When twenty-year-old Azar Hosseini learns that a man she is falling for is the son of the man who tortured her father seventeen years earlier, everything changes. Azar and her father flee to Mashhad in Iran's far east, narrowly evading recapture. There, driven by rage and fear, Azar hacks into the Pentagon to exact revenge - an act that will shape her future. Now studying water management, Azar's research draws her to Asia's great rivers. Teaming up with Indian hydrology PhD student Viraj Kumar, she uncovers warning signs of a catastrophic dam failure on the Yangtze. As governments stonewall, a CIA contact offers satellite access - and a chance to avert disaster. If the dams fail, millions will die. Dam Break is a riveting geopolitical thriller about love, resilience, and disasters. Can two outsiders stop the flood of the century?
