While tending the wounded at the Battle of Brunete, young nurse Heini Hopkins wonders about her boyfriend, International Brigades volunteer Deiniol Price - will she ever see him again?
Meanwhile, as the battle rages, Dr Miguel Martinez is faced with a dilemma: should he evacuate his young daughter, Espe, on the last cargo steamer to sail from Spain?
Following the fascists as they advance, journalist Bernie Miller proves that principles are more important to him than propaganda, while his companion, Naomi Parker, discovers a shocking secret about her would-be lover, Prince Nicolas Esteban.
Book three in The Olive Tree: A Spanish Civil War Saga represents a turning point in the civil war, and in the lives of Heini and Naomi.