RING OF FIRE, George Hall, 2004
In George Hall’s Ring of Fire, the city of San Francisco and its fire department are besieged by the worst wave of arson to hit an American city since a group of whackos tried to burn down Boston back in the 1980's.
And guess what? The mayor’s decided it’s the perfect time to save some money by closing some fire companies and laying off firefighters! Who’d ever think something like that could happen?
The arsonists don’t seem to be motivated by revenge or money – the usual reasons for torching a building.
To Danny Ahearn and Francis Toomey, SFFD rescue captains assigned to the task force investigating the arson spree, it’s almost as if the arsonists stand in front a building, study it, and then say, “Now wouldn’t that make an interesting job!”
One of the original correspondents for Firehouse Magazine, George Hall is a writer and photographer who has been specializing in firefighting topics for over thirty years.
In Ring of Fire Hall re-creates the complex world of the professional urban firefighter – from courageous and often outrageous members of engine and ladder company crews to rescue company legends, from devotional members of the local buff clubs to the hovering vultures of the local news media, from the dedicated and experienced chiefs on the line with the troops to the nearly brain-dead bureaucrats hiding out at headquarters.
Ring of Fire, the first in a project series of SFFD Rescue One novels, introduces a terrific cast of absolutely on target, realistic characters who display the courage, dedication and humor that are so integral to the life of the firefighter as they get closer and closer to catching the arsonists trying to torch the City by the Bay.
6" x 9", 267 pages, hardcover, ISBN: 1-879848-28-7, BR8582 / $27.95
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