Ember

"Against a haunting, apocalyptic southern landscape, and with a panoply of rich characterizations, this beautiful novel is a cautionary tale about the power-hungry who rise from the ashes of a lost and dying world. With page-turning twists, the writer makes us care deeply about the small band of survivors making their way against violence and fear and the unknown - toward a brave new world. Emberbegins with a small, glowing flame of intrigue and originality, then grows into a fireball of dazzling plot and prose, bursting into a literary tour de force."--Bridgett M. Davis
"Ember burns with imagination and wrestles with chaos, and combines these two to create a visionary novel of a world gone mad, where the line between good and bad is smeared with gray, and hopeful points of light rage against the darkness."--Michael Farris Smith
"With fascinating concept and a shocking twist, Ember is an eerie apocalypse that will keep you guessing until the end."--Katherine Arden
"A page-turning apocalyptic tale and promising debut novel."----Booklist
"Adams has adeptly put trust, love and faith to the test. With climate change and global warming a growing concern, Ember is a chilling scenario."----Shelf Awareness
"A gripping post-apocalyptic tale...A terrifying spin on the possibilities of extreme rhetoric will chill readers with its bleak image of the failure of humanity and the futility of fighting massive climate change."----Publishers Weekly