London, 1944. The city is scarred by bombs and loss, and fourteen-year-old Charlie Matters has learned to survive by any means necessary. Orphaned and restless, he steals to stay alive, waiting for the day he’s old enough to join the fight.
Fifteen-year-old Molly Wakefield returns to a home that no longer exists. Evacuated to the countryside for years, she comes back to find her parents gone and her city in ruins.
Both adrift, they find refuge in The Book Keep, a small shop owned by Ignatius Oliver—a widower drowning in his own grief. Within its walls, the three form a makeshift family. But secrets linger, danger follows, and as London burns around them, trust may be their only chance at survival.
