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INSTINCT "Ashes Remain"

Release Date: Tuesday, June 17th, 2025
Pages: 172 pages
ISBN 13: 9798288473845
In 'INSTINCT: Ashes Remain' by Anthony Pagley and Aimee Word-Pagley, survivors in a post-apocalyptic world confront a malevolent force as they grapple with the choice to rebuild or abandon their crumbling existence.

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“Only Ashes Remain”
The world ended six months ago. The dead didn’t stay dead. And now… something worse walks among them.
Sydney Grant—former soldier, ex-cop, survivor—has fought tooth and nail to protect the last flickering sparks of humanity. Within the fortified walls of a crumbling compound, thirty souls carved out a desperate existence, training every able hand to kill and every heart to harden.
But when a grotesque intelligence rises in the form of a blood-soaked monster draped in a wedding gown, everything collapses. The Fallen God and her Hollow Men bring more than death—they bring ritual, cruelty, and belief.
In the aftermath of the massacre, with smoke still curling from shattered barricades and children sharpening blades instead of pencils, the survivors are faced with an impossible choice: rebuild the grave they’re standing in, or walk away forever.