New Year`s Eve - and the storm of the century hits California. What happens in the storm`s wake will deep affect three people: Quinn Thompson, who has built a barrier around himself since his wife`s death; his neighbour Maggie Dartman. still grieving a terrible los: and Jack Adams, a carpenter who will repair Quinn`s ar Maggie`s homes and who hides a painful secret. Quinn, a man who has scaled heights of success in business at the expense of his family, is now adrift, waiting as the finishing touches are made to his newest passion, a 180-foot yacht he plans to sail aroum the world. Consumed by guilt, focused only on escapin to the sea, Quinn faces a choice - between a safe havei and an adventure of the heart. The choice he makes will take him on an extraordinary journey and into a second, terrifying storm, one that will bring him or deliverance.