"Hurricane Ophelia is bearing down on New York City. And in a matter of hours, six people, along with their families, friends, and millions of other New Yorkers living around them, will be caught up in the horrific flooding it unleashes...Heroes are revealed as the city and New Yorkers struggle to face a natural disaster of epic proportions. And then the real challenge begins, as the survivors face their futures, with damage to repair and scars to heal..."--

"Everybody reads Danielle Steel! Now the #1 New York Times bestselling author returns with a powerful and dramatic novel that once again confirms her reputation as America's favorite storyteller"--

A forceful, dramatic novel about the lives of multiple people caught in a major hurricane and flood in New York City and the new relationships that develop in the aftermath.

Hurricane Ophelia is bearing down on New York City. And in a matter of hours six people, along with their families and friends, will be caught up in the horrific flooding it unleashes. Ellen Wharton flew in from London to see her architect mother, but Grace Madison refuses to leave her apartment in the evacuation zone. British investment banker Charles Williams is looking for his daughters and ex-wife in SoHo. ER doctor Juliette Dubois fights to save lives when the generators at her hospital fail. NYU students Peter Holbrook and Ben Weiss are settled in with junk food and beer until their building threatens to collapse. And then the real challenges begin as the survivors face their futures.

"Ellen przyjeżdża do Nowego Jorku, by odwiedzić matkę i poszukać rady specjalisty - razem z mężem od lat bezskutecznie starają się o dziecko. Charles przybył tu w interesach, a przy okazji pragnie zobaczyć swoje córki, które mieszkają na Manhattanie z jego byłą żoną. Juliette czeka kolejny dzień stresującej pracy na oddziale ratunkowym w jednym z miejskich szpitali. Każde z nich skupia się na swoich planach i nadziejach, drobnych radościach i smutkach. Nie potrafią docenić, jak wiele życie ma im do zaoferowania tu i teraz. Aż pewnego dnia muszą stawić czoło katastrofie..." -- cover.

"Ėlen Varton - uspeshnyĭ dizaĭner i ochenʹ ėffektnai͡a zhenshchina, uzhe mnogie gody zamuzhem za angliĭskim aristokratom i zhivet v Londone. Dzhordzh - strogiĭ priverzhenet͡s tradit͡siĭ, i Ėlen izo vsekh sil staraetsi͡a sootvetstvovatʹ ego predstavlenii͡u ob idealʹnoĭ zhene.Otpravli͡ai͡asʹ v Nʹi͡u-Ĭork navestitʹ matʹ, Ėlen ne mogla dazhe predpolozhitʹ, chto ee ozhidaet. Na gorod obrushivaetsi͡a uragan chudovishchnoĭ moshchi: potoki vody razrushai͡ut vse na svoem puti, chislo pogibshikh i propavshikh bez vesti neumolimo rastet... No stikhii͡a bushuet ne tolʹko na ulit͡sakh: muzh soobshchaet Ėlen, chto li͡ubit drugui͡u zhenshchinu i trebuet razvoda. Desi͡atʹ let sovmestnoĭ zhizni, bezrezulʹtatnye popytki zavesti rebenka, beskonechnye pokhody po vracham - vse perecherknuto. No dazhe posle strashnogo uragana nebo v kont͡se kont͡sov stanovitsi͡a golubym. Nastupit li pokoĭ i umirotvorenie v serdt͡se Ėlen?"--