Days after the events of Rise of the Planet of the Apes, San Francisco starts to sizzle in Greg Keyes’ sequel/Dawn prequel novel Firestorm! As the ALZ-113 retrovirus cuts a catastrophic swath through humanity, Caesar and his ape crew strive to stay one step ahead of the humans hell-bent on their fiery destruction! And your Ape hosts are here to unpack this unrelentingly bleak tale, full of fascinating characters on both sides of the ape/human divide, unnervingly prescient speculations on pandemic behavior, and lots and lots of FIRE!