The Dead Man Volume 7 Crucible of Fire, The Dark Need, and The Rising Dead

<p>After dying in a freak accident, Matt Cahill inexplicably ?wakes up? three months later with the disturbing ability to see things?terrible things?that others cannot. Drafted as a warrior in the battle between good and evil, Matt will stop at nothing to destroy the malevolent Mr. Dark. In <i>The Dead Man Volume 7</i>, a trio of sinister new stories tracks the reluctant hero on his nightmarish quest.</p><p>Matt Cahill is part of a team of smokejumpers who are dropped into the heart of a raging forest fire that is fueled by a flamethrower-wielding madman under the sway of Mr. Dark. Almost every living thing in this hellacious <i>Crucible of Fire</i>, including Matt?s fellow firefighters, are falling prey to Mr. Dark?s evil touch and bowing to his furious command: <i>Kill the Dead Man!</i></p><p>Matt is tracking a blood-sucking, shape-shifting killer through the icy Cascade Mountains when he encounters a mysterious woman who is on the same corpse-strewn trail...but who has a terrifying secret of her own...and an unspeakable lust for <i>The Dark Need</i>.</p><p>In the blasted hell of the Arizona desert, Matt hitches a ride with a young couple who meets a terrible fate that he?s powerless to stop. The bloody encounter leads him to a deadly stranger who may know why Matt became part of <i>The Rising Dead</i>. But first they must survive in an unforgiving wasteland to do battle with a gang of heavily-armed smugglers who trade in human flesh.</p>