For the first time, a Nightingale nurses novel set during World War I. Follow the senior staff as they overcome the trials of their training years.

East London, 1914: Britain is preparing itself for war. While young men queue to enlist up and down the country, the Nightingale Hospital has its own set of new recruits.

Anna Beck is the daughter of the best baker in Bethnal Green. Her German father built the business out of nothing and now has regular queues outside the shop. But as shadow of war descends, Elise's father's fate is at the mercy of their neighbors.

Meanwhile Katie Carlyle has always wanted to follow in her father's footsteps and become a doctor. She fought hard to get accepted into medical school at the Nightingale, and even now she faces prejudice from her fellow students as well as the tutors. Can she prove them wrong?

And Sadie Sedgwick is desperate to escape her humble roots. She joins the Nightingale for a fresh start, a new life away from the mother she despises. But the past has a way of catching up with people.

Join the Nightingale nurses on a journey through the hardships of love, life, and war.