When an EMP plunges Idaho into darkness, the world below the mountains falls apart overnight.
Chet Steeler walked away from society two years ago to live alone on Cutlass Mountain. Now a wounded stranger named Annie stumbles into his life, and solitude is no longer an option.
Far below, the Miller family flees Boise on foot with two children and almost nothing else. Hunted by a vengeful young man and drawn into a mountain town hiding dark secrets, they are running out of time.
As winter closes in, warlords, traffickers, and killers converge on Cutlass Creek. To survive, a broken hermit and a desperate family must stand together against impossible odds.
A gripping post-apocalyptic survival thriller about grief, courage, and the fires we keep burning for each other.