nIS HOPE ITSELF THE ONLY ANSWER? nThe renowned author of the Ring novels unravels a story of lovers wrestling with the darkness within themselves--be it selfishness, lust, or despair--in a deeply introspective romantic mystery that will tug at your mind as well as your heart. n nA seemingly amnesiac woman sits mutely before her psychiatrist. Unable, or perhaps unwilling, to speak, the only time she shows any hint of emotion is when she hums a song--and the song becomes the first clue. n nPregnant but abandoned by her lover, who boarded a tuna boat to brave turbulent waters far from home, shed waded into the pitch-black waves one evening to drown herself...because when you feel like youre stranded at sea all by yourself in the dead of the night, those waves call for you, lulling you to sink into the silence beneath. n nWhat we go on to discover is a cursed fate, a ruthless reality, and the dark humor of a world ruled by the indifferent forces of chance. They say you never know what the future holds, but what if youre told that you only have precisely a fifty-fifty chance of attaining happiness?n