Elizabeth Mary Williams has grown up surrounded by war and conflict but she never imagined she'd one day loose her mother to it. When a bombing in London kills their mother, Margret and Lizzie Willaims are forced to move to the countryside. Edward Smith, Lizzie's best friend joins them as they leave home for the first time. When Lizzie recieves a telegraph saying that her father is 'missing in action', her and Edward set out on an adventure to find him. With war raging around them, Lizzie and Edward find themselves in dangerous new territory, until they meet Captain Thomas Green. With his help, the two best friends must venture across Europe in search of the light Lizzie so desperately needs. Will the group manage to survive the war that rages around them? And what will they find along the way?