The lives of four characters collide in Danielle Steel's novel, as a devastating tragedy transforms each of them forever, igniting powerful journeys of change and revelation, courage and grace.

This is the story of a wealthy man who embarks on a quest to find an heir to his fortune. Damian Baxter is dying. He doesn't think he has any children, but then a letter from an old girlfriend leads him to think otherwise.

George can't take his life seriously. He founds a successful travel agency, because he is a natural tourist himself, an outsider. George believes that life will always to on like this, but events catch up with him - at first slyly, then suddenly.