{"id":106,"date":"2026-06-11T22:53:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T22:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dallasfusco.com\/?post_type=book&#038;p=106"},"modified":"2026-06-11T22:53:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T22:53:19","slug":"ashes-between-our-hearts","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/dallasfusco.com\/index.php\/books\/ashes-between-our-hearts\/","title":{"rendered":"Ashes Between Our Hearts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/dallasfusco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/COMING-MAY-26th-2026-683x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dallasfusco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/COMING-MAY-26th-2026-683x1024.png 683w, https:\/\/dallasfusco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/COMING-MAY-26th-2026-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/dallasfusco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/COMING-MAY-26th-2026-768x1152.png 768w, https:\/\/dallasfusco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/COMING-MAY-26th-2026-400x600.png 400w, https:\/\/dallasfusco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/COMING-MAY-26th-2026.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Release Date: June 30, 2026<br><br>The world ended in ash and blood. What came after was worse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">After being captured by the ruthless Echo-Seven facility, Elara and Lucus are ripped apart and turned into test subjects in a nightmare disguised as science. Deep beneath the ruins of civilization, survivors are injected with experimental compounds and forced into deadly trials against the infected\u2014all in the name of creating the perfect weapon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Lucus will do anything to protect the people he loves, even if it means enduring torture and sacrificing his own freedom. But when he discovers Elara has become Echo-Seven\u2019s most valuable subject, survival is no longer enough. Because every failed experiment pushes her closer to death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Elara refuses to break, even as the trials grow more brutal and hope becomes harder to hold onto. But in a place where compassion is weakness and survival comes at a devastating cost, staying alive might mean losing the parts of herself she swore to protect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">With an escape plan brewing, dangerous secrets unfolding, and infected waiting beyond every locked door, Lucus and Elara are running out of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Because Echo-Seven doesn\u2019t let its subjects leave alive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Release Date: June 30, 2026 The world ended in ash and blood. What came after was worse. After being captured by the ruthless Echo-Seven\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"genre":[],"class_list":["post-106","book","type-book","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dallasfusco.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book\/106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dallasfusco.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dallasfusco.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/book"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dallasfusco.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"genre","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dallasfusco.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/genre?post=106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}