Description: "Stunning...Before you pick up this book, pack a survival kit, you''re not going anywhere until it''s done...In the context of the current drought, James Jaros is beginning to sound downright prophetic...The plot hurtles along and the characters transform, many coming of age with blood on their hands. James Jaros'' writing is literate, thought provoking, and detailed." - The Big Chill, the International Thriller Writers magazine "Carry the Flame is the fight for hope and a better future. It is the rejection of a life of darkness, a life of fear. Last, Jaros'' The City of Shade makes Woodbury (the infamous town in The Walking Dead) look like summer camp." - Amanda Makepeace, Imagination Run Amok on Carry the Flame "Gutsy...quirky characters and nonstop action....Tense, terse prose suits the setting and carries the story nimbly along." - Publishers Weekly on Carry the Flame "James Jaros does a phenomenal job with world building in BURN DOWN THE SKY...an edgy, dark thriller that keeps the reader engaged from the very first page. The action is relentless and adds to the tension." - Debbie Wiley Book Reviews "BURN DOWN THE SKY is one of those books I could not stop reading...Thinking about it, even now, makes my heart pound." - Amanda Makepeace, Imagination Run Amok "BURN DOWN THE SKY is an intense, amazing, post-apocalyptic tale of unleashed terror and undying hope. This is gifted writing, and a superb, brilliant thriller." - Marcus Pelegrimas, author of the Skinners series "Burn Down the Sky blends science fiction and thriller genres but I''d call it one of more the literate novels I''ve read in 2011." - from the International Thriller Writers'' Interview "Stunning...Before you pick up this book, pack a survival kit, you''re not going anywhere until it''s done." - The Big Chill, the International Thriller Writers magazine the International Thriller Writers magazine the International Thriller Writers magazine The Big Chill, International Thriller Writers magazine "Writing as James Jaros, Mark Nykanen tells a thoroughly engrossing tale...The author has incredibly poetic prose that keeps the reader going." - Angela Wilson, authorsandappetizers.com "Utterly compelling...The language is powerful and evocative, and it moves at a rapid clip start to finish. I give Burn Down the Sky a big thumb''s-up." - Suzanne Johnson, Preturnatura "This grim fascinating futuristic thriller extrapolates present global trends to make a case that the reckoning point of no return for planet earth is soon...readers will appreciate James Jaros'' bleak cautionary tale as Sager and Evans sang in 2525, "...Now man''s reign is through." - Harriet Klausner, Genre Go Round Reviews "Takes the idea of the post-apocalyptic men''s adventure tale and turns it on its head, with the simple idea that it focuses on female leads...Jaros''s characters are not two-dimensional stereotypes or caricatures...With truly stand-out moments, BURN DOWN THE SKY never falters." - Bruce Grossman of Bookgasm.com "Never before have I read such a vivid, intense novel as Burn Down the Sky." - Black Lagoon Reviews "Jaros has crafted such a vividly ravaged world that I could almost feel the grit on my fingers as I turned each page. And I couldn''t stop turning them!" - Marcus Pelegrimas, author of the Skinners series "This gripping tale immediately ushers us into an all-too-plausible post apocalyptic world. It''s Children of Men meets The Handmaid''s Tale - with The Road Warrior to rev up the high octane plot." - Mark Feldstein, author of Poisoning the Press "BURN DOWN THE SKY is an intense, amazing, post-apocalyptic tale of unleashed terror and undying hope. This is gifted writing, and a superb, brilliant thriller." - Bill Evans, New York Times bestselling author of Category 7

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