First published in 1980, Firestarter tells the story of Andy and Charlie McGee, a father and daughter who find themselves running for their lives while being pursued by a government agency known as The Shop.
With enough concentration, the young dad has the ability to mentally “push” people (a form of mind control), but the girl is seen as far more dangerous given that she has pyrokinesis a.k.a. she’s a Firestarter.
When he was in college, Andy and Charlie’s mother were involved in an experiment with a drug called Lot 6, and it wound up giving them psychic abilities – which they then passed on to their child.