Having already evacuated the Air Office Commander's daughter Fiona from the British garrison at Singapore when it falls to Japanese attack in 1941, Dutch pilot Dirk Van Dooren finds himself again flying with her and an assortment of Dutch evacuees out of Soerbaya, Java when it to comes under attack. When the 'plane crashes in the Australian desert those still alive endure great hardship in their fight to survive the harsh conditions until they stumble upon a valley they call Landfall. But the story isn't over yet...