1867. Eliza Caine arrives in Norfolk to take up her position as governess at Gaudlin Hall on a dark and chilling night. As she makes her way across the station platform, a pair of invisible hands push her from behind into the path of an approaching train. She is only saved by the vigilance of a passing doctor....

The day the First World War broke out, Alfie Summerfield\"s father promised he wouldn\"t go away to fight - but he broke that promise the following day. Four years later, Alfie doesn\"t know where his father might be, other than that he\"s away on a special, secret mission....

What happens when innocence is confronted by monstrous evil? Nine year old Bruno knows nothing of the Final Solution and the Holocaust. He is oblivious to the appalling cruelties being inflicted on the people of Europe by his country....