"The Great Storm of 1900 is a gripping historical epic rooted in true events. As the deadliest hurricane in American history strikes Galveston, a city divided by wealth and class, thousands perish overnight. But from the devastation comes one of the greatest engineering feats of its time—the raising of an entire city and the construction of the Galveston Seawall, a towering defense that would stand for generations."

SYNOPSIS:

In the summer of 1900, Ava Fleetwood returns home to Galveston, Texas, from a season in Newport to prepare for the city’s lavish Cotton Ball. Caught between a socially advantageous engagement to James King and a growing connection with a thoughtful French engineer, August Laurent, Ava begins to question the life expected of her. Her brother, David, works under Galveston's confident yet dangerously dismissive chief meteorologist, Isaac Cline.

When a monstrous hurricane strikes without warning, the island is torn apart. Floodwaters rise. Homes are ripped from their foundations. Families are separated. Ava and August struggle to survive as the storm rages around them. Amos, a formerly enslaved dockworker, risks everything to save his son. James flees. Orphans are swept into the Gulf. Entire neighborhoods vanish overnight.

In the aftermath, Clara Barton arrives with the Red Cross, and journalist Winifred Black brings national attention to the devastation. But Galveston refuses to die. What follows is one of the boldest civil engineering feats in American history—the raising of the entire island and the construction of the Galveston Seawall.

The Great Storm of 1900 is a sweeping historical drama about survival, love, and the will to rebuild. Based on true events, it captures not only the cost of the storm—but the strength that rose in its wake.