The murderer loved seeing his victims writhe in agony, gleefully watching as their bodies were consumed by hungry, merciless flames. Later his pulse would race at the sight of warm orange glow in the night sky, and the sounds of the fire engines as they screamed toward the raging inferno he himself had created. The madman was invisible, omnipotent. He had the power of cleansing fire. And nothing was going to stop him...

FLAMING DESTRUCTION

Chicago coroner Dr. Dean Grant had seen many gruesome things in his time. But nothing had prepared him for the nightmares of smoldering horror that were spread out on the morgue slabs in front of him. The heat was really on. for if the brilliant M.E.'s investigation failed to uncover the identity of the lunatic responsible, the maniac's fiery reign of terror would continue. And now Grant's name was emblazoned at the top of the elusive killer's death list!