Masks of Ash

by Adrian J. Smith

  With love always,

  Your friend, Lisa xoxo

  Staring up at the stars, Zanzi processed Lisa’s words. It hit her again, the loss of her friends, the mystery of her parents’ disappearance. The safe world she had thought she lived in had shattered, and now she was left to pick her way through the debris, trying to make sense of it.

  END OF BOOK THREE.

  THE STORY CONTINUES IN

  SILENCE OF ASH.

  Author’s Note

  This series started as a seed of an idea while I traveled through Japan in October 2017. I had spent the morning hiking a pilgrim trail up Mount Koya near Osaka. When I reached the top, I was in awe of the breathtaking scenery. Mountains, lakes, trees and wildlife. It was simply serene. As I often do, I daydreamed, and I thought…what would happen if some apocalyptic event occurred and I survived, only to be trapped? How would I get home? Could I?

  The more I thought about it, I knew I had to turn it into a story.

  Also, as a teenager I was fascinated by stories of World War Two and the espionage that went on. The level of planning that went into D-Day. How mistakes, bluffs and double bluffs turned the tide of the war.

  I wondered, could a secret group of powerful men and women bring about the apocalypse?

  After taking all those ideas, the story grew into what you’ve just read.

  I hope you enjoyed it and want to read more. I would be grateful if you would leave an honest review. I’m sure you’ve heard it before, but reviews really are an author’s bread and butter. They help in so many ways.

  Thanks again,

  Adrian

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  Table of Contents

  Also by Adrian J Smith

  Acknowledgements

  About Masks of Ash

  Prologue

  One

  Two

  Three

  Four

  Five

  Six

  Seven

  Eight

  Nine

  Ten

  Eleven

  Twelve

  Thirteen

  Fourteen

  Fifteen

  Sixteen

  Seventeen

  Eighteen

  Nineteen

  Twenty

  Twenty-One

  Twenty-Two

  Twenty-Three

  Twenty-Four

  Twenty-Five

  Twenty-Six

  Twenty-Seven

  Twenty-Eight

  Twenty-Nine

  Thirty

  Thirty-One

  Thirty-Two

  Thirty-Three

  Thirty-Four

  Thirty-Five

  Thirty-Six

  Thirty-Seven

  Thirty-Eight

  Thirty-Nine

  Forty

  Forty-One

  Epilogue

  Author’s Note