title: Tome of Fire (Salamanders)
author:  Nick Kyme 
description: Nick Kyme hails from Grimsby, a small town on the North East coast of England known for its fish (a food, which ironically he dislikes profusely).<BR><BR>Nick moved to Nottingham in 2003 to work on White Dwarf magazine as a Layout Designer, before moving on to become a Journalist, and has had three short stories published in Inferno in that time. Nick now works for the Black Library as an Editor and has written several series, most importantly The Salamanders.
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  ## Contents
  
  
  [Epigraph](epigraph.html)
  
  
  [Introduction by Neil Gaiman](intro.html#intro)
  
  
  [one The Hearth and the Salamander](ch01.html#ch01)
  
  
  [two The Sieve and the Sand](..%2F..%2Fnook%2FisaSample.xhtml#ch02)
  
  
  [three Burning Bright](..%2F..%2Fnook%2FisaSample.xhtml#ch03)
  
  
  [History, Context, and Criticism](..%2F..%2Fnook%2FisaSample.xhtml)
  
  
  [PART ONE: THE STORY OF FAHRENHEIT
  451](..%2F..%2Fnook%2FisaSample.xhtml#part01)
  
  
  ["The Story of Fahrenheit 451" by Jonathan R.
  Eller](..%2F..%2Fnook%2FisaSample.xhtml#ptch01)
  
  
  [From "The Day After Tomorrow: Why Science Fiction?" (1953) by Ray
  Bradbury](..%2F..%2Fnook%2FisaSample.xhtml#ptch02)
  
  
  [Listening Library Audio Introduction (1976) by Ray
  Bradbury](..%2F..%2Fnook%2FisaSample.xhtml#ptch03)
  
  
  ["Investing Dimes: Fahrenheit 451" (1982, 1989) by Ray
  Bradbury](..%2F..%2Fnook%2FisaSample.xhtml#ptch04)
  
  
  ["Coda" (1979) by Ray Bradbury](..