Wild Inferno (wild Mystery Series)
Paperback – December 20, 2018
by SANDI AULT (Author)
"Ault uses her knowledge of the high, dry West to give us a look at Pueblo Indian culture." —Tony Hillerman
WILD INFERNO is the exciting second book in the WILD Mystery Series WILD INDIGO introduced rough-and-ready Bureau of Land Management Resource Protection Agent Jamaica Wild. Now she returns—deployed to a wildfire on the Southern Ute reservation. There, a puzzling plea whispered by a burning man points to a mystery more menacing than murder. When a wildfire erupts on the Southern Ute Reservation, Jamaica Wild risks her safety to go after a Ute man named Grampa Ned who wandered into the area, leaving no trace. But before she can find him, a firestorm forces her to run for her life. As she escapes, Jamaica discovers a firefighter smoldering on the side of the road. The man, part of a hotshot crew trapped in the burn area, sputters a cryptic message to Jamaica before losing consciousness. As the fire rages out of control, it threatens an encampment of determined Pueblo people at nearby Chimney Rock—including Tanoah elder Momma Anna and Jamaica's wolf companion, Mountain. Since ancient times, the Puebloans have gathered to celebrate a sacred, celestial phenomenon: Every eighteen years, the moon hangs suspended for a few breathtaking minutes, ensnared between Chimney Rock's twin spires. Even an all-consuming wildfire won't keep them from upholding their tradition.Jamaica's relentless pursuit of clues plunges her into peril. As the fire blazes unabated and the area becomes a war zone with thundering helicopters and armies of firefighters, Jamaica unravels riddles while eluding an armed stalker. When she finds a blackened body, the FBI enlists her help. To ensure that the Native Americans and her wolf are safe, Jamaica must decode the burning man's whispered words and answer the questions that haunt her: What was Grampa Ned doing on the mountain—and why didn't the burning man stay with his crew? What would make them risk incineration in a WILD INFERNO?NAMED ON FIVE “BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR” LISTS, INCLUDING PUBLISHERS WEEKLY AND LIBRARY JOURNAL
“This edge-of-the-seat sequel to Ault’s successful debut, WILD INDIGO, demonstrates her skill at weaving together plot lines, complex characters, and lots of suspense.”—LIBRARY JOURNAL (Best Books of the Year List) “Ault smoothly blends a murder mystery plot with Native American lore in this impressive sequel...”—PUBLISHERS WEEKLY (Best Books of the Year List) "The vivacious Ault knows whereof she writes in Wild Inferno…Where Ault excels is in developing a suspenseful, action-filled mystery on rugged Southwest terrain." — NEW MEXICO MAGAZINEPaperback – December 20, 2018
by SANDI AULT (Author)
"Ault uses her knowledge of the high, dry West to give us a look at Pueblo Indian culture." —Tony Hillerman
WILD INFERNO is the exciting second book in the WILD Mystery Series WILD INDIGO introduced rough-and-ready Bureau of Land Management Resource Protection Agent Jamaica Wild. Now she returns—deployed to a wildfire on the Southern Ute reservation. There, a puzzling plea whispered by a burning man points to a mystery more menacing than murder. When a wildfire erupts on the Southern Ute Reservation, Jamaica Wild risks her safety to go after a Ute man named Grampa Ned who wandered into the area, leaving no trace. But before she can find him, a firestorm forces her to run for her life. As she escapes, Jamaica discovers a firefighter smoldering on the side of the road. The man, part of a hotshot crew trapped in the burn area, sputters a cryptic message to Jamaica before losing consciousness. As the fire rages out of control, it threatens an encampment of determined Pueblo people at nearby Chimney Rock—including Tanoah elder Momma Anna and Jamaica's wolf companion, Mountain. Since ancient times, the Puebloans have gathered to celebrate a sacred, celestial phenomenon: Every eighteen years, the moon hangs suspended for a few breathtaking minutes, ensnared between Chimney Rock's twin spires. Even an all-consuming wildfire won't keep them from upholding their tradition.Jamaica's relentless pursuit of clues plunges her into peril. As the fire blazes unabated and the area becomes a war zone with thundering helicopters and armies of firefighters, Jamaica unravels riddles while eluding an armed stalker. When she finds a blackened body, the FBI enlists her help. To ensure that the Native Americans and her wolf are safe, Jamaica must decode the burning man's whispered words and answer the questions that haunt her: What was Grampa Ned doing on the mountain—and why didn't the burning man stay with his crew? What would make them risk incineration in a WILD INFERNO?NAMED ON FIVE “BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR” LISTS, INCLUDING PUBLISHERS WEEKLY AND LIBRARY JOURNAL
