Exquisitely detailed and intelligently written.a vast piece that strikingly reveals the human condition at the hour of its destruction.Booklist

The rumor of the flood to come was too terrible to be true, and like most, Re Jana does not believe it. How could a godanyones goddetermine who deserves to live and who to die?
It was the rising waters that chased Re Janas family from their home in the marshes. To the desert they fled, following the trail of animals and people who had gone before them. And there, in the dry center of the desert, rose the frame of a boat of unprecedented proportions.

Even as she falls in love with the builders son, Ham, and panic spreads in the gathered tribes, Re Jana questions all that she hears and believes her family will be saved, even as the deluge begins and the doors to the ark are sealed.

Anne Provoost studied literature at the University of Leuven, Belgium, and upon completing her studies, she moved to the United States and wrote her first novel. She was elected a member of the Royal Academy of Dutch Language and Literature in 2003. Her four previous books have been translated into ten languages and have received practically every major literary award for books in Dutch. She lives with her husband and three children in Antwerp, Belgium.

Marguerite Gavin grew up on the Chesapeake Bay. She holds an M.F.A. in acting and a B.F.A. in theater. An actress working in theater and audiobook narration, she is also artistic director of a youth theater program. She lives in the Washington, D.C., area with her husband and son.