Brisbane 1942: a big country town jumping at shadows, never knowing if that buzz in the air is a cicada or a squadron of merciless Japanese Zeroes. World War II took the city’s innocence, and that of 14-year-old Danny Fisher.

Danny’s dashing pilot brother has been killed in the boming of Darwin. As Danny’s devastated family unravels, the teen finds a surrogate sibling in Andy, one of the American’s stationed in Brisbane. The American pilot takes Danny under his wing and as the tension begins to rise between the Yank and Aussie servicemen, Danny hatches a reckless revenge plan against those who took his brother.