Water is the fundamental source of life on our planet. It can be warm, comforting and salubrious; we all began our lives floating in it. But it can be dangerous—even murderous. From a serendipitous day on the ocean that suddenly becomes apocalyptic, to a woman on the Appalachian Trail who is lost in a bog and fights her own demons to survive, and a father desperately tries to save his drowning son in a lake in Northern Minnesota.

These 20 fast-paced, "right to the action" stories will keep you on edge to the very end: A philandering player gets played, a pair of drunken brothers plot wedding night revenge, a Canadian sailor on a distant Bahama island discovers something that has eluded man since the beginning of time, and a simple scheme to save a struggling Georgia swamp town goes terribly wrong. Come experience the power of Water Power!