Nicola Barber's beautiful narration really adds to the cinematic experience. I've really enjoyed this book, and have started the next one, Shadows of Glass. The characters in Ashes of Twilight are beautifully drawn, their world rich and atmospheric, and their interactions with the animals that share their fate, is sweet. But the ruling class doesn't want them to leave. But the coal is running out, and a message from a friend - The sky is blue - has sparked a revolution. Her job is to lead the pony carts that transport the coal from the mine, coal that is used to keep the exhaust and intake fans running so that the dome has air that isn't full of choking smog. Wren lives with her grandfather, in a community of coal miners. Wren unwittingly becomes a catalyst for a revolution that destroys the dome and the only way to survive might be to embrace what the entire society has feared their entire existence. "The sky is blue." What happens next is a whirlwind of adventure, romance, conspiracy, and the struggle to stay alive in a world where nothing is as it seems. When one of Wren's friends escapes the confines of the dome, he is burned alive and put on display as a warning to those seeking to disrupt the dome’s way of life.
Plus, there are those who wonder: Is there life outside the dome? Or is the world still consumed by fire? But after nearly 200 years of life beneath the dome, society has become complacent and the coal is running out. Humanity would be saved by the most groundbreaking technology of the time. Wren MacAvoy works as a coal miner for a domed city that was constructed in the mid-19th century to protect the royal blood line of England when astronomers spotted a comet on a collision course with Earth.
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