Pitch High

The quest of a scientist passionate about lightning to answer 'How can a flash of lightning change a life?' A split second that can shape the destiny of one, or of many, bringing fear or passion, tragedy or success, peace or war. In search of an answer, he meets six whose lives were changed in very different ways by lightning. This surprising journey reveals both popular ideas about lightning and the scientific view, from the discovery of Brazil, forward into the future of our very existence. —Anonymous