IN THE SPRING OF 1945, WITH THE END OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR IN SIGHT, A GERMAN OFFICER ORDERS THE REPRISAL SHOOTING OF EIGHT WOMEN IN A SMALL ALPINE VILLAGE NEAR LAKE COMO.
Nearly fifty years later, in a suburb of Sydney, the daughter of one of the victims discovers her mother's executioner living quietly under an assumed name.
Aware of the impotence of the law, Colombina determines to seek vengeance and make the old man pay for his crime. But she, in turn, is forced to confront her own past and her own culpability.
A gripping tale of patriotism, passion and betrayal from a master storyteller.
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