From the book jacket:
In 1969 Andy McGee and Vicky Tomlinson participate in a drug experiment run by a veiled government agency known as The Shop. One year later they marry. Two years after that their little girl, Charlie, sets her teddy bear on fire...by looking at it.
Now that Charlie is eight, she doesn't start fires anymore. Her parents have taught her to control her pyrokinesis, the ability to set anything -- toys, clothes, even people -- aflame.
But The Shop knows about and wants this pigtailed 'ultimate weapon.' Shop agents set out to hunt down Charlie and her father in a ruthless and terrifying chase that ranges from the streets of New York to the backwoods of Vermont. And once they get her they plan to use Charlie's capacity for love to force her into developing a power as horrifyingly destructive as it is destructive. What they don't take into account is that even a child can know the pleasure of the whip hand and the satisfaction of revenge
Moe's Review
I really enjoy Firestarter. I love reading stories about people with super human powers and trying to get into their heads and pondering what it would be like. This is one of King's earlier novels so the writing is nice and tight with little to no fluff.
This is required reading for any King fan out there. |
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