Firewind

by Hank Searls

Best selling author Hank Searls ( Overboard , Jaws II ) sets a shattering thriller in the coastal fire country of Southern California, as he plumbs the ordeal of a homicide detective fighting to save Santa Barbara, a city penned between mountains and the sea in its yearly desert gale, engulfed by flames, and nearly destroyed by a psychopathic arsonist.

348 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1981

About the author

Born Henry Hunt Searls Jr. novelist and screenwriter Hank Searls, author of the best-selling Overboard, Jaws II (based on the movie), and Sounding, is creator of the New Breed TV series and writer for the 1960's classic television series The Fugitive . His novel Pilgrim Project became Robert Altman's film Countdown. He has lived most of his life on, under, or over the ocean, having been a world-cruising yachtsman, underwater photographer, and Navy flier.

Reviews

[Jan Sørensen]

See before. Very recommended boo about wild fires in Santa Barbara CA.

[Aaron]

3STARS! -it wasn't a "global destruction" story (like I thought it would be...for some reason) but it was pretty entertaining. I especially like the villain's perspective. I think it would make a decent action / thriller movie... maybe with Ryan Reynolds it could get some decent sized audiences...