This book is about a boy named Nathan and how he and his family were droved out of their home by the Klu Klux Klan and they killed Nathan’s mother so he went with his grandfather and father to find a better place.. They hoped for a better life back on pea island known as the outer banks today. Also it was after the civil war and black people were slaves. Nathan wanted to be in the US Lifesaving Service unlike his dad who is a fisherman. What Nathan wanted to be was also called a Storm warrior. He wants to be a storm warrior because he wanted to save people and the way the ships were made back then and their technology was less advanced than ours today because during that time the first engine boats started to come along but were