Alexjcreads
Some races can't be measured in seconds.
Divya Singh is a state champion swimmer from Katy, Texas, with her sights set on one more gold medal. A summer trip to Washington should be a victory lap before senior year-lake swims, cousin time, a chance to finally breathe.
Instead, she finds herself in the shadow of a mountain that's waking up.
When Cascade Peak erupts, Divya's world becomes a race of a different kind. Alongside her cousin, her best friends, and a retired volcanologist named Harry Dalton, she must navigate ash-choked roads, forest fires, and a landscape that's rewriting itself by the minute.
This is a story about the moments between the medals-the fear, the love, and the quiet strength that emerges when everything you've built is tested by fire.