Showing results by author "Joe Hill" in Science Fiction

Four short novels from the author of The Fireman and Horns. 'Rain' explores an escalating apocalyptic event, as downpours of nails spread out across the world. In 'Loaded', a mall security guard heroically stops a mass shooting, but his story begins to unravel, taking his sanity with it. 'Snapshot, 1988' tells of a kid in Silicon Valley who finds himself threatened. And in 'Aloft', a young man parachutes for the first time...and winds up a castaway on an impossibly solid cloud.

Some flames burn too brightly to be extinguished. This exceptional new thriller from Joe Hill is essential reading for 2016 and perfect for fans of Justin Cronin's The Passage. In a world overtaken by a deadly and dramatic new virus, Harper is determined to live long enough to deliver her baby. But when all it takes is a spark to start a deadly blaze, she's going to need some help from the mysterious fireman.

Nadie sabe dónde y cuándo se originó, pero una plaga se ha extendido por todas partes. Los médicos la llaman Trichophyton draco incendia; los demás, escama de dragón, una espora que marca la piel de los contagiados con manchas negras y doradas antes de hacerles estallar en llamas. Y no hay antídoto.