“This edge-of-the-seat sequel to Ault’s successful debut, WILD INDIGO, demonstrates her skill at weaving together plot lines, complex characters, and lots of suspense.”—LIBRARY JOURNAL (Best Books of the Year List) “Ault smoothly blends a murder mystery plot with Native American lore in this impressive sequel...”—PUBLISHERS WEEKLY (Best Books of the Year List) "The vivacious Ault knows whereof she writes in Wild Inferno…Where Ault excels is in developing a suspenseful, action-filled mystery on rugged Southwest terrain." — NEW MEXICO MAGAZINE
Wildfire
Hardcover Edition
by Zane Grey (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.
Hardcover Edition
by Zane Grey (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.
Wildfire
Hardcover – January 1, 1986
by Richard Martin Stern (Author)
Limns a portrait of a catastrophic forest fire in New Mexico's Samrio National Forest, where a prolonged drought, the homes that fringe the forest, campers, and two escaped convicts are the ingredients for disaster
Hardcover – January 1, 1986
by Richard Martin Stern (Author)
Limns a portrait of a catastrophic forest fire in New Mexico's Samrio National Forest, where a prolonged drought, the homes that fringe the forest, campers, and two escaped convicts are the ingredients for disaster
Wildfire : Memories Of A Wildland Firefighter
Kindle Edition
by Ralph Ryan (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
Wildfire is an exhilarating tale of the lengths one man goes in pursuit of a dream. Told he'll never make the cut to become an elite California Smokejumper, Ralph Ryan employs laser-like focus, a 'never give up' attitude, and the calming mental training of Eastern mysticism to earn the right to leap out of planes and fight forest fires. There's beauty and danger in these pages, filled with bird's eye views of the world from beneath a parachute, and raging blazes just steps away. When an accident results in a broken back, Ryan offers all of us a moving lesson in belief in oneself and overcoming our own bleakest days. This is a funny, fast-paced insider's look at one of the most dangerous jobs in the world, and the passion that accompanies smokejumpers every time they bail above the flames.
Kindle Edition
by Ralph Ryan (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
Wildfire is an exhilarating tale of the lengths one man goes in pursuit of a dream. Told he'll never make the cut to become an elite California Smokejumper, Ralph Ryan employs laser-like focus, a 'never give up' attitude, and the calming mental training of Eastern mysticism to earn the right to leap out of planes and fight forest fires. There's beauty and danger in these pages, filled with bird's eye views of the world from beneath a parachute, and raging blazes just steps away. When an accident results in a broken back, Ryan offers all of us a moving lesson in belief in oneself and overcoming our own bleakest days. This is a funny, fast-paced insider's look at one of the most dangerous jobs in the world, and the passion that accompanies smokejumpers every time they bail above the flames.
Wildfire at Dawn: Firehawks Smokejumpers, Book 1
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M. L. Buchman(Author, Narrator), Buchman Bookworks, Inc.(Publisher)
Johnny Akbar Jepps, lead smokejumper for Mount Hood Aviation, is always first out of the plane, first into the fire, and first with the ladies. But the one thing he never puts on the line? His heart. Until he meets a woman who gallops away with it. Laura Jenson, wilderness guide and expert horsewoman, leads tourists from the Mount Hood Timberline Lodge into the wilds of Oregon. She knows the game and has no interest in some lady-killing, full-of-himself smokejumper. Not until Johnny lights her heart on fire. They both risk everything without getting burned in the Wildfire at Dawn.
