Warlight follows fourteen-year-old Nathaniel and his sister Rachel in post-war London, where their parents mysteriously disappear and leave them under the care of an enigmatic man known only as The Moth. As the siblings navigate 1945's shadowed streets—still marked by the Blitz—they find themselves drawn into a world of intrigue and danger, uncertain whether their guardian is criminal or protector. Michael Ondaatje weaves a mesmerizing tale of violence, desire, and the unreliable nature of memory itself.
