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    Escrito por Joe Hill

    Narrado por Carla Castañeda

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    Nadie sabe dónde y cuándo se originó, pero una plaga se ha extendido por todas partes. Los médicos la llaman Trichophyton draco incendia; los demás, escama de dragón, una espora que marca la piel de los contagiados con manchas negras y doradas antes de hacerles estallar en llamas. Y no hay antídoto.

    La enfermera Harper Grayson está embarazada y ha visto a centenares de pacientes arder... o los veía antes de que el hospital se incendiara. Ahora sólo puede fijarse en las marcas que han empezado a recorrerle la piel. Mientras todo a su alrededor se ve envuelto en el caos por la enfermedad y los grupos que pretenden exterminar a los contagiados, Harper coincide con un misterioso desconocido que deambula entre los escombros con indumentaria de bombero y las marcas de la espora. Sin embargo, no arde. Es como si hubiera aprendido a usar el fuego a modo de escudo para las víctimas... y de arma contra los verdugos
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    Fecha de lanzamiento19 oct 2021
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    Joe Hill

    Joe Hill is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the novels The Fireman, NOS4A2, Horns, and Heart-Shaped Box; Strange Weather, a collection of novellas; and the acclaimed story collections Full Throttle and 20th Century Ghosts. He is also the Eisner Award–winning writer of a seven-volume comic book series, Locke & Key. Much of his work has been adapted for film and TV, including NOS4A2 (AMC), Locke & Key (Netflix), In the Tall Grass (Netflix), and The Black Phone (Blumhouse).

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    • 5/5
      Amazing book. I think this could be his best yet.

      I think the thing I appreciate most about Joe Hill's characters is that it is rarely the monsters who are monstrous. The so-called normal humans, by far, are the most monstrous--for me that rings true. The characters in general in Hill's books often find themselves in awful situations, yet not (sadly) unimaginable ones. Our world is too extreme for even this horror to be outside of the realm of current experience. But despite all that horror, the protagonist characters in these books are beautiful people--people I wish I knew in real life, though I am certainly glad enough to know them in fiction.

      Maybe I'm getting old and cynical, but I don't cry often at books these days. I cried at this one--because of how human and kind and vulnerable the so-called monsters are. And how human and vulnerable the so-called normal humans are. We're all a mess, and this book captured that state so very well.

