The Firemaker is the first work of fiction to lift the lid on a Pandora's Box of genetic food engineering. It gives a terrifying glimpse of the doomsday scenario that could await if the scientists get it wrong. A chilling thriller set in contemporary Beijing, it resulted from extensive investigations in China where May received unprecedented access to the Chinese police. LI YANA grotesquely burned corpse found in a city park is a troubling mystery for Beijing detective Li Yan. Yan, devoted to his career as a means of restoring the respect his family lost during the Cultural Revolution, needs outside help if he is to break the case.MARGARET CAMPBELLThe unidentified cadaver in turn provides a welcome distraction for forensic pathologist Margaret Campbell. Campbell, married to her work and having left America and her broken past behind, throws herself into the investigation, and before long uncovers a bizarre anomaly.THE FIREMAKERAn unlikely partnership develops between Li and Campbell as they follow the resulting lead. A fiery and volatile chemistry ignites: exposing not only their individual demons, but an even greater evil - a conspiracy that threatens their lives, as well as those of millions of others.

Quercus Publishing

MacLehose Press

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

2023-10-22