In 1944 war has taken the men in Nazi-controlled Austria to the front line. For 13-year-old Ursula Hildesheim life in the village of Felddorf remains as it was: idly thieving, enlisted in chores and running wild with her adored older brother. But when Russian prisoners escape from a concentration camp, her friend goes missing and her brother's allegiance to the Hitler Youth emerges, Ursula finds herself disturbed by dark memories and surrounded by threat. She must discover a bravery she has never known and recognise that danger comes not only from the enemy at the door but from the enemy within.