      Thank you, Joe.
    • 3/5
      Hmmmm, I found out some way through that Joe Hill was Stephen King's son. If I hadn't found that out, I would have speculated that he was certainly channeling Stephen King as his father. I feel exactly the same way as I do about King: the small bits of magic that sparkle and gleam get fewer and fewer as page after page after page gets spewed out. Is "editor" considered an obscenity in the King household? This had the potential to be so much more than it turned out to be but I fear in order to be so much more it would have to be significantly less--at least 50% by my reckoning. Nothing that a wonderful red pen (hmmm, maybe a Franklin Christoph Model 20 with a custom grind and Montblanc Corn Poppy red ink) could not easily take care of. But until I hear that Mr. Hill has vowed to get lean and mean I will have to put him in the same list as his father: too long, didn't read.
    • 4/5
      3.5, this is outside of my already wide range of genres - gritty apocalyptic saga. This feels like several seasons of something like the walking dead crammed into an overly long book. I did enjoy the characters, so spending so long with them wasn't a chore. I just don't quite understand what the disease was, and why scientists hadn't tried to figure it out. I also feel like the book could have ended several times and just kept going. But this was my first Joe Hill so I might try another by him.
    • 4/5
      A spore is infecting people at an alarming rate, made worse by the fact that it usually results in spontaneous combustion. Harper is a nurse who had made a pact with her husband that if they became infected, they would kill themselves. But Harper is pregnant when she discovers the telltale signs of the spore, and she decides she wants to live until she gives birth. Her husband, who believes killing the infected is the only solution, is enraged, and Harper flees for her life. This isn't just an outbreak horror story. It's also about hope and resilience and religious cults and mob rule and medicine and family. It might not be everyone's cup of tea, but I liked it.
    • 3/5
      Hill's big, rollicking, end-of-the-world epic almost seems like a homage to his father, Stephen King. With a wink to the audience, Hill lets loose a barrage of thrills and chills that satisfies deeply.
    • 5/5
      I didn’t even read the blurb for this before going in so I knew nothing about it except the title and the cover art. The Fireman turned out to be exactly my kind of book. I love when a story makes me feel. I was angry, devastated, scared, invigorated, deeply touched— I could keep going. The amazing characters and storyline really pulled me in. It’s sort of an apocalyptic tale but not really and sort of dystopian but not exactly. Spores are infecting certain people and changing their makeup. Some spontaneously combust, and others react differently. The reader sees a lot of the best and worst of humanity. Page after page kept me on the edge, and after finishing, all I could do was try to recover from all of my overworked emotions. I couldn’t sleep that night because all of the sad and beautiful parts kept replaying in my head. The details and delivery are so intelligent that it completely feels real.
    • 3/5
      Disappointing. A big book that felt suffocatingly claustrophobic. Interesting premise, without doubt, but ultimately plodding; it needed to be at least a third shorter. Even the 'genetic' use of cultural markers used so successfully elsewhere to anchor the story in the everyday were overused -- buckets instead of deft brush strokes.
    • 4/5
      Joe Hill is growing on me. I wasn't crazy about "Heart-Shaped Box," but enjoyed "NOS4A2." I will write his books do have "dragging" sections. Fireman is better than those two other books. The last sentence of these chapters got a bit predictable - in the sense they were semi spoilers for what is to come. The few times things happened where there were no warning were enjoyable. Especially when the lead female's evil husband showed up. I nearly dropped the book when that happened.
    • 5/5
      I can't think of a single thing that I didn't like about this book, and I'm not sure what took me so long to read it. I loved the premise, the writing is solid, the characters are fantastic, and the story just flows along wonderfully.
    • 4/5
      I read this book during the pandemic, so the beginning where societal breakdown and overtaxed medical personnel are described nearly had me in tears. It felt so on point with the daily headlines and newscasts we are all so linked to. Joe had me hooked like a trout on a line as he led me through his post apocalypse. This story is truly a love story to his parents. You can definitely feel their literary influences in his storytelling. His subtle references to character names in The Stand felt like finding comic book Easter eggs while watching a Marvel movie. I groaned out loud. I cheered. I was truly surprised. Although I wished for a different ending, I believe Joe remained true in his vision of his characters. I applaud him and look forward to another great story by him.
    • 5/5
      I tentatively stepped into this story and was soon swallowed up by it. The characters were achingly real and the book so fast paced that I had to slow down when I reached the half-way mark so that I could savor it - I did not want it to end! Joe Hill is an amazing author who's been gifted with a talent that few possess. I always share my books with the few reader friends I have but this one will be hoarded for my personal library to be reread some day.
    • 5/5
      I received this from Edelweiss and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

      There aren't enough stars in the Goodreads rating system for this one! What a great book!

      Joe Hill channels his father's literary genes with this one, and it reads almost like an homage to classic Stephen King, with hidden "Easter eggs" hidden throughout from many of his father's books, as well as many of his own. Love it!

      The story itself is very compelling, and in typical Joe Hill fashion, the many twists and turns in the plot are quite shocking. The characters are believable and likeable, and the situations in which they find themselves never seem to let up, all the way to the ending. I'm not going to discuss anything about the plot, you can read the synopsis. But keep this in mind: the synopsis only covers a miniscule amount of the intensity of this book. Also keep in mind, this book will hit you over and over and over heart-wrenchingly deep in the feels.

