Sunrise (Book #3 in the Ashfall Trilogy)

by Mike Mullin
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Genre:  Science Fiction

Alex and Darla's struggle to survive in the third book in the Ashfall trilogy.  With dwindling resources and food supplies, Alex and Darla decide to found a town of their own where they will be in charge of how to protect and govern themselves.  So Speranta is born...a strange mix of refugees from all over Illinois.  Somehow they must all learn to work together if any of them are to survive.