Two families thrown together by War.

When war correspondent Ilsa Stahl's plane goes down in a terrible storm over Papuan waters and she is taken prisoner by the Japanese, Ilsa prepares for the worst.

Her father, Jack Kelly, will stop at nothing to save her - even if it means risking the life of his only son, Lukas. No one knows Papua the way they do, and they are Ilsa's only hope.

Meanwhile, Major Kahl Mann is sent on a secret mission to Indochina that will see him embroiled in Ilsa's rescue in a way he could never have imagined.

This sweeping saga continues the story of the Kellys and Manns, following Peter Watt's much-loved characters as they fight to survive the war on Australia's doorstep.