Aceh, Indonesia. December 2004 .

Two teens find each other surrounded by the destruction left in the wake of the most devastating tsunami the world has ever seen: Ruslan, a native of Aceh, in search of his missing father, whom he hopes has not been added to the fallen; and Sarah, an American girl, who has already lost her mother and is now struggling to find medical treatment for her sick brother.

Only together can they find what they're searching for.

From an author who survived the tsunami of 2004 that hit Indonesia and Southern Asia comes a harrowing fictional tale of two teens caught up in the disaster.