The Flames which consistes in three part and every part is connected with the end of the previous one. The short novel, has the form of a long letter written by one old university friend to another. The recipient of the letter, known only as "Thos" introduces the strange document, from a friend known only as "Cass" (another nickname; short for "Cassandra").
Cass's letter, which forms the bulk of the novel, describes his contact with a bizarre form of alien species. Whilst holidayin ...