Ashfall

=//Ashfall//=

by Mike Mullin
-Aidan
 * Attention! I wouldn't recommend this book if you don't watch PG-13 movies. It has references and scenes that require a mature reader.** However, it is a fantastic read. A very dark but excellent book about an apocalypse. 16 year old Alex of Cedar Falls, Iowa is relishing his weekend home alone when one of the largest volcanoes in the world, Yellowstone, explodes. The crater on top of the Yellowstone volcano takes up the entire north-western corner of Wyoming and a good sized chunk of Idaho. Just the crater. When the volcano explodes Alex runs from multiple scary encounters, until he meets Darla. They then continue to go and hopefully find his familly in Illinois. At the end of the book it said that the author was coming out with a sequel //Ashen Winter// in October of 2012. Also, I have got to agree with Michael Grant and his quote on the front of the book: "The scariest apocalypse is one that could really happen." If Yellowstone or Mt. Mazana (Crater Lake) or the Long Valley Caldera (by Mono Lake) exploded, it could easily be the end of humanity on this part of North America.