The beeper counts down to zero, the start bar slaps her shin, and there is nothing but the pitch of the mountain, her skis roaring over snow and ice at breakneck speed. Mia Whitmeyer lives for this. Ski racing is her first love,. With six world cup titles and a string of Olympic medals, she's the best in the world at it.

Mia is determined to win a seventh world cup. Nothing will stop her, not a breakup with her boyfriend, not her best friend leaving the team, not even the sudden death of her longtime coach.

Then an accident turns Mia's world upside down. Immobile in a hospital bed, she's forced to reexamine her life. As she struggles to get back on her feet, she discovers a life full of possibilities beyond a downhill run and a love that can rise above her need to conquer mountains.