Firelight
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- Parts 10
MatureOngoing1h 4m
Last published Tue, Apr 3, 2018
Imagine you could see the truth? That heaven is real, that souls exist, and that people are succumbing to the darkness all around you. For Connor, this isn't something he has to imagine. This is real. And now he knows how far humanity has fallen, he's going to purge the world of sin with righteous fire.
But reporter Amelia is on his trail; convinced that people dying in a blaze is the work of someone who is mentally ill rather than divinely inspired. Will she discover who is behind this series of brutal murders before more innocents die?
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