Firestarter

Firestarter is a science fiction-horror thriller novel by Stephen King, first published in September 1980. In July and August 1980, two excerpts from the novel were published in Omni. In 1981, Firestarter was nominated as Best Novel for the British Fantasy Award, Locus Poll Award, and Balrog Award. ---------- Also contained in: [Ominbus](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL25080326W) Innocence and beauty ignite with evil and terror... First, a man and a woman are subjects of a top-secret government experiment designed to produce extraordinary psychic powers. Then, they are married and have a child. A daughter. Early on the daughter shows signs of a wild and horrifying force growing within her. Desperately, her parents try to train her to keep that force in check, to "act normal." Now the government wants its brainchild back—for its own insane ends In this "terrifying and gripping" (Miami Herald) thriller, a young girl exhibits some rather explosive psychic powers. Now the government wants her for their own insane ends Charlie McGee was born with a terrible power; somehow she must be saved from those who want to use her as a weapon "Daddy, I'm tired," the little girl in the red pants and the green blouse said fretfully.