Noviembre de 1944. En la isla inundada de Walcheren, Zelanda, miles de soldados aliados luchan contra el ejército alemán. Tres vidas jóvenes están inextricablemente conectadas. Un niño holandés que lucha por los alemanes, un piloto de planeador inglés y una niña de Zelanda conectada a la resistencia contra su voluntad, se ven obligados a tomar decisiones cruciales que afectan tanto su propia libertad como la libertad de los demás.
Marthe is a girl with a special gift: she can cure illnesses. But the time she lives in is marked by superstition and godliness. When Marthe can not help the burgrave's wife from her village, the girl has to flee. Your path crosses that of Ritter Christian, who moves eastward into the Mark Meissen with a group of Frankish settlers. In the Middle Ages an unimaginably long and arduous way. Christian has a hard time avoiding the fascination of Marthe, but their diverse backgrounds make a relationship impossible and the settlers are afraid of the weird girl.
Simon falls head over heels in love with pretty and quick-witted Verena. When his father, who suffers from schizophrenia, has a relapse, Simon devotes himself completely to his mother and little sister and endangers his budding romance. Maneuvering himself into a near-fatal situation, Simon realizes that he cannot change the others' lives, but only his own.
