The dazzling novel from the bestselling author of CLOUD ATLAS. Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2014 Run away; one drowsy summer's afternoon; with Holly Sykes: wayward teenager; broken-hearted rebel and unwitting pawn in a titanic; hidden conflict. Over six decades; the consequences of a moment's impulse unfold; drawing an ordinary woman into a world far beyond her imagining. And as life in the near future turns perilous; the pledge she made to a stranger may become the key to her family's survival . . .