Lydia Yukiavich has a gift for telling the stories of vulnerable people whose lives are full of turmoil. In the near future, due to global warming, ocean levels have risen, and refugees are flocking to the remaining landmasses. Laisve lost her mother and brother and is trying to save those she still cares about. She travels through water and time, communicates with a turtle, and collects strange things. On her way she meets builders of the Statue of Liberty, prisoners of an underwater prison, an Indigo child, a woman with a prosthetic leg, people of various ages and nationalities. Will Laisve, wandering in worlds mirroring each other, be able to change the course of history? Will it be possible to escape from the wounding dystopia and find a path to a future without borders and social hierarchies? And is there a home for everyone who understands how beautiful the common dream of freedom is?