It’s 1941 and Rowena, a doctor in Kowloon is having a night out although war threatens. That night she encounters more than she bargained for – a man she falls in love with and another man who collects beautiful things – and has her in mind.

At Christmas that year her world sets fire. She’s at a hospital where terrible atrocities occur, one in particular that will affect her for the rest of her life. There is also a danger that follows her into a prisoner of war camp.

Survival is a precious commodity that she holds onto with two hands and hopes to see the future.