"From the bestselling author of "The Deep End of the Ocean" comes an epic story of courage and devotion that spans three continents and the entire map of the human heart. Just hours after his wife and her entire family perish in a tsunami, American expat and former police officer Frank Mercy goes out to join his volunteer rescue unit and pulls a little boy from a submerged car. Not quite knowing why, Frank sidesteps the law, when, instead of turning Ian over to the Red Cross, he takes the boy home to the Midwestern farm where he grew up. Frank begins to believe that Ian has an extraordinary, impossible telepathic gift. Already, ominous coincidences have put Frank's police instincts on high alert, as he fights to keep Ian safe from a sinister group who want him back. A suspenseful novel on a grand scale, this is about the best and worst in people, and the possibility of heroism and even magic in ordinary life."-- Provided by the Publisher.