The continuing saga of Ted and Tina Neyler's family. After years in America, Mark returns to New Zealand. There he finds a son he cannot understand - and the beginning of a new romance. In England, Tina's family is growing up. When the Great War starts, Frank joins up, but one terrible day in the trenches change him for ever. Louis, the eternal optimist, returns unscathed from the War to find his wife and mistress have met.