Bravery, courage, fear, treachery and love in a time of war.

Sabine and her friends discover the darkest days are just before the liberation as the brutality of the Occupation intensifies. Loyalties are stretched to the limits as the inhabitants of Saint-Antoine-de-Double try to navigate safely through the occupation.

Set in Dordogne in South-west France during World War II, the relationships and strengths are tested to the limits as life changes in horrific ways, The friends find themselves facing frightening situations and responding in ways they never thought possible as bravery and resistance take different forms in each of their actions.

Vivid and powerful in its illumination of a time and place filled with atrocities but also humanity and extraordinary bravery, Eilidh McGinness's novel will evoke readers to ask - what would I have done?

The novel is the second part of a trilogy set in south-west France during WW2, and is essentially a family saga.