      If you are already a Joe Hill or Stephen King fan, you know you need to read this book. If you haven't read any of Joe Hill's books, this would be an **excellent** place to start!
    • 2/5
      Not a bad book, but the endless callbacks to The Stand got exasperating, the ending was way too drawn out and I call BS on Hill's claim that his agent didn't know his real last name for years.
    • 4/5
      This author was new to me. I had never heard of him before. Initially I was attracted to the book because of its colour and then the blurb of the book really drew me in. I was fascinated by the story of a deadly disease called dragonscale and how it affected people. After reading the book I researched the author and discovered that Joe Hill is Stephen King's son. I was glad that I found this out afterwards rather than before I read it otherwise I may have not even picked it up. Why? Because I'm not a Stephen King fan. However, I never regretted reading it - far from it. It is classed as a horror book but I wouldn't class it that way. I have read some horrific books even though they weren't horror books. This book had some horrific scenes in it but not enough for me to class it as horror. This is part of why I'm not a fan of Stephen King because his horror books are really horrific.

      The book, whilst long, had short chapters which flowed easily from to the other even across books (it was divided up into books). It was very easy to read and the style of writing made you feel as though you were right there with the characters. The characters are many and varied. From the beginning of the book we are introduced to Harper Grayson who is a nurse at a local hospital. She is married to Jakob who turns out to be a psychopath driven to kill her and their unborn child. This desire in Jakob was driven by his fear that Harper had infected him and their child with dragonscale because she contracted the disease herself.

      We are then introduced to many other characters in quick succession but this didn't leave the reader feeling as though they were drowning in a massive array of characters. This aided the book's smooth, consistent, and quick flow.