Paperpack
M. L. Buchman(Author, Narrator), Buchman Bookworks, Inc.(Publisher)
Johnny Akbar Jepps, lead smokejumper for Mount Hood Aviation, is always first out of the plane, first into the fire, and first with the ladies. But the one thing he never puts on the line? His heart. Until he meets a woman who gallops away with it. Laura Jenson, wilderness guide and expert horsewoman, leads tourists from the Mount Hood Timberline Lodge into the wilds of Oregon. She knows the game and has no interest in some lady-killing, full-of-himself smokejumper. Not until Johnny lights her heart on fire. They both risk everything without getting burned in the Wildfire at Dawn.
Wildfire at Larch Creek: Firehawks Smokejumpers, Book 2
Audible Audiobook – Unabridged
M. L. Buchman (Author, Narrator), Buchman Bookworks, Inc. (Publisher)
Audible Audiobook – Unabridged
M. L. Buchman (Author, Narrator), Buchman Bookworks, Inc. (Publisher)
Wildfire in the Wilderness
Paperback – Illustrated, August 30, 2006
by Chris Czajkowski (Author)
This latest book from Chris Czajkowski's spectacular corner of the world is another engrossing account of life in her wilderness. She regales the reader with stories of shimmering mountain peaks, roaring snow-fed creeks, bears, eagles and monstrous storms; and tales of her dogs--Bucky (short for Buckethead), who chases everything; Max, who tussles with wolves and a porcupine; and Raffi, a large, happy animal who thinks he's a lapdog. The book culminates in a white-knuckle account of the all-too-close Lonesome Lake fire of 2004, from its infancy as a lightning strike reported in nearby Tweedsmuir Provincial Park, to Czajkowski's realization that her first wilderness cabin had been consumed by fire, and the dreaded moment when she was ordered by radiophone to evacuate everyone from the area. Czajkowski became well known to Canadians through her correspondence with Peter Gzowski on CBC's Morningside, where she described her initial foray into the wilderness near Lonesome Lake. The letters were expanded into the bestselling Cabin at Singing River. From there she moved to virgin ground at Nuk Tessli, where she has lived for nearly 20 years. Wildfire in the Wilderness, describes recent visitors to her world--filmmakers, media people, pilots, friends and paying guests--and a technician, who flew in to connect her cabin to the Internet, despite the vagaries of a homemade power system and winds that can make short work of a satellite dish. Her stories of the many people she meets are as engaging as her meditations on the solitude she loves.
Paperback – Illustrated, August 30, 2006
by Chris Czajkowski (Author)
This latest book from Chris Czajkowski's spectacular corner of the world is another engrossing account of life in her wilderness. She regales the reader with stories of shimmering mountain peaks, roaring snow-fed creeks, bears, eagles and monstrous storms; and tales of her dogs--Bucky (short for Buckethead), who chases everything; Max, who tussles with wolves and a porcupine; and Raffi, a large, happy animal who thinks he's a lapdog. The book culminates in a white-knuckle account of the all-too-close Lonesome Lake fire of 2004, from its infancy as a lightning strike reported in nearby Tweedsmuir Provincial Park, to Czajkowski's realization that her first wilderness cabin had been consumed by fire, and the dreaded moment when she was ordered by radiophone to evacuate everyone from the area. Czajkowski became well known to Canadians through her correspondence with Peter Gzowski on CBC's Morningside, where she described her initial foray into the wilderness near Lonesome Lake. The letters were expanded into the bestselling Cabin at Singing River. From there she moved to virgin ground at Nuk Tessli, where she has lived for nearly 20 years. Wildfire in the Wilderness, describes recent visitors to her world--filmmakers, media people, pilots, friends and paying guests--and a technician, who flew in to connect her cabin to the Internet, despite the vagaries of a homemade power system and winds that can make short work of a satellite dish. Her stories of the many people she meets are as engaging as her meditations on the solitude she loves.
