A brother and sister's epic journey to independence spans India and England in war and peace. India, August 1947: Fleeing from their burnt-out village as civil war rages in the Punjab, Marvinder and Jaspal are separated from their mother, Jhoti. Marvinder has already saved her brother's life once, but now they both face a daily fight for survival. Together they escape across India and nearly halfway around the world to England, to find a father they hardly know in a new, hostile culture... This book was runner-up for the Guardian Children's Fiction Award.

In this dramatic story of a family divided by history, the sequel to "The Wheel of Surya", Jaspal, Marvinder, their father and Edith are all searching for reconciliation. Jaspal and Marvinder return to India.

This final volume in THE WHEEL OF SURYA trilogy sees Jaspal and Marvinder reunited with their mother in India, but their fight for independence goes on, despite their father.