In a narrative as mysterious as memory itself
- at once both shadowed & luminous
- Warlight is a vivid, thrilling novel of violence & love, intrigue & desire. It is 1945, & London is still reeling from the Blitz & years of war. 14-year-old Nathaniel & his sister, Rachel, are apparently abandoned by their parents, left in the care of an enigmatic figure named The Moth. They suspect he might be a criminal, & grow both more convinced & less concerned as they get to know his eccentric crew of friends: men & women with a shared history, all of whom seem determined now to protect, & educate (in rather unusual ways) Rachel & Nathaniel. But are they really what & who they claim to be? A dozen years later, Nathaniel begins to uncover all he didn`t know or understand in that time, & it is this journey
- through reality, recollection, & imagination
- that is told in this magnificent novel.