A compelling new novel by the author of A Question of Loyalty - June, 1944. In the aftermath of the Normandy Landings, chaos reigns. At an isolated farm close to the front line, Martine battles to shelter her German boyfriend. Meanwhile, on the South coast of England, Colonel David Clarke is preparing his troops for the last stage of the Allied invasion, while his pretty young wife, Gwen, assuages her loneliness with an affair with an RAF officer. As the battle rages, passions are ignited and loyalties are strained. Ultimately, though, honour will prevail . . .