Rahat Husain

The Fire People Rahat Husain

A fascinating adventure thriller that drives the reader in to the heart of the most terrifying Jinn story ever told... Excerpt: I grabbed my colleague by the shoulder, stopping him, above the invisible crowd I barked "Hanif - what is going on? There's no one out there. Where is all the shouting coming from?"They say that the look in a man's eyes will tell you everything you need to know. When I saw the eyes of ibnRa'ell, I saw nothing short of terror. We were in more danger than I could possibly fathom, and escape was our only option."Mr. Raat, I cannot explain right now, we must go into the tunnels below Al-Tinnaj, we must keep running.""Hanif - Who are they?""Mr. Raat, they are the ghosts and demons of your western literature. They are the vampires, the werewolves, the monsters that haunt the night. Your science has denied their existence, but here in Lebanon ... we know. The creatures of the night are no myth sir - tonight we are hunted by Jinns."Common sense dictated that I should not believe him. But the screaming was undeniably inhuman. My hair was standing on end, and when I closed my eyes ... I could almost feel them. We reached the basement. IbnRa'ell had a hatch that would have lead us into the tunnels. I'm not sure how the tunnels would be any safer, but I knew that I wanted to be anywhere but here. Anyways, it would have lead us in, if the lock wasn't jammed. Not that it mattered, as someone started pounding against the other side of the hatch. The pounding shook the door. It became more and more intense; soon even the walls were shaking. It wasn't someone on the other side - it was something