Wildfire on the Skagit: Firehawks Smokejumpers, Book 3
Audible Audiobook – Unabridged
M. L. Buchman (Author, Narrator), Buchman Bookworks, Inc. (Publisher)
Audible Audiobook – Unabridged
M. L. Buchman (Author, Narrator), Buchman Bookworks, Inc. (Publisher)
Wildfire: A Novel
Hardcover – October 7, 2014
by Mary Pauline Lowry (Author)
Julie has an obsession with fire that began after her parents died when she was twelve years old. Her pyromania leads her to take an unlikely job as a forest firefighter on an elite, Type 1 “Hotshot” crew of forest firefighters who travel the American West battling wildfires. The only woman on the twenty person crew, Julie struggles both to prove her worth and find a place of belonging in the dangerous, insular, and very masculine world of fire (while also fighting against an eating disorder she's had since her teens). As her season “on the line” progresses so do her relationships with the strange and varied cast of characters that make up her hotshots team—and she learns what it means to put your life on the line for someone else.
Wildfire is a tough, gritty, and fascinating story from an exciting new voice in American fiction. Fans of the movie Backdraft or Cheryl Strayed’s memoir Wild will enjoy this fast paced debut. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fiction—novels, novellas, political and medical thrillers, comedy, satire, historical fiction, romance, erotic and love stories, mystery, classic literature, folklore and mythology, literary classics including Shakespeare, Dumas, Wilde, Cather, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.Hardcover – October 7, 2014
by Mary Pauline Lowry (Author)
Julie has an obsession with fire that began after her parents died when she was twelve years old. Her pyromania leads her to take an unlikely job as a forest firefighter on an elite, Type 1 “Hotshot” crew of forest firefighters who travel the American West battling wildfires. The only woman on the twenty person crew, Julie struggles both to prove her worth and find a place of belonging in the dangerous, insular, and very masculine world of fire (while also fighting against an eating disorder she's had since her teens). As her season “on the line” progresses so do her relationships with the strange and varied cast of characters that make up her hotshots team—and she learns what it means to put your life on the line for someone else.
Wildfire is a tough, gritty, and fascinating story from an exciting new voice in American fiction. Fans of the movie Backdraft or Cheryl Strayed’s memoir Wild will enjoy this fast paced debut. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fiction—novels, novellas, political and medical thrillers, comedy, satire, historical fiction, romance, erotic and love stories, mystery, classic literature, folklore and mythology, literary classics including Shakespeare, Dumas, Wilde, Cather, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
Wildfire: On the Front Lines with Station 8
Paperback – October 15, 2020
by Heather Hansen (Author)
- The author was embedded with one of the busiest wildfire crews in the United States
- Reveals wildfires through the experiences of the people who go face-to-face with them
- Focuses on challenges faced in Western states.
Every year wildfires ravage forests, destroy communities, and devastate human lives, with only the bravery of dedicated firefighters creating a barrier against even greater destruction. Throughout the 2016 wildfire season, journalist Heather Hansen witnessed firsthand the heroics of the Station 8 crew in Boulder, Colorado. She tells that story here, layered with the added context of the history, science, landscape, and human behavior that, year-by-year, increases the severity, frequency, and costs of conflagrations in the West. She examines the changes in both mindset and activity around wildfires and tracks the movement from wildfire as something useful, to something feared, to something necessary but roundly dreaded. Wildfire shares the drama, hardships, and experiences of the firefighters who try, sometimes in vain, to prevent destruction when a spark flares out of control. Hansen tells the rich and frightening stories of the firefighters themselves and the challenges they face: a safety system struggling to keep up with fire seasons that are lengthening, fires that are becoming more extreme, and agencies that are struggling to cover the bills.
