Set in an imagined landscape, The Spring Flame is a love story woven out of human dilemma over development and disaster. A government decision to set up a nuclear power plant pushes a village to the edge, as it gets torn apart by conflicting challenges over land and the environment. The book artistically captures the dramatic turns in the lives of the villagers, especially young lovers Priyanka and Jeet. The two childhood friends, born and brought up together in their idyllic, agrarian village, learn to embrace the rapidly changing world around them.