After the invasion of her town by enemy soldiers, Maria finds herself abandoned in a bleak winter landscape, fighting for survival against the odds. Through a lucky meeting one bitterly cold night, she finds herself rescued by the local resistance movement and taken to help Nik and Alex in their uneven fight against their oppressors. It is an uncomfortable threesome, with Alex making it all too plain that she resents Maria. The capture of an enemy soldier, Hans, further compicates matters. There is a whisper that the allies are about to counterattack, but will Maria survive the cold, abduction, bombardment and the unwanted attentions of the nefarious Konrad, and get what she so badly wants- the chance to belong to someone?