Cornwall 1914. Edith Fairchild's good-for-nothing husband Benedict deserted her when their children were babies. Now the children are almost adult Edith and Pascal her faithful lover of two decades are planning to leave their beloved Spindrift artists' community and finally be together. But an explosive encounter between Benedict and Pascal forces old secrets into the light. Then an assassin's bullet fired in faraway Sarajevo sets in motion a chain of events that changes everything. Under the shadow of war the community struggles to eke out a living. The younger generation enlist or volunteer to support the war effort facing dangers that seemed unimaginable in the golden summer of 1914. When it's all over will the Spindrift community survive an unexpected threat?

Part of the Spindrift Trilogy series.