The storm

Shahryar a recent PhD graduate and father of nine-year-old Anna must leave the US when his VISA expires. In their last weeks together we learn Shahryar's history in a village on the Bay of Bengal where a poor fisherman and his wife prepare to face a storm of historic proportions. Inspired by the 1970 Bhola cyclone in which a half-million people perished overnight this riveting novel builds to a series of revelatory and moving climaxes showing the many ways in which families love betray honor and sacrifice for one another.