title: The Bane (The Eden Trilogy) (Volume 1)
author:  Keary Taylor 
description: Keary Taylor grew up along the foothills of the Rocky Mountains where she started creating imaginary worlds and daring characters who always fell in love. She now resides on a tiny island in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and their two young children. She continues to have an overactive imagination that frequently keeps her up at night. She is the author of THE EDEN TRILOGY, THE FALL OF ANGELS TRILOGY, and WHAT I DIDN'T SAY. Please visit KearyTaylor.com to learn more about her and her writing process.
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  ## The Ashes
  
  
    
  
  
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  _( The Eden Trilogy )_
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Keary Taylor
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  One week ago I thought I knew exactly how I was going to spend the rest of my
  life: looking at the gray walls of a prison cell. Figuring out how to survive
  the apocalypse wasn’t something I’d planned for.
  
  
  Yet here I was, getting a second chance at the end of the world.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  _The Ashes_ is the 10,000 word prequel to The Eden Trilogy. Book one, _The
  Bane_ will be available March 5, 2013.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Previously published as _Rebirth_.
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Keary Taylor
  
  
  ## THE ASHES
  
  
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  An EDEN Prequel
  
  
  
  
  
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  It’s been three days since they brought any food. From the shouts and banging
  that echo throughout the block I’m guessing that I’m not the only one
  starving. The inmate in the cell next to mine lets out a string of cuss words
  you only learn when you’ve spent a few years on the inside.
  
  