By Earl Emerson
From the phobia of a lightless, smoke-clogged development to the secrets and techniques stored by means of the lads and girls who belief their companions with their lives, Earl Emerson understands the realm of firefighting like no different author–and writes approximately it with ardour and piercing honesty. In his notable new mystery, Emerson fuses jointly a gripping drama with unforgettable scenes of peril that, during this realm, can explode at any moment. Jason Gun, a risk-taking rookie firefighter who grew up at the improper part of the tracks, has present in his firehouse the kin he by no means had as a toddler. Then, in a single ill-fated flip of occasions, all of it starts off to move incorrect. A extraordinary coincidence brings a thrill-seeking girl into Engine corporation 29–and into Jason’s existence. by surprise, his destiny at the task is in danger. fellow firefighters understand that he overlooked a choice as a result of a few sexual heroics on the incorrect time and position. Now, deeply of their debt, he'll discover what sort of males his companions relatively are. whilst those firefighters encounter a fortune in lacking bearer bonds–money present in a lifeless man’s house–Jason is compelled to develop into an adjunct to their crime. And while proof in their greed, foolishness, and thievery starts to emerge, Jason is witness to an excellent darker deed. abruptly, the twenty-four-year-old, who in simple terms desired to do the proper factor, is trapped in the back of a wall of silence. attempting to undo his mistake, Jason strikes additional into the darkness, the place a gorgeous younger lady could simply be his emotional rescue–or another very mistaken circulation. regrettably for Jason, the worst isn’t in the back of him. Like a hearth hit by means of wind, the killing has raged uncontrolled. shooting the skinny line that separates a hero from a felony, and an enemy from a chum, Earl Emerson’s new novel is a gripping story of a man’s risky fall from grace–and of his fierce conflict for redemption.
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You have a split second to make decisions upon which lives depend. There exists the very real possibility of getting injured. Or killed. Tonight it is more than adrenaline, however. Tonight I am crazy with fright. Fright that Tronstad will go into the fire without me and end up maimed. Fright that people will die because of my absence, that Sears will hound me out of the department. Fright that I will become the department laughingstock. Sears is a no-nonsense, by-the-book officer who does not tolerate screwups, and this is the pièce de résistance of screwups.
Nobody is laughing except Tronstad; but then, Tronstad is the kind of guy who would tell dirty jokes at his own mother’s funeral— and did. I can’t help noticing Holmes, the fire investigator, talking to Lieutenant Sears across the yard. After a while, Chief Abbott joins their enclave and all three steal looks at me. Five minutes later Lieutenant Sears approaches and kneels in front of me, touching my knees with both his hands. Sears worships the fire department and everything it stands for, knows the operating guidelines like the inside of his pockets, and is one of the most personable people I’ve run across.
Tronstad had the night watch and would be ratholed for hours in front of the television. I could most likely get away with this. In college I’d walked in on my roommate while he and a girl he picked up at a party were humping; she’d had the same listless look in her eyes Iola Pederson had right now. Tronstad called it the doggy-fuck look, because it was what you saw on a couple of rutting dogs, the look you’d see in your own eyes if you were to look at yourself in the mirror during sex. As compliant as a schoolboy, I let her unbuckle my pants and pull my shorts down, burying me in her face.