Scorched Vein

The fire beneath Black Creek isn't burning. It's breathing.

Gideon Vane is a man of calculated destruction. As a structural engineer specializing in condemned land, his world is built on the cold logic of stress, strain, and inevitable collapse. When he is dispatched to Black Creek, Pennsylvania, his orders are simple: assess the structural integrity of a ghost town sitting atop a coal seam fire that has raged since 1897, evict the five remaining residents, and sign the demolition order.

But ...