California.Wildfire season. Hot flames, licking through a parched landscape. And nowhere to run.James is at work when he hears the the flames are headed toward his home. And his wife is home, immersed in her own work and may not know. He rushes back over the miles that separate them, hoping to beat the fire.Sylvia doesn't know there's a fire coming until the light changes, the world outside her window shifting color to an ominous orange as the smoke drifts overhead. The animal part of her brain knows it for what it is coming her way. Barely fighting off panic, she packs a few things and takes off in the car, only to run into blocked roads. And then the flames appear.James can't raise Sylvia on the phone. And they won't let him into the fire area. As the hours tick by, and the first refugees from his neighborhood emerge, he hopes and prays that hers will be the next face he sees. But hoping isn't enough. Night falls and Sylvia is still missing. He sneaks into the burned out section of the fire to hunt for the woman he loves.Will he find her before it's too late?A page-turner thriller from Lou Cadle that you won't be able to put down.