A thrilling and dramatic tale of love, hope, intrigue and revenge on the island of Crete, which moves between the present day and the 1940s, when the Greek island was occupied by the Nazis She welcomes Angie with open arms - it's time to unburden herself, and tell the story she'll otherwise take to her grave. It's the story of the Nazi occupation of Crete during the Second World War, of horror, of courage and of the lengths to which a mother will go to protect her children.