![]() Harper finds purpose there, but Jakob has found a purpose too: he's joined the Cremation Crews, brutal marauders who kill the infected on sight. He takes her to Camp Wyndham, where the infected have learned to control and harness what they call the Bright%E2%80%94the flames that smolder just beneath their skin. Harper flees and encounters John Rookwood, a near-mythical figure known as the Fireman. Her husband, Jakob, doesn't want the baby and attacks Harper when he realizes she wants to keep it. As the beautiful filigreed markings of Dragonscale start to flourish on her body, she vows to do anything to bring her baby safely into the world. ![]() Soon she discovers that not only is she infected but she's also pregnant. School nurse Harper Grayson volunteers at a local hospital in Concord, N.H., until it burns down. A spore dubbed Dragonscale infects people, draws patterns on their skin, and eventually makes them spontaneously combust%E2%80%94and it's rapidly spreading. In Hill's superb supernatural thriller, the world is falling apart in a maelstrom of flame and fury. ![]()
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