Backdraft

by Kirk Mitchell

Stephen and Brian McCaffrey, the sons of a firefighter killed in the line of duty, must come to terms with their relationship with each other as they face the dangers and challenges of their father's profession in a city where an arsonist is on the loose

Genres: Fiction

Mass Market Paperback

First published May 1, 1991

About the author

Kirk Mitchell is an author who is known for his time travel, alternate history, historical fiction, and adventure fiction novels. Mitchell has also created several novelizations of movies.He writes under the pseudonym of Joel Norst

Kirk Mitchell served as a deputy sheriff on the Paiute- Shoshone Indian reservations of the desert country that includes Death Valley, and was a SWAT sergeant in southern California, before beginning his career as a full-time writer.

Reviews

[Stephen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved the movie when it came out and I love the book more. It's a story of a firefighter family, a mystery, and tale of the relationships between brothers. This movie novelization is in many ways superior to the movie with extra details and characterization thrown in.

[Ranette · Rating 4 out of 5]

Set in the culture of firefighters. One is starting fires and the inspector searches for the instigator. Meanwhile two brothers compete against each other to be the best.

[P.S. Winn · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am in awe of the men who put their lives on the line and are the heroes who risk all to save others. This book is the story of those men at the fires and also the life when they are not.

[DeeJay Trump · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bigly!
*** 3 Stars.

[Mikepottz · Rating 3 out of 5]

Backdraft is a static condition in which a fire has consumed all.its oxygen and will not go anywhere until the supply is replenished. Brian quit the fire academy first time round but wanted another chance. Only his father being a firefighter hero allowed him a second chance. Haunted by his father's death he is pulled, gravitated towards the firefighter job. Late for his first day, Brian's first fire moves with intensity, swaying, alive, watching it move, it sends shivers down his spine, the heat, the falling, it should burn you alive. Brian saves a paramedic dummy and is ridiculed by his team and most importantly his firefighter brother. Huge rivalry with Stephen his brother will open deep wounds. Loved this movie the first time it came out and wanted to be a firefighter but am too scared of fire. Kurt Russell rocks