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Book Review of The Smoke Jumper

The Smoke Jumper
The Smoke Jumper
Author: Nicholas Evans
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Romance
Book Type: Paperback
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His name is Connor Ford and he falls like an angel of mercy form the sky, braving the flames to save the woman he loves but knows he connot have. For Julia Bishop is the partner of his best friend and fellow "smoke jumper", Ed Tully. Julia loves them both, until a fiery tragedy on Montana's Snake Mountain forces her to choose between them, and burns a brand a on all their hearts. In the wake of the fire, Connor embarks on a harrowing journey to the edge of human experience, traveling the world's worst wars and disaters to take photographs that find him fame but never happiness. Reckless of a life he no longer wants, again and again he dares death to take him, until another gatefuul day on another continent, he must walk through fire once more...