J.S. Nathaniel

The world ignites without warning. Spontaneous human combustion transforms cities into silent ash, leaving survivors with nothing but scars and instinct. For Rory, the pain began before the flames with her mother’s death. For Dante, it started when she watched her father vanish on a storm of embers.

First came the whispers. Then the screams. Then the world learned a terrifying truth: the human body can ignite from within. They called it SHC—Spontaneous Human Combustion. No warning. No logic. No mercy.

This gripping psychological thriller follows a determined girl who, after her sister Emma’s suspicious death is ruled a suicide, refuses to accept the official explanation and confronts the controlling and abusive Andrew, whose dark secrets threaten her and her unborn child.

In the neon-lit depths of Mafia Land, a city rebuilt by women after the collapse of patriarchal rule, three ruthless Mothers hold absolute power. Beneath their flawless regime, Leonor, a deadly assassin trained by her enigmatic mentor, plots to shatter the matriarchy and restore the old order.