<b>From the National Book Award-winning, bestselling author of <i>Three Junes </i>comes "an engrossing, richly drawn and exquisitely told story of small-town residents grappling with the difficulties of changing times" (<i>People).</i></b><br><br><b>“Full of secrets and surprises...A must-read.” —J. Courtney Sullivan, author of <i>Friends and Strangers</i><br></b><br>When two unexpected visitors arrive in an insular coastal village, they threaten the equilibrium of a community already confronting climate instability, political violence, and domestic upheavals.<br><br>A decade from now, in the historic town of Vigil Harbor, there is a rash of divorces among the yacht-club set, a marine biologist despairs at the state of the world, a spurned wife is bent on revenge, and the renowned architect Austin Kepner pursues a passion for building homes designed to withstand the escalating fury of relentless storms. Austin’s stepson, Brecht, has dropped out of college i