Agadir, Morocco 29th February, 1960 The earthquake lasted just long enough to destroy the Hotel Saada Long enough to change forever the lives of its guests Matthew Morris is escaping from a failed marriage and career Nadine Deschamps, an actress, is searching for solitude Jack Frazier is a criminal running from the law Also staying are a distinguished American lawyer, and three French prostitutes This is a novel of emotion and suspense, love and greed, wickedness and courage, and of one man's search for himself