Climate change is fanning the flames of megafires, which are burning longer and hotter than before. Anthropologist and former firefighter Jordan Thomas writes about an especially trying fire season with the Los Padres Hotshots. Thomas discusses the new challenges of megafires and writes about how colonization ended controlled burns by Indigenous people, and the ways that certain industries profit from disasters. Hardcover, 368 pages, Riverhead Books, 9¼”x 6¼”.
