On a warm May night in San Francisco, the Ritz - Carlton ballroom shimmers 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 In the earthquake`s aftermath, the lives of four strangers will Sarah Sloane, the wife of a financial whiz, watches her perfect world fall to Grammy-winning singer Melanie Free comes to a turning point in her life and career. Photographer Everett Carson finds new purpose amid the and Sister Maggie Kent, a nun who works with the homeless, searches through the rubble - and knows that there is much to be done… As the city staggers back to life, a chain reaction of extraordinary events will touch each of the Sarah discovers a crime and a betrayal, then a strength she never knew she had. Volunteering at a refugee camp opens new worlds of possibility for Melanie. Everett will forge an