Author: tomward

“A compelling expedition into working-class and millennial disenfranchisement, Fires is as tender as it is combustive. Ward writes with the conviction of an angry mob and the heat of a Molotov cocktail.”- Harry Gallon, author of Every Fox Is A Rabid FoxThere’s a fire on the horizon.For Guy, a fireman, it means the death of his wife and daughter. For 19-year-old Nathan and Alexa, it means a chance … Alexa, it means a chance to fight back against austerity and abandonment. While the teenagers turn to arson, Guy searches for a meaning behind his family’s deaths, battling corruption and a…