      In order to really appreciate this book you need to read it for yourself. I loved it and would recommend it to any one who likes this sort of book. I think after some time has elapsed I would probably try reading this book again which is not something I do often with books unless it's really good.
    • 5/5
      Hands down my favorite Joe Hill book to date! Once I got into this I couldn't put it down and I stayed up past midnight last night to finish reading it. The Fireman was eerily reminiscent of "Fahrenheit 451" and his father, Stephen King's "The Stand" (which he acknowledges in the introduction, as well as giving JK Rowling some love. How can you not love this man??). Instead of a plague taking over the world, a spore is. Called dragonscale, it infects people causing their bodies to become "tattooed or written on with the scale" and eventually they start smoking, combust and die. When Nurse Harper contracts it her husband leaves in disgust, hoping he doesn't get it from her. Alone and pregnant she finds herself being helped as a man known as The Fireman because he has learned to control his dragonscale and weaponize it to defend himself. As the world slips further into decline and despair, Harper and the fireman hide in a little colony of the infected, trying to hide from cremation crews and other uninfected people who are soo scared of contracting dragonscale that they kill anyone they see with it. Together they learn to control and manage their dragonscale, even seeing it as a gift. Wonderfully written, the characters were tragically beautiful and sarcastic and at the end of the world I would want them by my side. LOVED this book!
    • 4/5
      A bit bloated but very effective overall. A post apocalyptic story, cool infectious disease story, a love story, a meditation on religion and shared emotion -- when does communal spirit become cultism?
    • 4/5
      “There’s something horribly unfair about dying in the middle of a good story, before you have a chance to see how it all comes out. Of course, I suppose everyone ALWAYS dies in the middle of a good story, in a sense. Your own story. Or the story of your grandchildren. Death is a raw deal for narrative junkies.”In my opinion, post-apocalyptic fiction could easily be considered a sub-genre of horror so it only makes sense for Joe Hill to be tackling it. In Hill’s version of the apocalypse, the world has drastically changed after a spore begins spreading that is quite literally burning everything (and everyone) to the ground. It’s known as Draco Incendia Trychophyton, or more commonly known as Dragonscale. The infected show signs on their skin in black and gold dragon scales which could be considered beautiful were it not for the fact it causes people, and those in close proximity, to spontaneously combust. Harper Grayson is a school nurse who begins volunteering at the local hospital at least until it too burns down. She returns home to her husband, Jakob, only to discover shortly after that she’s pregnant. Harper is intent on keeping the baby, convinced she’d be able to give birth to a healthy child, but Jakob disagrees and becomes exceedingly violent. Harper is forced to find a new safe place to see this pregnancy through which ends in a chance meeting with The Fireman, a man who straddles the line between hero and villain.“Do you spend a lot of nights keeping the fire department in hysterics with creative acts of arson?”“Everyone needs a hobby,” he said.This was an immense and time-consuming book, however, if you’ve read a Joe Hill book before you know that the man can’t seem to write a bad book. While this one was not nearly my favorite (that award goes to Heart Shaped Box, always) it’s always fascinating to see a well-loved author tackle a new genre and watch the world he created unfold. He also once again proves his talents for writing fantastic female characters. Merrin Williams in Horns, Victoria McQueen in NOS4A2, and now Harper Grayson in The Fireman. Where he really excelled though was with his created contagion, Dragonscale, and how it was built up and developed far more than most end of world diseases I’ve read about. Typically, stories such as these have a failure of sufficiently developing what led to the downfall of civilization and instead focuses on the world after instead. I could easily compare the time spent explaining and detailing Dragonscale (including the origins and scientific explanations) to how flawlessly Mira Grant handled Kellis Amberlee in her Newsflesh trilogy.‘Her Dragonscale pulsed with a disagreeable warmth, in a way that made her think of someone breathing on coals.’Camp Wyndham ends up being Harper’s “safe” place for her to continue her pregnancy but once she arrives there the pacing of the book seemed to suffer. Camp drama, strange religious aspects that are pretty standard for any end of world story, and various other plot lines were ongoing but I felt that much of it was often superfluous and ultimately never amounted to much when you consider how much time was spent exploring said plots. I applaud his effort for writing such a tome, but alas, I feel it could have been trimmed down just a bit. There was also the requisite yet under-developed bad guy that I’ve already mentioned: Jakob. To summarize, Jakob was a big bag of dicks.“I’ve never once met a woman who had any true intellectual rigor. There’s a reason things like Facebook and airplanes and all the other great inventions of our time were made by men.”And that’s just one example. Basically, he went a little psycho after he discovered Harper had contracted Dragonscale. They had touched one another in recent days so he became a hypochondriac, convinced that she had also infected him and sentenced him to his death. I felt that there wasn’t enough basis for him as a villain and wanted a bit more backstory to find out how his perverse mind worked, even though I doubt it would have been an enjoyable experience.Hill created a most enticing world full of love, bravery, and adventure in The Fireman. He also set the tone for possible future installments. I’ll admit, I did groan a bit because that’s just what this world needs more of: series. But this is Joe Hill, and I can’t not be curious.
    • 5/5
      The book that goes on and on and on. Great story. World building is great with an incurable disease. Likeable and hateful characters move the story along,
    • 5/5
      I love any and all things Joe Hill, and this one did not disappoint. Very original premise, and as I am a sucker for apocalypse fiction, I couldn't put this down. Character development really immersed me into this.
    • 1/5
      I really liked NOS4A2, and had high hopes for another good Joe Hill book. In reading and listening to over 300 books in the past 6 years or so I've never stopped reading 1/4 of the way through and skip to the ending. Until this book. It started off ok, decent concept. But he gets hung up on explaining things and telling side stories that add nothing but page counts to the story. The ending was just as bad. I recommend skipping this phone book sized book. Try an author who isn't using his pappy's success to avoid having a real job. Try an unknown indie author instead...
    • 5/5
      Harper Grayson was only trying to help others the day she became one of the infected. Now that she has the tell tale signs of contagion, her husband blames her and wants nothing to do with her. Scared and pregnant she has nobody to turn to. She considers trying to make it to her brother's house but does not want to put his family at risk. The cremation crews make it nearly impossible to leave home but when she is forced to run she meets up with a group of people who may be her salvation, or they may be too good to be true.
      Joe Hill knows how to tell a story. On par with "The Stand" and my all time favorite "Swan Song" is my new favorite The Fireman. Fast paced and heart pounding action packed. It's the end of the world as we know it. A plague of epic proportions brings out the best in our unlikely heroes and the worst in others. This book is full of twists and turns that left me never knowing who to trust from one minute to the next and I loved every minute of it. 5 out of 5 stars from me.


