{"product_id":"white-fire-9781455576234","title":"White Fire","description":"\u003cb\u003ePast and present collide as Special Agent Pendergast uncovers a mysterious connection between a string of 19th century bear attacks in a Colorado mining town, a long-lost Sherlock Holmes story, and a deadly arsonist.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eIn 1876, in a mining camp called Roaring Fork in the Colorado Rockies, eleven miners were killed by a rogue grizzly bear. Corrie Swanson has arranged to examine the miners' remains. When she makes a shocking discovery, town leaders try to stop her from exposing their community's dark and bloody past. \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJust as Special Agent Pendergast of the FBI arrives to rescue his protege, the town comes under siege by a murderous arsonist who-with brutal precision-begins burning down multimillion-dollar mansions with the families locked inside. Drawn deeper into the investigation, Pendergast discovers a long-lost Sherlock Holmes story that may be the key to solving both the mystery of the long-dead miners and the modern-day killings as well. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow, with the ski resort snowed in and under savage attack-and Corrie's life suddenly in grave danger-Pendergast must solve the enigma of the past before the town of the present goes up in flames.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe thrillers of Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child \"stand head and shoulders above their rivals\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e). Preston and Child's \u003ci\u003eRelic\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Cabinet of Curiosities\u003c\/i\u003e were chosen by readers in a National Public Radio poll as being among the one hundred greatest thrillers ever written, and \u003ci\u003eRelic\u003c\/i\u003e was made into a number-one box office hit movie. They are coauthors of the famed Pendergast series and their recent novels include\u003ci\u003e Fever Dream\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCold Vengeance\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTwo Graves\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGideon's Corpse\u003c\/i\u003e. In addition to his novels, Preston writes about archaeology for the New Yorker and Smithsonian magazines. Lincoln Child is a former book editor who has published five novels of his own, including the huge bestseller \u003ci\u003eDeep Storm\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003eReaders can sign up for The Pendergast File, a monthly \"strangely entertaining note\" from the authors, at their website, www.PrestonChild.com. The authors welcome visitors to their alarmingly active Facebook page, where they post regularly.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Grand Central Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50415523627282,"sku":"9781455576234","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f96eccf9-ba51-42ea-b388-3c9aa1eb7fb0.jpg?v=1729404569","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/white-fire-9781455576234","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}