Deep in the trenches of World War I, Timothy Wainwright fights impossible odds in an effort to help free the world from oppression. He sets his jaw and wonders if he can keep from killing Luther, a more dangerous enemy than the German Army. Only his memories of the hills of home -- "of Hope" he calls them, for his stepsister -- and of Hope herself, keep him going when even his faith in God falters. Hope Farrell is fighting her own war back home in western Washington. She cannot and will not marry Luther, in spite of her father's bold announcement of their engagement.