Claire knows she's broken; she feels it jabbing at her, rough and jagged. Everything changes when she meets Jake. Suddenly, Claire doesn't feel so damaged or lost. Life starts making sense. But when a world catastrophe explodes into both their worlds, Jake, always a soldier first, is called to serve half a world away. Claire has no idea what to expect. Because, really, how could she have known, how could anyone have known, what could happen in one month, or six? What can change in a year? What one summer, or two, or three all stacked neatly on top of one another could do to two people?