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About the product The world is burning up in the fire of a new pandemic. A mysterious disease affects people. The main symptom is a rash on the skin, and the outcome is lethal — spontaneous combustion of the patient. Doctors and governments are failing. Volunteer vigilantes carry out executions only at the first sign of illness. But there is a Firefighter, a hero who has learned to control his illness. The Locus and Goodreads Horror Award winner is the latest novel by Joe Hill, author of Locke’s Keys and Nosferatu. “The book is adventurous and exciting — and at the same time cruel and scary. But it is by no means hopeless, not «black», in spite of the fire blazing on the pages and black columns of human ash rising to the sky ”. — G.L. Oldie «Original and catchy, I can’t tear myself away!» — George R.R. Martin «Excellent supernatural thriller!» — Publishers Weekly «A real apocalypse, you feel it in your own gut!» — Guardian Abstract No one knows where or when it started. A new epidemic is spreading around the world like wildfire. Dragon Scales, an extremely contagious fungus, causes beautiful black and gold spots on the body, similar to a tattoo, and then burns the wearer in a flash of spontaneous combustion. Tens of millions are infected, but there is no vaccine. There is no security. Teams of volunteers willfully kill and burn carriers of the disease. But there is a mysterious Firefighter, his skin is covered with «scales», but he controls the burning of his body and uses it to protect other patients. In these desperate times, Nurse Harper Grayson must uncover the secrets of the Firefighter before she herself turns to ashes.
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