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Fire of God
It is just after Christmas
in 1919, and the icy grip of a relentless winter freeze has
seized Manhattan. Snowstorm after snowstorm buries the city, and
plummeting temperatures freeze the North River solid. With the
streets of New York in treacherous chaos, most people stay
indoors to find what comfort they can inside the walls of their
chilled apartments.
Except one, a solitary, troubled demon-plagued man who walks the
silent streets to burn – to bring peace to his tortured soul
through the fierce destruction of fire. New York City is now
overwhelmed by fire and ice.
Forced into this maelstrom of fire and ice is New York City Fire
Marshal Wes Causey. As the members of FDNY battle the weather
and the gasoline-fueled flames, Wes sets out in search of a
madman. As New Year’s looms the number of fires and deaths
increase. Despite Wes’s best efforts, he still cannot find the
man setting these horrific fires.
Wes trails the cold streets of New York City, hunting a man
driven to near madness. From a childhood wracked with abuse, to
the tortured voices in his head, the arsonist plunges deeper and
deeper into his own fire-plagued mind. A voice pushes him to set
fires again and again – a voice he embraces, the voice of an
angel, an archangel known to many as Uriel – the Fire of God.
Paul Hashagen brings his unique appreciation of New York City’s
history and his thorough attention to the details of actual
firegrounds to Fire of God, a fast paced and compelling novel
that brings New York City’s past into America’s present in
extremely important ways.
Hardcover, 248 pages, 5 ½” x 8 ½”
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