This is a story of the indomitable spirit of a youth into manhood, his earliest years spent growing up in the war-ridden city of London, England.Twelve years old and orphaned following WW2, he follows a clandestine lifestyle on the London streets while England rebuilds after the war. His rescue of another teen from the streets and their liaison cause him to experience the pain and intensity of first love and parenthood, subsequently separating them.Becoming a seafaring adventurer, he spends many years travelling across England and Canada, finally returning to his homeland to reclaim his lost love and their daughter.This novel follows the path of an orphaned boy and all-consuming, undying love, spanning more than 50 years, ebbing past the physical, flowing into every hidden corner of the mind and flooding the very soul to eternity.