num_pages: 464
description: Daniel and Vanessa Parker are an American success story. He is a Washington DC power broker and she is a physician with a thriving practice. But behind the gilded facade their marriage is a shambles and their teenage son Quentin is self-destructing. In desperation Daniel dusts off a long-delayed dream a sailing trip around the world. Little does he know the voyage he hopes will save them may destroy them instead.Half a world away on the lawless coast of Somalia Ismail Adan Ibrahim is living a life of crime in violation of everything he was raised to believe except for the love and loyalty driving him to hijack ships for ransom and plot the rescue of his sister Yasmin from the man who murdered their father. There is nothing he will not do to save her even if it means taking innocent lives.Paul Derrick is the FBI s top hostage negotiator. His twin sister Megan is a celebrated defense attorney. They have reached the summit of their careers by savvy grit and a secret determination to escape the memory of the day their family died. When Paul is dispatched to handle a hostage crisis at sea he has no idea how far it will take him and Megan into the past or the chance it will give them to redeem the future.Across continents and oceans through storms and civil wars the paths of these individuals converge in a single explosive moment. It is a moment that will test them and break them but it will also leave behind an unexpected glimmer of hope that out of the ashes of tragedy and misfortune the seeds of justice and reconciliation can grow.
language: English
title: The Tears of Dark Water
publisher: Thomas Nelson