A secret love affair on a faraway island. Seas crawling with Japanese spies. A terrible war creeping ever closer... India, 1940 and Rosie is devastated by the sudden death of her beloved mother. The parties, smiles and games disappear, and although Rosie is desperate to stay in her home, her father cannot look after her. All alone in the world, she is sent to Sri Lanka, to live with her mother's...