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Ledger of Ashes
When the federal government vanishes without warning, America fractures into isolated states each one left to improvise its own survival. Amid the chaos, war veteran Jackson Cole watches his quiet Indiana town fall under siege by masked invaders with surgical precision and a chilling Your institutions have failed. We are your reckoning.
As Jackson fights to rescue his wife Ellie, a nurse caught in the collapse, he joins a small team of survivors each carrying scars, secrets, and a shared refusal to forget. Together, they uncover a decentralized memory engine designed to preserve truth in a world built on erasure. But truth has enemies, and the deeper they dig, the more dangerous their mission becomes.
From burning courthouses to shattered satellites, from rogue enclaves to fractured alliances, Jackson and Ellie must navigate a landscape where memory is resistance and survival is never enough. As the invaders retreat and the fractured states begin to converge, the team faces one final rebuild the world that failed them or design one that remembers.
Ledger of Ashes is a haunting, cinematic journey through dystopian collapse, reckoning, and the quiet power of truth. For readers who believe that even in the ashes, something can rise.
As Jackson fights to rescue his wife Ellie, a nurse caught in the collapse, he joins a small team of survivors each carrying scars, secrets, and a shared refusal to forget. Together, they uncover a decentralized memory engine designed to preserve truth in a world built on erasure. But truth has enemies, and the deeper they dig, the more dangerous their mission becomes.
From burning courthouses to shattered satellites, from rogue enclaves to fractured alliances, Jackson and Ellie must navigate a landscape where memory is resistance and survival is never enough. As the invaders retreat and the fractured states begin to converge, the team faces one final rebuild the world that failed them or design one that remembers.
Ledger of Ashes is a haunting, cinematic journey through dystopian collapse, reckoning, and the quiet power of truth. For readers who believe that even in the ashes, something can rise.
200 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 17, 2025
About the author
Jeff Bartrom
4 books5 followersJeff Bartrom is a former Fleet Marine Force Corpsman who served in the U.S. Navy, including a tour in Iraq. Raised on farms in a small country town, his early life was shaped by grit, nature, and the quiet resilience of rural America.
Jeff holds a bachelor’s degree in communication studies from the University of San Diego, multiple master’s degrees in business management and leadership, and is currently pursuing a doctorate in Business Administration Leadership.
The book, Cypress Grace was started in 2016, while I recovered from injuries in the military and was a way to process my PTSD. So, I decided to release it the world this year.
Ashes & Signal series was my first attempt at a multi novel series in full cinematic prose, with a slow burn romance, dystopian- historical fiction mashup. These books started in 2019 and evolved over time into their release this year.
Jeff holds a bachelor’s degree in communication studies from the University of San Diego, multiple master’s degrees in business management and leadership, and is currently pursuing a doctorate in Business Administration Leadership.
The book, Cypress Grace was started in 2016, while I recovered from injuries in the military and was a way to process my PTSD. So, I decided to release it the world this year.
Ashes & Signal series was my first attempt at a multi novel series in full cinematic prose, with a slow burn romance, dystopian- historical fiction mashup. These books started in 2019 and evolved over time into their release this year.
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