From Jacquelyn Mitchard, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Deep End of the Ocean, the âsuspenseful, otherwordly, and nearly impossible to put downâ (People) story about an unlikely hero whose life is transformed when he rescues a boy with an extraordinary gift.
Just hours after his wife and her entire family perish in the Christmas Eve tsunami, former police officer Frank Mercy pulls a little boy from a submerged car. Not quite knowing why, Frank doesnât turn Ian over to the Red Cross. Instead he makes up a story about where the boy came from and takes him home, where Frank realizes that Ian has an otherworldly giftâan extraordinary ability to transform lives beyond anything heâd ever imagined. Awed and confused, Frank confesses Ianâs secret to Claudia, a beautiful champion rider who is training for the Olympics. They join together to fight the sinister forces gathering to take Ian back. In a final confrontation, Frank and Claudia will risk everythingâtheir love, their family, their very livesâto save this boy they now love as their own son.