![]() ![]() When the book opens, Zack is rushing to work and he’s running a fever. Even though the old man was a very poor excuse for a dad, Zack is loyal and plans to pay back the money if it takes him his whole life. Zack’s father is now in a nursing home, totally incapacitated from a stroke, but that hasn’t stopped Joaquin from making not so veiled threats against him. ![]() Why is he doing this, you ask? Well it seems as though Zack’s father was a compulsive gambler and owes a huge chunk of change to casino magnate Joaquin Delacruz. Zack has sold just about everything he owns including his home, and he’s living in a slum apartment in a bad neighborhood. He operates the quint for Fire Station 5 in Sugarland, Tennessee, and for the past several months he has not only worked his regular shifts, but taken on all the overtime he can get, and covered for all of his colleagues’ vacation and sick time. Zack Knight is working his fingers to the bone. ![]() But it’s far from dull, and I had way too much fun reading it. Nothing is realistic, everything is over the top, and the plot could only happen in bizarro world. ![]() Some are excellent, and some are elegant, but kind of dull. No one could say that Under Fire is realistic, elegantly written, or populated with believable characters. ![]()
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