About the Book
From the award-winning author of Maplecroft and Boneshaker comes a new dark historical fantasy.
During the Great War, Tomas Cordero operated a devastating weapon — a flame projector that doused the enemy in liquid fire. Having left the battlefield a shattered man, he comes home to find yet more tragedy — his wife has died of the flu.
Haunted by the memories of the woman he loved and the atrocities he perpetrated, Tomas dreams of fire, and finds himself setting match to flame when awake...
Alice Dartle is a talented clairvoyant, Her fire-laden nightmares are connected to the shell-shocked war veteran and widower. And she believes she can bring peace to him and his wife’s spirit. But the inferno that threatens to consume Tomas and Alice was set ablaze centuries ago by someone whose hatred transcended death itself...
