Survivor

Ashes #36

by William W. Johnstone

"In a book that forms a coda to William W. Johnstone's ""Ashes"" series, Jim LaDoux, the grandson of the legendary General Ben Raines has seen his grandfather, and the last of his family, die in the beginnings of the plague that sweeps the world, leaving many millions dead and a civilization struggling to survive and re-build after yet another in a what seems like an endless series of crippling blows.

LaDoux, having stayed alone for six months in the isolated Idaho cabin built by his ancestors, realizes that he must get out and find life and hope or he will surrender to despair and death. As he starts traveling, he finds a young woman, Bev, who had been on a Believer mission and who has barely survived an attack by Rejects. The Rejects are a chaotic and violent movement of outcasts who have seen all the destruction and horror of the last few years and have formed a single belief: that there can be no God in a world such as they've lived in.

As they travel together, they find love for each other and they have to deal with members of both sides of the struggle and then encounter yet a third faction, the Rebels, who believe that Ben Raines's set of beliefs is still alive and that faith, courage and firepower combined can beat back the evil that threatens to end the world.

Originally conceived as the beginning of a new series, THE LAST REBEL: SURVIVOR was the only volume completed at the time of the author's death."

304 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published September 1, 2004

About the author

William W. Johnstone is the #1 bestselling Western writer in America and the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of hundreds of books, with over 50 million copies sold. Born in southern Missouri, he was raised with strong moral and family values by his minister father, and tutored by his schoolteacher mother. He left school at fifteen to work in a carnival and then as a deputy sheriff before serving in the army. He went on to become known as "the Greatest Western writer of the 21st Century." Visit him online at WilliamJohnstone.net.

Reviews

[Randy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Overlaps with the final Ashes book. Disease has destroyed the remnants of America. Savagery returns.

This was supposed to be the first of a new series, but Mr, Johnstone passed away, never writing a follow-up.

[Joseph Massa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Survivor

I don't know if this is the last book Mr. Johnstone wrote about the last rebel before he passed away. I would like to know if anymore are planned to be written in the future or if the series died with the author of the rebel series. Please let me know if this is the last.

[Oscar Turtle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another thrilling adventure in my favorite series, and sadly, most likely the last. Ben Raines is dead and the story picks up wit Jim Ledoux, and his journey to the Rebels. Thoroughly entertaining.

A Great read

[Stephen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Much better than the Out of the Ashes series toward the end. Ben Raines is dead. A plague has finally struck down the great man. Jim, our hero, is out traveling seeing the country when fate slowly pulls him into a leadership role with the rebels. I haven't been able to find anymore books in this series, but it was definitely a hopeful post script to the Out of the Ashes series.

[David Minger · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not one of his best but very enjoyable read. I think I the USA should adopt susa's manifest!

[Casey · Rating 5 out of 5]

WOW!

I've read many "after society crumbles" novels but few match the intensity, believability and complexity of this one. Read it!