title: Bitter Winter: Part One (Ashes of Roses) (Volume 5)
author: Maxine Speaker
description: Maxine Speaker still lives with Big Dog and Charlie and two old cats, although one old cat is nearing the end. Maxine is, too, for that matter. The days have not been kind. Maxine continues to write Truth stories that nobody reads, about the lives of a few Americans in the perilous times leading up to the Second Revolution. Titles include, and are best read in the order in which they were published: The Six and Three Stories Burnt Umber Raw Sienna Green Bitter Winter Part One
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  # Bitter Vows
  
  
  ## Crimson Falls Duet
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Dani René
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Dedication](part0003.html#2RHM0-5ff02f61ec474508b7a8e516a33690d9)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Playlist](part0004.html#3Q280-5ff02f61ec474508b7a8e516a33690d9)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  1\. [Lycan](part0005.html#4OIQ0-5ff02f61ec474508b7a8e516a33690d9)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  2\. [Scarlett](part0006.html#5N3C0-5ff02f61ec474508b7a8e516a33690d9)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  3\. [Lycan](part0007.html#6LJU0-5ff02f61ec474508b7a8e516a33690d9)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  4\. [Scarlett](part0008.html#7K4G0-5ff02f61ec474508b7a8e516a33690d9)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  5\. [Lycan](part0009.html#8IL20-5ff02f61ec474508b7a8e516a33690d9)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  6\. [Scarlett](part0010.html#9H5K0-5ff02f61ec474508b7a8e516a33690d9)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  7\. [Scarlett](part0011.html#AFM60-5ff02f61ec474508b7a8e516a33690d9)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  8\. [Lycan](part0012.html#BE6O0-5ff02f61ec474508b7a8e516a33690d9)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  9\. [Scarlett](part0013.html#CCNA0-5ff02f61ec474508b7a8e516a33690d9)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  10\. [Lycan](part0014_spl