Love and War, Crime and Betrayal. The Italian Alps,1944. The Resistance is fighting a bitter battle against German forces on the treacherous mountains of the Valtellina. Eighteen-year-old Sandro Bellini falls in love with the wife of his Commander. No good can come of it.

The first novel by a highly-regarded author of non-fiction. A widower discovers that his late wife was unfaithful, and resolves to find the lover, taking him to Northern Italy where he becomes embroiled in the partisan struggle in the darkest days of the war.