Fireproof

"Gerard Brennan stands apart from the Irish crime fiction crowd" - Stuart Neville

Hell hath no fury for Mike Rocks.

He's fireproof; an anomaly caused by a slip-up in afterlife bureaucracy.

Lucifer bundles him off as an embarrassing problem with a mission to introduce Satanism to Northern Ireland.

And while he's at it, Mike can exact revenge on the men who took his life.

Equal parts crime fiction, dark urban fantasy and black comedy, Fireproof will have you gripped from start to finish.

Praise for Gerard Brenan

"The Wire? This is Barbed Wire. A cheeky slice of urban noir, a drink-soaked, drug-addled journey into the violent underbelly of one of Europe’s most notorious ghettos, Wee Rockets makes The Outsiders look like the Teletubbies" – Colin Bateman

"Gerard Brennan stands apart from the Irish crime fiction crowd with a novel rooted in the reality of today’s Belfast. The author’s prose speaks with a rare authenticity about the pain of growing up in a fractured society, shot through with a black humour that can only come from the streets" – Stuart Neville

"Gerard Brennan has written a fast paced, exciting story of West Belfast gang culture; brimming with violence, authentic street dialogue and surprising black humour... somewhere in the intersection between The Warriors, Colin Bateman and Guy Ritchie" – Adrian McKinty

"Brennan impressed me hugely... he belongs among the top rank of Northern Irish crime writers" – Loitering With Intent

"Assured and mature" – Spinetingler Magazine

"This is a tremendous book and I urge you to read it" – I Meant To Read That

Gerard Brennan has had short stories featured within a number of anthologies; including three volumes of The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime and Belfast Noir. He co-edited Requiems for the Departed, a collection of crime fiction based on Irish myths which won the 2011 Spinetingler Award for best anthology. His novella, The Point, was published by Pulp Press in October 2011 and won the 2012 Spinetingler Award for best novella. He graduated from the MA in creative writing at Queen's University Belfast in 2012 and is currently working on a PhD.


Genre: Horror