"DOOMSDAY APPROACHES The turn of Amaterasu's key marks the beginning of the Great Cataclysm and the world's destruction. In the absence of Shinra and the other pillars, Company 8 holds a defensive line at Amaterasu, while the White Clad cult's onslaught continues unabated. Charon stakes his own life on one final release of power. Will his ultimate attack advance the doomsday clock further still? If the purifying flames of the apocalypse are fueled...

Eleven people - five of them children - are killed in west Philadelphia when 6221 Osage Avenue is bombed out of existence. One small boy is seen to escape the fire. From his life of self-exile on an island in the Aegean, Cudjoe mourns the child until it becomes an obsession, leading him home, forcing him to face up to his own profound alienation and to the wrenching realities of his native land. He searches for the boy and, as he does so, he searches...

"When a bolt of lightning strikes a tree in a remote part of Whitman Forest, it sparks a quickly spreading wildfire. The firefighters hurry to their water bomber to dump tons of water and fire-stopping chemicals ..."--Cover back.

Thirteen-year-old Lissa tries to adjust to her family's move to the South Jersey woods from her more sophisticated life in Brooklyn.

In 1947 in Maine, a raging fire that threatens their farm and the nearby town makes the members of Meg's extended family see their strained relationships in a new light.

Buzz the seaplane comes to the rescue when a forest fire breaks out on Black Bear Peak.

Selfish Marty Mule's refusal to share his stall with the other animals results in a fire that threatens Glenda Goose and her eggs. Includes factual information on geese.

Thirteen-year-old Danny and his family go on a challenging camping and canoeing trip from Minnesota into Canada, planning to rendezvous with Danny's older fire fighter brother along the way.