1992: Leo Deakin wakes up in a hospital somewhere in South America his girlfriend Eleni is dead & Leo doesnt know where he is or how Eleni died. He blames himself for the tragedy & is sucked into a spiral of despair. But Leo is about to discover something which will change his life forever. 1917: Moritz Daniecki is a fugitive from a Siberian POW camp. Seven thousand kilometres over the Russian Steppes separate him from his village & his sweetheart whose memory has kept him alive through carnage & captivity. The Great War may be over but Moritz now faces a perilous journey across a continent riven by civil war. When Moritz finally limps back into his village to claim the hand of the woman he left behind will she still be waiting? Danny Scheinmann paints a dramatic portrait of two men sustaining their lives through the memory of love. Cinematic & brimming with raw emotions it is the magnificent & emotive debut from a remarkable new writer.