Daniel Robinson’s first career was fighting wildfires, and the experiences from those fourteen years serve as the basis for his first novel, After the Fire. He won the Clay Reynolds Novella Prize for his Depression-era noir, The Shadow of Violence. He has a PhD from the writing program at the University of Denver and has published numerous articles about Hemingway and the post-WWI Lost Generation. He lives in Fort Collins, Colorado, where he teaches American literature and runs a small historical collectibles business.

"Paris in the Roaring Twenties, the tableau for the Lost Generation struggling to make sense of the world after the devastation of World War I. American newspaperman Joe Henry finds himself on the slick, cold winter streets of Paris. He's on the run, the primary suspect in the murder of his friend, fellow WWI veteran Wynton Gresham"--Provided by the publisher.