Longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2017

'Moving, tender, thrilling, important. It will stay with me for a very long time' Megan Bradbury, author of Everyone is Watching

DISASTER WILL BRING THEIR LIVES TOGETHER

In 1994, Marko Novak’s world is torn apart by the death of his best friend, a young soldier in the Bosnian war.

In 2004, human rights researcher Anya Teal is following a tenuous lead in the hunt for a man with blood on his hands. When Anya invites her first love Will to join her on holiday in a Thai beach resort, she hopes they might unpick the mistakes of their past. She also knows that Kao Lak may be home to the man she is looking for.

But a disaster as destructive as a war is approaching. In its wake, everything they knew will be overturned.