Thorliff and Elizabeth have given long-held ambitions to God, and everything seems to be falling into place … until tragedy strikes.

Thorliff Bjorklund’s dream of becoming a writer is within reach. Working for a newspaper in Northfield, Minnesota, he is busy writing articles and stories to pay

his way through college. But his idyllic world comes to a sudden halt when a catastrophe hits his beloved hometown of Blessing, North Dakota.

While waiting to hear if any of her applications to medical schools are accepted, Elizabeth Rogers takes a nursing position in Chicago. Then a devastating

experience in the hospital ward puts her faith in God and her very life on the line.

They followed their hearts and God’s leading—why was it all turning into ashes in the wind?