Smoke Jumper, Anna Quick, is recruited by the CIA at her father's request. Her mission is to help rescue her father, who has information to stop a terrorist plot, from a fire ridden jungle island. Anna receives intense survival and combat training from special op, John Brock. The action suspense carried the story along at a rapid pace, with the actual romance blossoming in the last chapters. Anna Quick comes across as capable and gutsy, but very likeable.