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  <title><![CDATA[Out Of The Ashes (Ashes Series #1)]]></title>
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  <default-description>Searching for his missing family in the aftermath of a   post-apocalyptic America, rebel mercenary and patriot Ben Raines is   united with the civilians of the Resistance forces and moves to the   forefront of a revolution for the nation's future. Reprint.</default-description>
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      <name><![CDATA[William W. Johnstone]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The ideas behind this book is great... post nuclear war.  The main character, a writer, takes it upon himself to travel the country documenting the destruction and ensuing madness.  Unfortunately, the author uses horribly foul language and crass sex scenes to entertain his audience.  I closed the bo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18144771">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Apr 09 11:13:08 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A classic post apocalypse America novel from a conservative POV. I enjoyed as a youth and reading it again 20 years later it was interesting. Still pretty much a modern pulp novel, but some of the early 80s fears seem strange. Maybe its just me, but I don't see a race war on the horizon.<br/><br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49142608">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1983</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ben Raines writes men's adventure. After the world virtually ends woth war and collapse, he starts hearing calls for him to lead people back to civilization.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[David from Morris &amp; Whiteside Gallery recommends this entire ASHES series of books. This is the first of around 35 books.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[On Book 5 in the series.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Oct 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not a bad apocalyptic/military read.  Johnstone is a bit far to the right (so far he's out of the park), and he belabors his social arguments, but the story itself is a fascinating picture of how society could reform after nuclear and germ warfare.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Language can get bad, but the story is very good.  Pulp through and through, I love it.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[on order from amazon]]></body>
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