With over twenty fires ranging in the North Carolina mountains, how does an emergency response network pushed to the breaking point respond to a fire threatening to devour the mountain communities of Lake Lure, Chimney Rock, Shumont and Bat Cave?

Annie Simms, a volunteer firefighter and biologist striving to stave off bat extinction, becomes embroiled in the fight against The Party Rock Fire that started November 5, 2016 and initiated the largest request for mutual aid the state had ever seen.

Woven throughout this tale of two firefighters in love, yet, torn apart by swirling suspicions and mistrust, is the story of a family struggling with its past in the frightening present.