Warlight: A novel

Fromtheinternationallyacclaimed,best-sellingauthorofTheEnglishPatient:amesmerizingnewnovelthattellsadramaticstorysetinthedecadeafterWorldWarIIthroughthelivesofasmallgroupofunexpectedcharactersandtwoteenagerswhoselivesareindeliblyshapedbytheirunwittinginvolvement.Inanarrativeasbeguilingandmysteriousasmemoryitself--shadowedandluminousatonce--wereadthestoryoffourteen-year-oldNathaniel,andhisoldersister,Rachel.In1945,justafterWorldWarII,theystaybehindinLondonwhentheirparentsmovetoSingapore,leavingtheminthecareofamysteriousfigurenamedTheMoth.Theysuspecthemightbeacriminal,andtheygrowbothmoreconvincedandlessconcernedastheycometoknowhiseccentriccrewoffriends:menandwomenjoinedbyasharedhistoryofunspecifiedserviceduringthewar,allofwhomseem,insomeway,determinednowtoprotect,andeducate(inratherunusualways)RachelandNathaniel.Butaretheyreallywhatandwhotheyclaimtobe?Andwhatdoesitmeanwhenthesiblings'motherreturnsaftermonthsofsilencewithouttheirfather,explainingnothing,excusingnothing?Adozenyearslater,Nathanielbeginstouncoverallthathedidn'tknowandunderstandinthattime,anditisthisjourney--throughfacts,recollection,andimagination--thathenarratesinthismasterworkfromoneofthegreatwritersofourtime.