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Sixteen-year-old River Kerns has the world in his rearview mirror.
Living in a luxury estate on the shores of a Dallas lake, River's life is defined by the roar of engines and the blur of the Texas Motor Speedway. As the son of racing legend Ryan Kerns, speed is in his DNA. With his beautiful girlfriend, Holly, cheering from the pits and his twin sisters watching his every move like he's a superhero, River feels invincible.
But while his father pushes him toward the podium, his mother, Hannah, fears the cost of the chase. She knows that on the track, there are rules. Off the track, there is only chaos.
During a freezing winter break, the lines between professional talent and teenage recklessness blur at a lakeside bonfire. Fueled by adrenaline and a need to prove he's more than just his father's shadow, River gets behind the wheel for an illegal drag race.
One slip on the cold asphalt changes everything.
When the smoke clears, the "Golden Boy" of Dallas is gone. In his place is a boy broken by guilt, facing a reality where his best friend is shattered, the girl he loves is changed forever, and two classmates aren't coming home. Now, River must navigate the most dangerous turn of his life: figuring out how to live when the speed that defined him has destroyed everything else.