Ill-fated strangers, David and Marti, turn their backs to their lives and take to the road on a quest to cross-off off her dying wish: to see the Pacific Ocean. Pacific snapshots their journey from an AIDS support group in Minnesota, through the Black Hills, past Devil's Tower, over the painted mountains of Idaho and onward to Cannon Beach. Along the way, they discover the life still clinging to their bones and the unexpected love they have sown each day they near the Pacific.

Scott Welvaert lives in Minnesota with his wife, two daughters and a deaf husky named Rocket. He has authored numerous books, including The Curse of the Wendigo, The Mosquito King, The Alabaster Ring, Grotesque, and The 13th Floor. An avid outdoorsman and comic book nerd, he enjoys writing stories that bend the fabric of reality and offer something more than this world can conjure.