The scars of war will never fade. But some wounds go far, far deeper than the flesh.
David Wallis is a normal man, living with his wife.
Until he joins the British army.
Until he agrees to fight for his country in the Second World War.
War breeds ghosts. But on Drake's Island... the ghosts were already waiting.
Corporal David Wallis has survived the horrors of France - the screams, the gunfire, the blood. But nothing could prepare him for what waits off the coast of Plymouth. Sent to defend the ancient fort of Drake's Island, David and his men expect a quiet posting - instead, they find the dead still walking its grounds.
Fog rolls in thick and heavy. Voices whisper from the tunnels. The graves beneath the island stir...
And every night, soldiers vanish one by one.
Haunted by visions of his wife Elsie and the fear he may never see her again, David fights to keep his men alive - and his sanity intact. But the island has other plans. A centuries-old prisoner known only as The Thief is clawing his way back to life... and he wants his heart returned.
As the skies darken with the shadow of German bombers, David must choose between saving the living - or burying the dead for good.
Because on Drake's Island, dawn doesn't bring hope.
It brings horror.