A 2003 non-series novel by Earl Emerson known for his Mac Fontana and Thomas Black series. After 1998, he stopped writing fiction series and produced 6 non-series firefighting thrillers between 2002 and 2008. In 2009, he published Cape Disappointment, a return to his Thomas Black series, his last book to date. His book jacket blurbs list him as a Lieutenant with the Seattle Fire Department.Firefighting Thriller - Three firefighters were already dead or brain-dead when Stan Beebe told Lt Jim Swope he was at the end of a 7 day syndrome and then was killed in a car crash. Swope realizes he has the syndrome and Stephanie Riggs reveals her sister, Jim's ex-girlfriend is brain dead. Jim and Stephanie try to find the common cause and solution for the epidemic.
Not many of the scary books I read give me bad dreams, but I had to stop reading this at bedtime and reserve it for other times instead. Emerson, himself a firefighter, knows exactly what can go wrong in a fire, and he spins a riveting adrenaline rush of a tale that is nearly impossible to put down till the last page has been turned.Novels with supernatural boogeymen do not bother me. I know that they are fictional. This was entertaining, yet also disturbing, because it could have happened. It really could.Searing, and a must-read for those who like thrillers and mysteries.
What do You think about Into The Inferno (2004)?
Good story. The main character is a single-father firefighter at a small department who, along with 5 or 6 other people, is exposed to a toxic spill in a truck accident. Six weeks later, everyone starts getting mildly sick which quickly blossoms and turns fatal--at least for the brain--in 7 days. With help from his girlfriend's sister, he figures out what happened, and barely (really, barely!), finds a cure for the 2 people--himself and another firefighter--who haven't already gone braid-dead. Different from Emerson's other books, but still good.
—Cat.
