It's 1938, and headstrong eighteen-year-old Mari Carrera is fleeing scandal in rural New Zealand aboard the SS Rimutaka. But once in the care of her godfather in London, Mari succumbs to the temptations of the glittering West End.
Then war comes and snatches it all away.
As the Blitz rains death on London, Mari's life is blown apart. Lost and alone in the burning East End, she learns that to endure this war she must find the strength, selflessness and compassion locked within her.
And soon the born survivor must put her life on the line for others.