“The Shadows We Make is a tale that hovers between adventure, science fiction and apocalyptic dystopia. Yet despite dark themes in this tale, the unceasing bravery, unexpected friendships and Grace’s refusal to accept any fate other than the happy ending she deserves casts a ray of light that spreads throughout the novel. “
BookTrib Review
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BOOK I – THE SHADOWS WE MAKE
“A beautifully crafted SF dystopia, boasting relatable characters and a skillful plot.” BookLife
“Ash captivates the reader throughout…poetic…dramatic…suspenseful…” BookTrib
“Loved it…an amazing read.” Four Stars – Sally Atlass – ReedsyDiscovery
“…high stakes adventure…thoughtful worldbuilding…strong emotional themes.” Five Stars – K.C. Finn – Readers Favorite
Grace Irese, sixteen-year-old desert warrior with a chip on her shoulder, is gifted in ways she does not yet realize. Duncan Oaks, teenage member of the Grif-Drif con-artist guild, is a boy who has made one bad choice too many. Finding themselves remanded to an off-world juvenile facility with lifetime sentences, Grace and Duncan plot an escape into the horrific environment beyond, determined to save Duncan’s young sister from Grace’s war-torn world. Can they and their unlikely companions survive their quest unscathed, or will they find they’ve been forever altered?
Set in dark alien worlds and told in the first person with three separate voices, The Shadows We Make is a fast-paced tale filled with conflict, bravery, a touch of strange magic and characters bound by unexpected friendship.
Also available in audiobook and special edition, illustrated hardcover.
The Shadows We Make, Book One in the Shadow Journey Series, is available from on-line retailers and from brick-and-mortar bookstores.
BOOK II – THE THRICE-GIFTED CHILD
“…a page turner…intricate…gripping…doesn’t allow your attention to waver for a single moment.” Pikasho Deko for Readers Favorite – Five Stars
“…imaginative…suspenseful…memorable…” BookLife Reviews
“…engrossing…wonderful entertainment…even better than the first book.” The Book Commentary
Grace Irese, sixteen-year-old desert warrior, Duncan Oaks, teenage con-artist, along with a young mystic and a doctor’s thieving son, have survived an escape from the juvenile facility on the prison planet, Emerald, against impossible odds, forming profound and unexpected friendships in the process. After rescuing Duncan’s extraordinarily gifted sister from the tyrannical warlord who had condemned Grace and Duncan to their lifelong sentences, they find neither survival nor friendship makes them immune to the new dangers facing them in The Wilds.
A province devastated by an ancient war where the inhabitants are reputed to be fierce, violent and intolerant, Grace nevertheless believes the answers she desperately needs can be found there. The others are hoping only for a place to rest and regroup, safe from the violent man and his soldiers who are hunting them down. But as grandmother-quoting Duncan likes to say, “out of the frying pan, into the fire”—an adage that will prove more prophetic than any of them realize.
BOOK III – THE SLEEPING MYTH
“…stellar storytelling…The Sleeping Myth is dazzlingly magical, inventive, and thrilling…” Book Commentary Five Stars
“…plenty of fascinating action, deep character-building moments, and great imaginative plot twists… I highly recommend it…” K.C. Finn, Readers Favorite Five Stars
The Sleeping Myth by Jo Allen Ash – Shadow Journey Book Three
The Sleeping Myth, Book Three in the young adult sci-fi/fantasy series, pushes the friends to new limits and takes them into a snowbound realm of old magic and ancient science, into places darker and more exciting than ever.
Following their escape from captivity and mayhem, Grace, Duncan, his sister Resa, Mika and Carina head due west through the mountains, “into the setting sun”—the only directions provided to the legendary destination known as the Cavern of Sleeping Myth. With their new companions, they seek the far away land on a promise they will finally find answers to the prophecy regarding three of them, the warrior, the witch, and the thrice-gifted child. However, nothing comes easy and there is always a price to pay. Injury, heartache, betrayal hound them as surely as do the warriors of their enemies who seek what they are, what they possess, for their own purposes. The Sleeping Myth is not quite what they have been assured, either, and might very well separate the closely bound friends forever.
BOOK IV – IN DARKNESS WE BREAK
“…a startling and action-packed conclusion to an exciting series…Ash’s character development is exceptional…” K.C. Finn, Readers Favorite Five Stars
In Darkness We Break by Jo Allen Ash – Shadow Journey Book Four
Lies. Deception. Darkness. Hope.
Grace, Duncan, and their companions have survived their passage through The Sleeping Myth. Not unscathed. Not unchanged. Not without a whole new set of problems. Yet, the time has come for the teens to stop running. To face what is coming. To uncover the last secrets and meet their enemies. Skilled and gifted, they look to each other for strength, stand together in a bond like no other, but will that be enough?
In Darkness We Break, book four in the young adult sci-fi/fantasy Shadow Journey series, finds Grace, Duncan, Mika, Carina, Resa and their friends facing a raging tempest of legend and truth that may break them all, one by one.
In Darkness We Break combines science fiction and fantasy in a mesmerizing finale to entrance mature readers of any age.
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