Introduction and Part 1, Racing the Moon: Chapters 1-4 Summary

This book was originally published by the title The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud. However, when a movie was made of the novel, the novel was reissued by the name of the movie, Charlie St. Cloud.

Florio Ferrente is a fireman who is a certified paramedic. Florio has been called to the site of many accidents on the General Edwards drawbridge, including one that led to the miracle recovery of a man thought dead after drowning. That is one of three miracle rescues Florio feels he has been a part of. Another was the rescue of a little girl who was caught in a fire and declared dead by the medical examiner before Florio was able to bring her back. The last was Charlie St. Cloud, a...