On a warm May night in San Francisco, the Ritz-Carlton
ballroom shimmers with crystal and silver as a glittering,
celebrity-studded crowd gathers for a charity dinner dance.
The evening is perfect - until, just minutes before
midnight, the room begins to sway. Glass shatters. And as
the lights go out, people begin to scream….
In the
earthquake’s aftermath, the lives of four strangers will
converge.… Sarah Sloane, the beautiful wife of a financial
whiz, watches her perfect world fall to pieces….
Grammy-winning singer Melanie Free, the event’s headliner,
comes to a turning point in her life and career….
Photographer Everett Carson, a former war correspondent
whose personal demons have demoted him to covering society
parties, finds new purpose amid the carnage…and Sister
Maggie Kent, a nun who normally works in jeans and high-tops
with the homeless, searches through the rubble - and knows
instantly that there is much work to be done….
As the
city staggers back to life, a chain reaction of
extraordinary events will touch each of the survivors.… For
Sarah, it begins with the discovery of a crime and a
betrayal, then a strength she never knew she had. For
Melanie, volunteering at a refugee camp will open new worlds
of possibility. And Everett will be shaken by the unlikely
relationship he forges with Maggie, who helps him rebuild
his shattered life - and upends her own in the process. But
as a year passes, and the anniversary of the earthquake
approaches, more surprises are in store - as each discovers
the unexpected gifts in a tragedy’s wake…and the amazing
grace of new beginnings.