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Ember

Ember

A Penguin Special from Roc

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Plagued by overpopulation, disease, and starvation, humanity was headed for extinction—until an alien race called the haan arrived. And then the real trouble began.

Dragan Shao is a dedicated soldier, but he’s seen—and delivered—too much death and despair as a border zone guard. After he secures a discharge, he travels to the gritty city of Hangfei, where he hopes being a security guard patrolling the impact rim—the wasteland that surrounds the haan spaceship since it crash-landed fifty years ago—will be a less devastating duty. But that’s before he receives a distress signal from a girl more in need of saving than himself…

Don’t miss James K. Decker’s The Burn Zone
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Praise for Ember

Praise for The Burn Zone

“Fast, unrelenting, and uncompromising, The Burn Zone is an adventure you won't want to miss.” —New York Times bestselling author Mira Grant

“Between the bonecrack tension, the fertile cascade of ideas, and the neon bright setting, The Burn Zone is a hell of a ride.” —National bestselling author Richard Kadrey

“Fast-paced, gritty, suspenseful—a page-turner from beginning to end, all set around a very cool central idea.” —Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo Award–winning author of Red Planet Blues
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A Haan Novel Series

Fallout
The Burn Zone
Ember

About the Author

James K. Decker
James K. Decker was born in New Hampshire in 1970, and has lived in the New England area since that time. He developed a love of reading and writing early on, participating in young author competitions as early as grade school, but his later discovery of works by Frank Herbert and Isaac Asimov turned that love to an obsession.He wrote continuously through high school, college, and beyond, eventually breaking into the field under the name James Knapp, with the publication of the Revivors trilogy (State of Decay, The Silent Army, and Element Zero). State of Decay was a Philip K. Dick Award nominee, and the 2010 Compton Crook Award winner. As James K. Decker, he is the author of Fallout and The Burn Zone. He now lives in Massachusetts with his wife Kim. More by James K. Decker
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