"The fire was out of control. The flames were moving and dancing in time to a rhythm Janek couldn't hear. His hands itched and felt hot. And there was another movement. Above his head. He looked up and there in the flames he saw the shadow man again. And even though the shadow man had no face, Janek knew he was laughing at him." Burn contrasts ideas of chaos and order, purpose and meaninglessness. Janek, the main character, struggles against an inner conflict of creation and destruction.
