Not on Fire, but Burning

The book opens with an act of Nuclear Terrorism but continues nearly a decade later with a story of repressed memories, xenophobia, and family values. The Gulf War and Muslim extremism are bound up along with current security fears, founded or unfounded. There are extremists on both sides. The story is set in a dystopian future told in the main from the point of view of teenage boys, the narrator keeps changing and that makes following the storyline rather confusing at times. The tale follows various tracks in a what if sort of pattern taking alternative paths ending in a confusing muddle.