Paperback – October 15, 2020
by Heather Hansen (Author)
- The author was embedded with one of the busiest wildfire crews in the United States
- Reveals wildfires through the experiences of the people who go face-to-face with them
- Focuses on challenges faced in Western states.
Every year wildfires ravage forests, destroy communities, and devastate human lives, with only the bravery of dedicated firefighters creating a barrier against even greater destruction. Throughout the 2016 wildfire season, journalist Heather Hansen witnessed firsthand the heroics of the Station 8 crew in Boulder, Colorado. She tells that story here, layered with the added context of the history, science, landscape, and human behavior that, year-by-year, increases the severity, frequency, and costs of conflagrations in the West. She examines the changes in both mindset and activity around wildfires and tracks the movement from wildfire as something useful, to something feared, to something necessary but roundly dreaded. Wildfire shares the drama, hardships, and experiences of the firefighters who try, sometimes in vain, to prevent destruction when a spark flares out of control. Hansen tells the rich and frightening stories of the firefighters themselves and the challenges they face: a safety system struggling to keep up with fire seasons that are lengthening, fires that are becoming more extreme, and agencies that are struggling to cover the bills.
Yellowstone Hellfire: A Disaster Thriller (The Yellowstone Series Book 1)
Audible Audiobook – Unabridged
Bobby Akart (Author), Chris Abernathy (Narrator), Bobby Akart Inc. (Publisher)
Audible Audiobook – Unabridged
Bobby Akart (Author), Chris Abernathy (Narrator), Bobby Akart Inc. (Publisher)
Yellowstone Inferno: A Disaster Thriller (The Yellowstone Series Book 2)
Kindle Edition
by Bobby Akart (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
Civilization exists by geologic consent, subject to change without notice. The land beneath Yellowstone's caldera is hot. Huffing and puffing. Moving, stretching and bulging. Everything has a boiling point. Yellowstone has reached the point of no return.
"Take some deep breaths before you start this one, because you will need the extra oxygen." The Yellowstone Series, a disaster thriller from international bestselling author, Bobby Akart, takes the reader on a thrill ride as a cataclysmic event of extinction level proportions ticks away like a time bomb, awaiting its moment. Millions of people visit the Yellowstone National Park every year blissfully unaware they are on top of the greatest killer man has ever known - the Yellowstone Supervolcano. "Be it prophesy or good story telling, the author has once again brought us a masterpiece of horror.". Volcanoes are the Earth's way of letting off steam. Deep beneath the surface of the planet, excess heat builds up, and it seeks a way to vent. Like an overcrowded bus on a sweltering summer day, the overheated magma stews in its own madness, eventually allowing pent-up frustrations to boil over until it releases its fury - its Inferno - upon the world above. Yellowstone is not an ordinary volcano. It is an extraordinary killer that will show itself in due time. The eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano will be more than a spectacle to grab our attention. It will be the end of the world as we know it. ABOUT THE YELLOWSTONE SERIES Volcanoes are the Earth's way of letting off steam. While most people look at volcanic eruptions as natural disasters, the fact of the matter is, without them, the Earth would explode. Deep beneath the surface of the planet, excess heat builds up, finding a way to vent. Like an overcrowded bus on a hot summer day, the overheated magma stews in its own madness, allowing pent-up frustrations to boil over, until it releases its fury - its HELLFIRE - upon the world above. Yellowstone is the most potentially explosive, violent, deadly, active volcano on our planet and scientists agree, a catastrophic eruption is inevitable. Yellowstone is extraordinary in its potential and is quite simply, Earth's greatest killer. You've been warned. BOOKS IN THE YELLOWSTONE SERIES Book One: Hellfire Book Two: Inferno Book Three: Fallout Book Four: SurvivalKindle Edition
by Bobby Akart (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
Civilization exists by geologic consent, subject to change without notice. The land beneath Yellowstone's caldera is hot. Huffing and puffing. Moving, stretching and bulging. Everything has a boiling point. Yellowstone has reached the point of no return.
