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Combustion
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March 1, 2024
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March 31, 2024
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Marie
Occult Horror!

Backstory:

Detective Ronald Henderson arrives on a scene that is baffling as a well known firefighter is dead in his house burnt to ashes. No one seems to know what happened or what would have caused his ashy demise especially when nothing else around him is burned. But then another man (a firefighter) is found dead the same way and the detective wonders if maybe they have an arson serial killer on their hands except this time there was a witness - the man's young son, Sam saw what
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Zain
The Roof! The Roof! The Roof is on Fireyah!

A book about fire. A book about fear. A book about a demon. Xanphan, the demon is a menace to the world.

James Turner is a great firefighter, but he loses his mind and his morals when he is fired from his job.

Somehow the weapon that he creates to get his revenge, is turned on himself and he is destroyed by it.

His son Sam witnesses his demise and it changes him. Which causes a change in the world.

Sam becomes the supreme focus of this story and as the sto
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Sarah {needs active mutuals!} ♡
Apr 11, 2024 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: horror, kindle
Combustion is an occult horror, with the creepy, possessed, child element that can make stories of this ilk very sinister indeed. It will grip you right from the beginning as a fire-fighter, James, appears to spontaneously combust right in front of his young son, Sam’s eyes.
Detective Ronald Henderson is assigned the case as more charred remains turn up, with zero explanation. The fire-fighting Father wasn’t the first to die in this fiery way (his boss did!) and he most certainly won’t be the la
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Sally
Apr 27, 2024 rated it it was amazing
I have owned a physical copy of this book for far too long! I was so happy that Justin joined our Castle Terror Buddy Read to give me the nudge I needed to finally crack the spine! A book about spontaneous human combustion sounded fun, and it was!

Due to cutbacks, firefighter James loses his job. He tries to summon demonic assistance in a desperate attempt to get revenge against his boss.

This reads like an early episode of the TV show Supernatural. Intense, yet fun. And you just can't beat a cree
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