As the Sparks Fly Upwards

In a country tearing itself apart in a brutal civil war Toms only aim is to find something somewhere or someone to believe in. But where do you turn when you lose your home job friends community in one day?Tom a young baker is evicted from his home life and Dorset town when his father dies. Hes conscripted into the army in the brutal war between parliament and king. And its the middle of winter. He needs friends. Fast. What he doesnt need is a psychotic colonel a mysterious comrade Effra who might be a desperate criminal and to be stuck in a little fishing town besieged by a whole Royalist army. At least Bathsua is a good influence but she is a Puritan preacher and a force equal to anything Tom faces in battle. Right across Dorset Tom struggles to replace the home he has lost; to build something from nothing. Then to lose everything again that would be unbearable.