"Take some deep breaths before you start this one, because you will need the extra oxygen." The Yellowstone Series, a disaster thriller from international bestselling author, Bobby Akart, takes the reader on a thrill ride as a cataclysmic event of extinction level proportions ticks away like a time bomb, awaiting its moment. Millions of people visit the Yellowstone National Park every year blissfully unaware they are on top of the greatest killer man has ever known - the Yellowstone Supervolcano. "Be it prophesy or good story telling, the author has once again brought us a masterpiece of horror.". Volcanoes are the Earth's way of letting off steam. Deep beneath the surface of the planet, excess heat builds up, and it seeks a way to vent. Like an overcrowded bus on a sweltering summer day, the overheated magma stews in its own madness, eventually allowing pent-up frustrations to boil over until it releases its fury - its Inferno - upon the world above. Yellowstone is not an ordinary volcano. It is an extraordinary killer that will show itself in due time. The eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano will be more than a spectacle to grab our attention. It will be the end of the world as we know it. ABOUT THE YELLOWSTONE SERIES Volcanoes are the Earth's way of letting off steam. While most people look at volcanic eruptions as natural disasters, the fact of the matter is, without them, the Earth would explode. Deep beneath the surface of the planet, excess heat builds up, finding a way to vent. Like an overcrowded bus on a hot summer day, the overheated magma stews in its own madness, allowing pent-up frustrations to boil over, until it releases its fury - its HELLFIRE - upon the world above. Yellowstone is the most potentially explosive, violent, deadly, active volcano on our planet and scientists agree, a catastrophic eruption is inevitable. Yellowstone is extraordinary in its potential and is quite simply, Earth's greatest killer. You've been warned. BOOKS IN THE YELLOWSTONE SERIES Book One: Hellfire Book Two: Inferno Book Three: Fallout Book Four: Survival
Young Men and Fire: Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition
Paperback – Illustrated, May 1, 2017
by Norman Maclean (Author), Timothy Egan (Foreword)
A devastating and lyrical work of nonfiction, Young Men and Fire describes the events of August 5, 1949, when a crew of fifteen of the US Forest Service’s elite airborne firefighters, the Smokejumpers, stepped into the sky above a remote forest fire in the Montana wilderness. Two hours after their jump, all but three of the men were dead or mortally burned. Haunted by these deaths for forty years, Norman Maclean puts together the scattered pieces of the Mann Gulch tragedy in Young Men and Fire, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award.
Alongside Maclean’s now-canonical A River Runs through It and Other Stories, Young Men and Fire is recognized today as a classic of the American West. This twenty-fifth anniversary edition of Maclean’s later triumph—the last book he would write—includes a powerful new foreword by Timothy Egan, author of The Big Burn and The Worst Hard Time. As moving and profound as when it was first published, Young Men and Fire honors the literary legacy of a man who gave voice to an essential corner of the American soul.Paperback – Illustrated, May 1, 2017
by Norman Maclean (Author), Timothy Egan (Foreword)
A devastating and lyrical work of nonfiction, Young Men and Fire describes the events of August 5, 1949, when a crew of fifteen of the US Forest Service’s elite airborne firefighters, the Smokejumpers, stepped into the sky above a remote forest fire in the Montana wilderness. Two hours after their jump, all but three of the men were dead or mortally burned. Haunted by these deaths for forty years, Norman Maclean puts together the scattered pieces of the Mann Gulch tragedy in Young Men and Fire, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award.
Alongside Maclean’s now-canonical A River Runs through It and Other Stories, Young Men and Fire is recognized today as a classic of the American West. This twenty-fifth anniversary edition of Maclean’s later triumph—the last book he would write—includes a powerful new foreword by Timothy Egan, author of The Big Burn and The Worst Hard Time. As moving and profound as when it was first published, Young Men and Fire honors the literary legacy of a man who gave voice to an essential corner of the American soul.