Belén Martínez, one of the most vibrant and promising voices in Spanish youth literature, once again captivates us with After the Ocean, a harrowing story about life and death; hope and family; about identity and those moments that end up defining us as human beings.

March 11, 2011. Nanami Tendo had to leave Miako, her hometown. That same day, an earthquake struck Japan, producing one of the deadliest tsunamis in history. She survived, but her home and her world were destroyed. Years later, in Kyoto, Nanami meets a strange boy who was in Miako on the day of the catastrophe and brings back ghosts and memories that Nami thought she had left behind. Is it possible to escape fate?