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William W. Johnstone's "'''''Ashes" seriesSeries''''' is perhaps the most popular piece of pulp fiction still in issue today. Even two decades after they've been published, they continue to fly off the Wal-Mart shelves.
 
Which is interesting, because Johnstone's characters would probably kill most of their readers.
 
The "Ashes" series concerns a nuclear war which results in [[The End of the World Asas We Know It]]. Governments collapse, people die, and the world is left, as Ben Raines is so often to point out later, to "rise out from the ashes". The whole thing occurs because the [[Strawman Political|evil librul govrnment]] is trying to ban firearms, and somehow gets away with it. Members of the military rebel, supposedly starting a nuclear war.
 
Ben Raines, former elite soldier for the US, former mercenary, full time writer, and ultimate [[Author Avatar]], is offered a place in it but, in his "folly", refuses. After he survives the war (thanks to being allergic to wasp stings), he dithers for a while before taking control of the remaining rebels, and forming his own state.
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* [[America Saves the Day]]: About when Raines decides to invade Ireland and England (and possibly France). Then, Raines and his Rebels become the official army of the new UN and this becomes the plot of most of the rest of the series.
* [[Apocalypse How]]: Mostly a Class 1. Nearly all governments have either fallen or become police states,
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* [[Deus Ex Machina]]: Whenever things start to look bleak for the Rebels, something happens to give them the advantage.
* [[Divided States of America]]: After the war, the USA splits into three nations. We have the "original" United States, which controls the Northeast and northern Midwest, The Southern United States of America, which controls the South and most of the Midwest, and the Western United States of America, which controls the western states.
* [[Dressing Asas the Enemy]]: An occasional tactic the Rebels use. Quite often a basis for humor.
* [[Drowning My Sorrows]]: The Rebel leaders are said to do this. Though, being [[Heroic Sociopath|The]] [[Anti-Hero|Rebels]], who knows.
* [[Dungeon Bypass]]: The Rebels have cornered their enemy in his heavily-fortified fortress. Taking it will require the lives of many men. Their response? Shell the place into oblivion. Almost every freakin' time.
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* [[Police State]]: The post-war US government. Of course, it was already becoming one before the war, and the nukes only accelerated the change.
* [[Politically-Incorrect Villain]]: In addition to fighting against the evil liberal government, Raines and company have also clashed with the KKK and Nazis.
* [[Rape Asas Backstory]]: Find one woman in all of the Ashes series who's explicitly said to NOT have been raped.
* [[Rape Asas Drama]]: Happens rather frequently, particularly in the earlier books, but expect any captured woman to suffer through this. Repeatedly. In detail.
* [[Recap Episode]]: The majority of the second book copies directly from the first, with only about half of it being new.
* [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]]: The position of all smart and recurring villains in the Ashes series.
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