A devastating and lyrical work of nonfiction, “Young Men and Fire” describes the events of August 5, 1949, when a crew of fifteen of the US Forest Service's elite airborne firefighters, the Smokejumpers, stepped into the sky above a remote forest fire in the Montana wilderness. Two hours after their jump, all but three of the men were dead or mortally burned. Haunted by these deaths for forty years, Norman Maclean puts together the scattered pieces...

As a member of the North Cascades Smokejumpers, Alexia Allen always takes care of the equipment that keeps her safe. So when she nearly dies in a fire due to equipment failure, she knows something is up. Ordered to take time off during the investigation, Alexia decides to recuperate at her mother's home and attend her high school reunion. Yet within hours of arriving home she's involved with murder, arson, and a handsome detective.

Enter a world of breathtaking dangers and beauty: In this remarkable memoir, veteran smoke jumper Jason Ramos offers a rare inside look at the lives of airborne firefighters, the select few who parachute into the most rugged and remote wild areas to battle nature's blazes. - Forest and wild land fires are growing larger, more numerous, and deadlier every year as record drought conditions, decades of forestry mismanagement, and the increasing encroachment...

She cant forget the man she walked away from. Liza Beaumont knew she was playing with fire when she let smoke jumper Conner Young into her life. Just friends, she promised herself, but she couldnt help but fall for the tall, blond firefighter who needed her. But loving him got her burned, and shes not about to risk her heart again. His one chance to get her back. Conner Young knows he blew his one chance with Liza. His personal losses, and his profession,...