

As the characters intersect the obstacles increase and the body count rises. Murray is an expert at weaving multiple plot lines and perspectives together and always keeps the reader straight so they know whose eyes they’re seeing the world through and where they are. You never know what will happen on the next page. This is an edge-of-your-seat white-knuckle ride that is action packed and intense. Oh, and there just happen to be a group of armed convicts from the prison who are on the loose with a dangerous leader who is determined not to be charged for the murder of a guard that he commits in order to gain his freedom.Īdd in that Taine’s ex-girlfriend, Jules, is on the mountain and is taken hostage by the convicts and you have a cat-and-mouse game with Taine determined to rescue Jules, but forced to overcome obstacles every step of the way. Third, there are rivers of rubble blocking roads and sweeping people and vehicles away. Second, there are fire demons that may or may not be wreaking havoc and claiming lives. NZDF Sergeant Taine McKenna* is ordered to evacuate people from the area and has no idea how just how complicated that’s going to be.įirst, the ground is splitting apart. A constant series of eruptions coupled with activity from the volcano have prompted an extensive evacuation of parts of New Zealand’s North Island.

“INTO THE ASHES is a kick-ass thriller with twists you will never see coming! Lee Murray serves up a nail-biter of a weird-science action adventure.All hell is breaking loose in Lee Murray’s INTO THE ASHES right from the start. And, deep beneath the earth’s crust, other forces are stirring. Their only hope of rescuing the stranded civilians is to find another route out, but a busload of prison evacuees has other ideas. With earthquakes coming thick and fast and the mountains spewing rock and ash, McKenna and his men are cut off. The armed forces are hastily deployed NZDF Sergeant Taine McKenna and his section tasked with evacuating civilians and tourists from Tongariro National Park. That is until the ground opens and all hell breaks loose. The nation’s leaders scoff at the danger. At least, that’s how the Māori elders tell it. No longer content to rumble in anger, the great mountain warriors of New Zealand’s central plateau, the Kāhui Tupua, are preparing again for battle.
