In 1944, during the end of World War Two, 18-year-old Maisa is longing to be someone. She becomes friends with a young boy, Aubrey, an eleven-year-old who is fascinated and bewitched by Maisa. They become intertwined in the lives of Elizabella, Manning Latimer, Hallie and Owen, a wounded soldier. A mysterious young man called Oscar arrives in town and finds himself entranced by Maisa. All these characters meet up together at the Roman Ruins, where an incident has occurred in the past which is connected with Maisa.