When the Second World War breaks out, Annie Webster and her close-knit family find themselves – along with everyone else – thrust into a world of uncertainty, danger and despair. Her brothers join up, her sweetheart Paul becomes a fighter pilot, and Annie, desperate to help, finds herself in the WAAF, where her intelligence and warmth single her out for a rôle more daring than she has ever known.
The country has never needed its young people more, but will Annie and her loved ones survive its darkest hour?
