FREE Book Spotlight! 1871: Rivers on Fire by Paul Buchheit (FREE 9/8-14) 1871: Rivers on Fire is part historical novel, and part a love story with interweavings of triumph, treachery, and heartbreak. The story is set at the time of the deadliest fire in the recorded history of the world — on the same night as one of the most infamous destructions of a city by means of fire. Bookthreads