Ash Beneath the Sky

They said the surface was dead. They lied.Sixteen-year-old Jivish has spent his entire life underground, in a city built to outlast the end of the world. Obedience is survival, and questions are dangerous. But when the Council sends him above ground on a mission no one has ever returned from, he steps into a world far more alive-and far more broken-than he ever imagined.The sky isn't empty. It remembers.Through flooded cities, dust storms, forgotten radio towers, and crumbling archives, Jivish discovers remnants of the world that came before-and the hidden truths that Eden was built to forget. Alongside a group of unlikely allies, he learns that survival is not enough. The past must be remembered. The future must be chosen.But freedom has a cost. And once you see the sky, can you ever go back underground?Ash Beneath the Sky is a haunting, emotional post-apocalyptic coming-of-age novel about memory, rebellion, and the stories we carry. For readers of The Maze Runner, Station Eleven, and The Giver. Join the ones who remember. The surface is calling.