Just a stone's throw from the hotels, tourist shops, restaurants, and night clubs of Clearwater Beach is an island a world away. For four unforgettable nights Thomas Palter struggles to survive both the storms raging within himself and the fury of nature's unstoppable forces as he makes the marina on Caladesi Island his home for a long weekend aboard his boat "Alive and Well...." Journey into the depths of human emotion and the spirit to overcome as Thomas searches for the answer to the ultimate question -- how has he gotten to this point, and more importantly, where will he go from here?