by Joe Hill
First published 2016
Harper Grayson treats patients at her hospital until the building burns down around her. The plague doctors call Draco Incendia Trychophyton covers its victims with black and gold marks before igniting them. Harper discovers the telltale spores on her own skin. She made a suicide pact with her husband Jakob, but now she carries a child and wants to live long enough to give birth. Jakob abandons her when their New England town descends into chaos. Armed Cremation Squads hunt infected people through the streets. A mysterious man in a firefighter's jacket appears. They call him the Fireman. He walks through New Hampshire's ruins, controlling the fire inside his infected body. He uses flames as both shield and weapon. Harper must learn his secrets before the fire consumes her and her unborn child.
Genres: science-fiction, fantasy, horror, apocalyptic
Vibes: dark, emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: found-family, reluctant-hero
Setting: New England, New Hampshire
Period: 21st-century
752 pages · Hardcover · William Morrow
Content warnings: body-horror, death, violence