num_pages: 403
description: This a previously-published edition of ISBN 0451167805.The Department of Scientific Intelligence (aka "The Shop") never anticipated that two participants in their research program would marry and have a child. Charlie McGee inherited pyrokinetic powers from her parents, who had been given a low-grade hallucinogen called "Lot Six" while at college. Now the government is trying to capture young Charlie and harness her powerful firestarting skills as a weapon.--stephenking.com
language: English
title: Firestarter
titlecomplete: Firestarter
characters: Patrick Hockstetter, Andrew "Andy"  McGee, Orville Bates, Vicky Tomlinson, Orv  "OJ" Jamieson, Norma Manders, Charlene "Charlie"  McGee, Doctor Joseph Wanless, Doctor Herman Pynchot, Captain James "Cap" Hollester, John Rainbird, Irv Manders, Albert Steinowitz
genres: Paranormal, Fantasy, Adult, Suspense, Thriller, Supernatural, Audiobook, Horror, Fiction, Science Fiction
ratings_count: 222727
places: Vermont, Virginia, New York City, New York, Harrison, Ohio, Bradford, Vermont, Albany, New York, The United States of America
awards: awardedAt: 347184000000
name: Locus Award
category: Best SF Novel, awardedAt: 347184000000
name: Balrog Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 347184000000
name: British Fantasy Award
category: Best Novel (August Derlith Fantasy Award)
publisher: Signet