This novel is a thank you, but it may not seem that way at first. As Owen struggles through a life of abuse and violence, good people start to notice, because there are good people in this world. He will get a small respite in children's homes. But then his family moves back to Gosport and his missing brother is found in the pill box, where our story began. As the final struggle comes, he will need the help of all the good people he knows. He will have to trust someone and they will need to pray. You can do a lot of praying in the dead of the night.