Other editions of book The Promethean

Circe Kellar is the only person ever to witness spontaneous human combustion when she sees her grandmother consumed by fire.Soon after her grandmother's death, a mysterious young man, Evan Royce, appears claiming to have known Circe's grandmother, even though he is much too young. Was Circe's grandmother a Promethean, a member of a nearly extinct race that gave birth to the phoenix legend, and has Circe inherited those powers?A series of inexplicable events forces Circe to confront Evan's outlandish claims and the possibility that she has special powers, not to mention her growing attraction to the powerful stranger.