title: Fire Gazer: Arson at the Wolfe House
author: Kevin Burton Mcguire
description: Kevin Burton McGuire's <i>Fire Gazer</i> is an intriguing glimpse at the seedy underbelly of Asheville and an imaginative speculation into the burning of the Thomas Wolfe house. A quick, entertaining read, <i>Fire Gazer</i> would complement any Wolfe, Asheville history, or haunted Asheville collection. -- Julia Nunnally Duncan, author of <i>Drops of the Night</i> and <i>When Day is Done</i>
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  ## Apocalypse unleashed
  
  
    
  
  
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  _( Left behind - 4 )_
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Mel Odom
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Mel Odom
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Apocalypse unleashed
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## 1
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Village-Designation South 14, U.S. Army Rangers
  
  
  Seven Klicks North-Northeast of Harran
  
  
  Sanliurfa Province, Turkey
  
  
  Local Time 2104 Hours
  
  
  Goose drove his boot through the frail wooden door of the burning house. The
  door ripped free of its hinges with a loud screech that nearly drowned out the
  noise of the flames greedily consuming the structure. With an arm wrapped
  around his face to protect it from the questing, twisting flames, he dashed
  through the doorway.
  
  
  Inside the small room, he looked for the people he was certain he’d seen
  through the window during his approach. Smoke blurred his vision and stung his
  eyes.
  
  
  He pulled his assault rifle to his shoulder immediately and assumed a profile
  position that streamlined his body to make a smaller target. He’d be