The Year is 1967, and the storm clouds of civil war are gathering over Southeastern Nigeria. Captain Akachi, Amara's husband, must go to fight and in fear for her life, she must travel to safety with his friends in London. Pregnant and alone, Amara is petrified of the prospect of moving away from the only home she had ever known, to the other side of the world to stay with people she has never met! This spellbinding debut novel by David Kelly follows Amara and Akachi as they battle for survival and leave an everlasting imprint on the lives of those they meet.