In the chaotic last days of World War II Jacob and Kizzy are tricked into a life-or-death journey. Far from home they are attacked and only just escape. They hide in a seemingly deserted mansion but they keep hearing strange noises . . . Investigating they find it shelters not only forty abandoned horses but a small band of lost children displaced by the war. With danger on every side can Kizzy and Jakob keep them safe and get them all home?