Kassandra comes from the sea, but she has no memory of saltwater, seagulls, or an incoming tide. She's never seen an ocean, never heard the thunder of surf. She's an exile, betrayed by her own family, sent as far from the sea as they could arrange-somewhere in the middle of Nebraska. Everything changes the day she drowns in Red Bear Lake and discovers she can't really drown. Not in the way everyone else can. Kassandra runs away, hoping she has time...