In a narrative as mysterious as memory itself - at once both shadowed and luminous - Warlightis a vivid thrilling novel of violence and love intrigue and desire. It is 1945 and London is still reeling from the Blitz and years of war. 14-year-old Nathaniel and his sister Rachel are apparently abandoned by their parents left in the care of an enigmatic figure named The Moth. They suspect he might be a criminal and grow both more convinced and less concerned as they get to know his eccentric crew of friends- men and women with a shared history all of whom seem determined now to protect and educate (in rather unusual ways) Rachel and Nathaniel. But are they really what and who they claim to be? A dozen years later Nathaniel begins to uncover all he didn?t know or understand in that time and it is this journey - through reality recollection and imagination - that is told in this magnificent novel.