      I received an advance copy for review
    • 3/5
      It had a decent plot but it just felt flat. There was a vague undercurrent of suspense, horror etc but I really didn't gel with the characters at all.
    • 3/5
      I'm not certain how I managed it, but I picked up this book from my to-read pile without really remembering what it was about. And, of course, it turns out to feature an infection that causes spontaneous combustion and plenty of societal disreputation in its wake. So, maybe not what I currently need to explore through fiction and this likely factored into my enjoyment. Overall, this was a decent read, but I think I connected with the story in all the wrong ways and none of the right ones.
    • 5/5
      So what you should take from this review is that I binged this book so hard and have had no sleep. It's one of those kind of books. I will not write a decent review because I'm tired and can't, and for the first half of the book, I could write ten pages on nearly every page that would be comprised of half baked allegories. This book would be amazing for a book club. Unhelpful complaints and spoilers will follow, don't read further.










      Not the cat! And why the Maggie Atwood? I did keep thinking about the flood trilogy the whole time. Also singing, really? People wouldn't need dragon scale they would be perfectly happy with gas and matches if that was my gig. They would send my group to the library and ask us to be quiet, not sing, and glow in our own little universes. Yeah, I need a nap.
    • 5/5
      I received an e-arc of this book last week. I finally started to read it last night and couldn't put it down. Nowadays, that kind of book, one so good, is a very rare find for me. Even good books, I can put aside when I should be sleeping but not this one.

      The novel is a fascinating twist on the 'end of the world as we know it' genre. It isn't a prepper tale- a weak frame of a novel supporting prepping instructions (what foods to store, how to store them, what weapons to stockpile, etc.). While the novel explores shades of religious fanaticism and 'end times' human psychology, it is done in a recognizable setting with a tint of fantasy and horror that cushions the lessons the author wants you to leave then novel with.

      The ending surprised me- not exactly the way I wanted the end to be for certain characters that I couldn't help but become invested in, but it was done very well. I can't recall the release date for this novel, but I think it is soon. Go pre-order a copy, you won't be disappointed.

    • 2/5
      Mostly pleasant book, which is an odd, but accurate, descriptor for what is a plague narrative with all the accompanying social collapse. The ending jumps the shark and I thought the book lost momentum about 3/4s through.
    • 4/5
      A deadly pathogen, which causes its victims to burst into flame, spans the globe.
    • 5/5
      This was a creative and thoughtful read. I really enjoyed Hill's takes on pandemic, religion, power, relationships, sociology, and the geek culture references sprinkled throughout this great story. This is one of my favorite reads so far this year. I look forward to reading more from Joe Hill.
    • 2/5
      I'm not finishing this, no matter what I need Goodreads to say in order to get it off my current lists. I have no real problem with the way the book is written, the language, the skill, but the story was unrelenting. No happy endings here, nor hope of one, even in the early pages. It was just too much - too much pain, and not enough - well, not any - hope. This is an unfair criticism, and says more about my life right now than it does about the author.
    • 4/5
      This hefty novel kept me engrossed for the entire length of its 747 pages. The story is about a contagion spreading throughout the world which causes people to spontaneously combust, and it focuses on a small group of infected people in New Hampshire. There are touches of true horror and evil, but also humor, strength, loyalty and love. As I neared the end of the book, I was concocting alternate endings in my mind, because I thought it was probably going to be an annoying, disappointing cliche. Instead, it was a gut-clencher and very satisfying. To those who like the horror/suspense/thriller genre, I would recommend this book.