Inferno (Dawn of Ruin, #1)

When the fires of hell itself rain down on your head, how far will you go to keep your loved ones safe?

A firestorm rages across North America, destroying everything in its path.

In its wake, a lone firefighter survives the conflagration - but his survival and journey home is anything but assured.

In a quiet suburb, a young boy finds himself to be the only survivor in a city full of the dead.

On the other side of the country, a family watches the devastation grow closer, though the flames are not the most dangerous threat they face...

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Extreme drought conditions in the West cause wildfires to spring out of control, tearing East across the country, destroying everything in their path. Caught in the midst of this firestorm, Liam Hayward - a smokejumper - is the only survivor of his unit. Injured and on his own, Liam's journey home means crossing a burned, irradiated wasteland where death may be the easiest way out.

In the Midwest, Liam's family watches the devastation growing ever closer, but the real danger comes from those around them. Panic grips the populace as the first ashes and embers rain down from the sky, and fire becomes a secondary danger as their fellow man will stop at nothing to try and stay safe - even if it means taking the lives of innocents.