Two countries on the brink of nuclear war. The President is bent on avenging the greatest loss a man can endure: the First Lady. A dangerous religious organization vying to control the fate of the earth. A mysterious virus leading to the resurrection of the dead all over the planet. A bestial nightmare of a creature straight out of Revelation. These are the elements at play in FIRE, an epic novel of the world in what might be its final days. "Every so often, a truly seminal book is published in the horror field. Blatty's The Exorcist, King's The Stand, Barker's Books of Blood. Alan Rodgers' Fire is such a book. It is a tale of amazing sweep and scope, uniting Biblical prophecies and hightech, ancient horrors with new ones cobbled up from labs and shadows. After this book, everything changes." -- J. Michael Straczynski, creator of Babylon Five "With Fire, Alan Rodgers shows that he can set the whole world of horror alight. Powerful, frightening, apocalyptic." -- Graham Masterton "This book's pages turn like a windmill in an F-5 tornado!" -- the Publisher FIRE characters facing the end of the world Luke Munson: scientist trying to figure out dinosaur DNA Ron Hawkins: college student and janitor . . . his graduation plans are interrupted by the apocalypse President Paul Green: loses his beloved First Lady on a trip to Russia and tries to start WWIII. Herman Bonner: Mad scientist and just plain whacked out ... His creation, the Beast from Revelation. And Tom, the dog who dies and comes back to life again. Along with a whole lot of other people and animals we usually eat.