Ashes 1 (Ashes Trilogy)

Alex has run away and is hiking through the wilderness with her dead parents' ashes, about to say goodbye to the life she no longer wants to live. But then the world suddenly changes. An electromagnetic pulse sweeps through the sky zapping every electronic device and killing the vast majority of adults. For those spared, it's a question of who can be trusted and who has changed ... a tense and involving adventure with shocks and sudden plot twists that will keep teen and adult readers gripped.