Operation Courage: Ashes, Ashes is the third book in the Operation Courage trilogy. Lucas clark continues his involvement as a member of Operation Young, a covert government program training teens as counter terrorism agents. He, along with his fellow operatives Hope, Duce, Dakota and Max have committed to protect Tony Mathers, the Senior Operative of the program, from the new threat born from a prior battle against an evil criminal mastermind, Jack. The group is forced to come to terms with loss, and struggle to complete the mission at hand. They find truth and courage in their faith and in each other as their world descends into chaos again. But, will there be an end to the pattern of evil and destruction left in its wake?