Wyatt Chamberlin, teenage son of the two parents Margaret and Andrew, soon lives a life for which their family is torn apart by anger and alcohol. Years passing, Wyatt deals with this problem with ignorance, and takes care of him and his mother who have been abandoned by Andrew. But then, a certain day, a rumor of disaster simmers over the town of Whittier, Alaska, and soon...that disaster struck.
Now, Wyatt is forced to survive without his mother, and to be taken in by survivors, and must learn to survive with fear, courage, and love.
Avery McAllister's life unravels when her parents die in a tragic fire she caused. Sent to an orphanage and later adopted into a family with an abusive, alcoholic father, Avery grows up battling guilt, isolation, and managing a staggering trust in God. In her senior year she meets Peter―a kind, charming, basketball player. She finally finds hope for trust and begins to heal. But family tensions send Peter spiraling, dragging Avery with him. She ends up suffering yet another devastating loss and an even more fractured faith.