Ashes Series by William W. Johnstone; J. A. Johnstone
Ashes #32
Destiny in the Ashes
William W. Johnstone; J. A. Johnstone
Ben Raines and his army won a war on two fronts, bringing law, peace,a nd prosperity to the Southern United States of America. But SUSA's northern neighbor and erstwhile enemy, the United States, is in chaos. And when a ferocious invader attacks the soft and crippled nation, Raines has no choice but to act.Courageous warlord Abdullah El Farrar has risen up from the humiliated regions of the oil-rich Near Eastunleashing a stunning attack against the once proud northern United States. No one in the Southern States is surprised that the USA cannot defend its own land. But with northern citizens defecting by the thousands to El Farrar's forces, Raines can see the handwriting on the wall: his brave armies must go to warto save their enemy from itself.
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Ashes #33
Enemy in the Ashes
William W. Johnstone; J. A. Johnstone
The tide of battle turns when the war is fought on the enemy's home ground. Victory demands the total destruction of the foe's ability to make war. A just peace is achieved only when the last redoubt is taken, the last enemy soldier slain.' In a shattered world struggling to rebuild, oil is the lifeblood of industry--what remains of it. Now, poised with a nuclear dagger reaky to cut that vital lifeline, stands El Farrar, barbaric warlord of the Near East. Leagued in global conspiracy with Claire Osterman, poer-grasping President of the recently defeated northern USA, he's threatening to contaminate the vast oil reserves with centuries-long lethal radioactivity, throwing civilization back into a new Dark Age. Backed by the still-free Southern United States of America, betrayed by unholy UN treachery, Ben Raines and his army of battle-hardened raiders call on their own raw courage and determination to attack terror-master Farrar where he lives--and set the region ablaze from Baghdad to Tehran!
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