Carmela DeMitri’s struggle to survive brings 1917 and the Alpine Front of the Great War to life. After getting into an argument with her strict father in New York, Carmela sails to Italy to join Ben Carlotti, her boyfriend. Everything goes wrong. Ben doesn’t show up. The Austrians break through Italy’s defenses, and she discovers that the Alpini pressed him into service at a dangerous time when thousands of deserters are on the run. A lone woman among many desperate men, she vows to follow her heart and find her true love.