A story by Steve Lyons in the Sapphire and Steel series. The Sapphire and Steel television series ran from 1979–1982. The final story of the series ended on a cliffhanger, with Sapphire and Steel trapped in a motorway café and floating through space.
The third novel in Annie Murray's "Birmingham" series. While Genie's father is away fighting in World War II, her mother has a ruinous affair which leaves her pregnant; Genie's little brother leaves, never to return; while Genie herself meets a man who then disappears to war.