The mediocrity of just another day in Black Rock shatters with an early morning rumble. Hearts begin a tempestuous plunge into individual black holes of fear. A symphony of voices in spontaneous prayer follow with requests for protection and salvation for those they love. Joyce Pennington instantly knows lives hang in the balance, and at the end of this event Black Rock will not be the same. In the hours to come, families will be broken in bitterness and doubt, and forged again in the fires of faith. Will the new structures hold, or will they only be temporary patches?