Published in the UK as Firecracker.
World Fantasy Award nominee 2005, Nebula Award nominee 2004.
Sean Stewart's much-anticipated eighth novel is a dark, funny,
fast-moving thriller that you won't want to put down. Stewart was the
lead author behind the innovative interactive web game known as "The Beast"
(inspired by the film A.I.,) which became a break-out cult hit. He is
the winner of the Arthur Ellis, Aurora, and World Fantasy awards, and
the author of The New York Times Notable Books Mockingbird andResurrection Man.
William "Dead" Kennedy has problems. He's haunted by family, by dead
people with unfinished business, and by those perfect pop songs that
you can't get out of your head. He's a 32-year-old Texan still in love
with his ex-wife. He just lost his job at Pet-Co for eating cat food.
His air-conditioning is broken, there's no good music on the radio, and
he's been dreaming about ghost roads.
When Will's cousin ("My dad married your Aunt Dot's half-sister")
calls in the middle of the night about a dead girl haunting his garage,
it seems like an easy way to make a thousand dollars. But nothing is
ever that simple, especially when family is involved. Will's mother is
planning a family reunion of epic proportions. Will's ex-wife is
married to a former Marine. His twelve-year-old daughter Megan thinks
Will needs someone to look after him. And recently his dead relatives
seem to want something from him.
