The Fires (Hagaln Bjrnsdttir Sigrur)(Paperback)

A volcanologist discovers herself in the face of nature's fury in this heartrending thriller.Anna Arnardttir has fire in her blood. A second-generation volcanologist, she's Iceland's leading expert on the fire-breathing giants that could, without warning, reduce a country to ash.Her work regularly puts her in harm's way, but Anna never takes unnecessary risks, living an orderly, suburban life with her tax-lawyer husband and children. Then a series of earthquakes rocks Reykjavk, and Anna's stable life is suddenly on shaky ground when she falls for Tmas Adler, a bohemian photographer. As Anna tumbles into a passionate affair, the earthquakes take a violent turn. Small volcanic eruptions herald disaster to come, but will she trust what she knows in her heart is about to happen? Or listen to her head and risk the safety of the entire nation? Having so much of her
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