<p class="ql-align-justify">On the morning of December 14, 1943, two trains collide in rural southeastern North Carolina in one of the worst tragedies to ever strike the state.</p><p class="ql-align-justify">A local resident, burdened by the weight of a choice he must soon make, is startled by an explosion. He sprints across the fields to find a scene of terror and chaos that can never be erased from his memory.</p><p class="ql-align-justify"><br></p><p class="ql-align-justify">Amongst the wreckage and mangled bodies lie a soldier returning home for Christmas, not knowing whether he'll be forgiven for the despicable decisions that caused him to leave in the first place, and a bride excited about her new life, yet fearful of spending it with the man she regretfully married.&nbsp;</p><p class="ql-align-justify"><br></p><p class="ql-align-justify"><em>From the Fires Scattered There</em>&nbsp;shares the true story of the Tamiami Champion train wreck that claimed seventy-four lives. Through this expertly braided work of historical fiction, debut author Kammeron Polverari weaves the havoc, helplessness, and humanity of her protagonists' lives into our own.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p>