What happens when a mother and her daughters are separated?

Malaya, 1955. Lydia Cartwright returns from visiting a sick friend to an empty house.The servants are gone. The phone is dead. Where is her husband, Alec?Her young daughters, Emma and Fleur? Lydia's search takes her on a hazardous journey through war-torn jungle. Lydia will soon face a devastating betrayal which may be more than she can bear.....