Robert's an Englishman, somewhat impulsive, and John is a Scotsman, more reserved, and a bit less experienced with the ways of the world. Their current world consists of an isolated Scottish island inhabited only by the bird colonies they were sent to catalog, and permanent resident Mr. Kirk and his much younger niece, Ellen. With two young men and one young woman and no real barriers or social controls, nature begins to take its course. It is 1939, and the world is about to be shaken to its foundations by the second World War — and almost like the flock of birds who take flight right before an earthquake, these three young people sense that everything is on the precipice of a catastrophic... More >>>