Then Rita saw the ghost on the waters, visible at first as a faint ash-grey figure, easily misinterpreted as a warning buoy that had broken from its anchor.
This is the valley of ashes--a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens; where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and, finally, with a transcendent effort, of ash-grey men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air.
Inside, the black leather seats are matched with an ash-grey fascia and door casings, silver-finish centre console and fascia vent surrounds and a CD tuner.