The smoke jumper - Nicholas Evans

In a searing novel of love and loyalty, guilt and honour, the acclaimed author of the international bestseller The Horse Whisperer creates another magnificent epic...

The SMOKE JUMPER

His name is Connor Ford and he falls like an angel of mercy from the sky, braving the flames to save the woman he loves but knows he cannot have. For Julia Bishop is the partner of his best friend and fellow 'smoke jumper', Ed Tully. Julia loves them both — until a terrible fire on a Montana mountain forces her to choose between them and burns a brand on all their hearts.

In the wake of the fire, Connor embarks on a harrowing journey to the world’s worst wars and disasters 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 fateful day on another continent, when he must walk through fire once more.