As the storm of World War II breaks, Mick O Regan is a peaceful Sydney working-class boy. Yet he and the shining youth of his generation are cursed to enter a world of high-speed life and death. Like first-time Aussie backpackers they cross the planet to save the British Empire, their job on arrival the most dangerous of the War: flying for Royal Air Force Bomber Command. Based on a true Australian war story only w being brought to life by author Justin Sheedy s vivid historical fictions, Ghosts of the Empire is also a story of young people living life to the full while they can - in a blacked-out world where dance partners, sex and death flow in equal abundance. Though standing on its own as the white-knuckle excitement saga that it is, Ghosts of the Empire is the much-anticipated sequel to Nor the Years Condemn , Sheedy s highly acclaimed story of shining young men destined never to grow old. Ghosts , it is said, are the spirits of those who die violently, tragically, or when ripped from life too young. Ghosts of the Empire is their story.