In this sequel to Unknown Warrior, Eileen Dewhirst, now enlisted in the WRNS, is serving on Orkney, where she meets pilot Reg Underwood in unusual circumstances. They meet twice and it is immediately apparent that a special attraction exists between them.

All too soon, he is posted away, initially to an escort carrier on the North Russian Convoy route, but they promise to keep in touch.

After a brief time together in London, he is posted, firstly to Rhode Island, USA, to be trained on the new fighter, and then to the Far East, where a distance of almost 12,000 miles and fierce fighting in the Pacific shorten the odds against his return, but they are as determined as ever to be reunited.