Fire Monster

By Anita Lahey

Would you return to the landscape you watched burn as a child, especially if you and everyone else believed that the manic, wind-fuelled, merciless fire was your fault?

Set in a fictional version of the real Main-�-Dieu, Nova Scotia, where a 1976 wildfire caused catastrophic devastation, The Fire Monster, tells the tale of a skilled oil sands worker who returns to the Cape Breton fishing village where, as a child, he was blamed for causing the fire that tore through the local community, consuming bush, trees, houses, boats, cars, animals and the century-old gothic church. At once a poetry collection, a story inspired by true events, and a visually stunning comic-book adventure, The Fire Monster is a mixed genre story for the ages that explores the aftermath of tragedy, the frayed bonds of friendship and family, and 's redemptive power.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1990293379
• ISBN13: 9781990293375
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: Palimpsest Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 8.7"