It is about Captain Saunders who is injured in the Korean War then falls in love with Dr Balant.

[1] The book was the first published by a company Thwaites set up for English readers, Harcourts.

[2] The novel was adapted for Australia radio in 1955.

This was a 30-minute radio serial that broadcast until 1956.

[3] The Liverpool Post called it a "hotch potch" which "has to be read to be believed.