In the near future, the unrelenting heat waves and coastal flooding brought on by the greenhouse effect are ravaging the Earth. While scientists and politicians argue and lay blame, ordinary citizens pay the price for a world sickened by pollution and economic disaster. The Fire Next Time is the story of an American family forced to confront this ruinous legacy.

Emmy Award-winning actor Craig T. Nelson leads his embattled family through a Grapes of Wrath for the modern era. Through this harrowing odyssey, the Morgan family stands as a paradigm of courage, faith, and family unity in the face of adversity on a cataclysmic scale.

Im Jahr 2017 führen pausenlose Naturkatastrophen die amerikanische Zivilisation an den Rand des Abgrunds. Der Fischer Drew Morgan aus Lousiana kämpft um seine Existenz. Gemeinsam mit seiner Familie versucht er in den von Katastrophen weitgehend verschonten Bundesstaat New York zu fliehen. Doch der Weg dorthin ist mit weiteren Schicksalsschlägen gepflastert ...