Jacob Soboroff, a national and political correspondent for NBC News, struck a deal with Harper Collins, wrote a book and studied a wildfire that caused his hometown of Pacific Palisades and Altadena in January to destroy his hometown.

"The Great Los Angeles Fire and the New Age Disaster in America" ​​is scheduled for January 6, 2026, the day before the first anniversary of the start of the wind fire.

Soboroff signed his deal with Peter Hubbard, senior vice president and publisher of HarperCollins Inpint Mariner Books. The two are co-starring in Soboroff's 2020 non-fiction bestseller "Separate: In American Tragedy." That book on the Trump administration’s policy on family separation of immigrants is a 2024 documentary hosted by Errol Morris.

“We are honored to work with Jacob again, who set out to write a definitive account of the devastating 2025 Los Angeles fires, a topic so close to his mind and heart,” Hubbard said. “Working with Jacob in his first book, Separation, I know that each page of 'Firestorm' will prove that he incorporates tenacious reports, an open attitude to human stories, and a wide understanding of the complex regional, national and global impacts of the Los Angeles fires.”

Soborov said that given that he had to finish the book, he intended to keep the time frame of "Firestorm" quite narrow. It will focus on the two-week heavyweight starting with the Trail Blazers on January 7 until January 24, when the freshly formed President Donald Trump visited Palisades on the day of investigation into the destruction of California Gov. Gavin Newsom. Soboroff intends to build a meticulous timeline that explains what happened and captures the experiences of survivors, first responders and countless others whose lives have been extended by fire, killing more than 20 people and destroying more than 18,000 houses and buildings.

“It’s really journalism investigating what happened and reflecting these fires,” Soboroff told type. “It’s a length of check on what we have experienced as a society and as a country.”

Soboroff noted that his motivation to write the “fire” was similar to the process that made him write “separation”, and he witnessed first-hand how the Trump administration implemented cruel policies on the separation of families of immigrants along the southern U.S. border. It was the shock that inspired Soboroff to delve into decades of policy failures and political struggles surrounding immigration policies.

"Family separation is an X-ray vision that allows us to emphasize the immigration system and its rupture," Soboroff said. "The fire revealed the intersection of disasters and inequality. This makes things very obvious when events like this make the problem so specific."

Soboroff grew up in the Pacific Palisades region. When Soboroff left NBC News "La Biureau to cover up the destruction of the area he knew, his brother and other family members were hurt.

"This is the fire of the future in many ways," he said. "I feel like I'm watching my childhood in front of me.

Soboroff was rejected by CAA.

(Photo highest: NBC News' Jacob Soboroff talks with employees of a restaurant that was destroyed in the Pacific Palisades fire on January 10.)