About the book: year / The word “Arcanum” means mystery. And this short-story book in the Arcane Chronicles series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kresley Cole is chock-full of them. You'll hear firsthand the beginning of the end and see the apocalypse through the eyes of characters you only thought you knew. Ashes to Ashes...Evie Green's story of the Flash is just one of many. All over the world, those who are somehow connected with the deadly game of the Arcana (such as Death, Jack, the Wheel of Fortune) have had to endure a terrible, bloody night. We will all fall. Some will have to learn new powers; and everyone (every one) will be doomed to a new hellish life in conditions of plague, cruelty, destruction and cannibalism. Find out who they lost, what they endured and what they sacrificed to survive Day Zero…