amari navigate a city that remembers the dead, they encounter rival survivors, swarms of Wither, and the shadows of a conspiracy that stretches far beyond the borders of the United States. Slowly, the truth emerges. The outbreak was no accident. Someone wanted this. The worst may still be to come.
Ash and Resin is a post-apocalyptic thriller about survival, trust, and the cost of hope in a world gone black. One girl's courage may be the only thing keeping a child alive.

Book Cover made with ChatGPT and Canva, inspiration taken from TLOU game and series, and The Walking Dead video game. ENJOY!