Annotation When the world lost its mind, he did not become a hero. He simply repaired generators, planted tomatoes, and opened the door to those who knocked in the night. This book is not about the end of the world. It is about what begins when everything else has ended. It is about the quiet skill of living when survival seems impossible. About how, in a world where the words "progress" and "future" have become curses, the only things of value are the warmth of bread, the reliability of a tool in your hands, and a quiet conversation by candlelight. Ashes and Steel is the story of finding your way home when home is gone. And about how home, in the end, turns out not to be a place on a map, but a bearing of the soul.