Lylah Phelps, emotionally charged and exhausted, did not want to associate or become friends with the random passengers on the Columbia Gorge waterfall tour. From her narrow teenage perspective, this forced expedition was a complete waste of her time. The plan was simple. Survive this trip, return home, and fix her life.

Then nature moves, both spectacularly and tragically.

Lylah and the other passengers are thrust into an extreme survival scenario. Throughout her gritty hour-to-hour struggle, Lylah is repeatedly confronted with tense wild threats, psychological terror, and isolation. In addition to the dangers, she also encounters nature's miraculous steady rhythm and the infinite beauty of human presence and resilience.

Unsure how, or if, she will survive, Lylah must answer the painfully visceral questions: When did fear and death come to power and determination and life stand aside? Could she try to learn to live again, or is it too late?