Redmond Carmen’s life is built on routine.

A small home near the harbor.

A wife who keeps things together.
Three children growing up around him while he keeps his focus on work.

Each morning begins the same way.
Each day follows a familiar rhythm at the railway station.

Until the smoke appears.

As a fire spreads across Halifax Harbor, it draws little more than passing curiosity, until a single telegram breaks through the routine and demands action.

What follows is a moment of urgency, a decision made in seconds… and a realization that comes far too late.

A story about duty, distance, and the cost of the things left unsaid.

Two orphaned brothers survive on the streets of St. Petersburg by stealing food and sleeping wherever they can find shelter. One winter night they climb into a railcar to escape the cold, only to wake up on a train carrying weapons to the front.

Their journey leads them to Osowiec Fortress, a remote Russian stronghold surrounded by marshland and war. What begins as luck soon places the boys in the middle of one of the most terrifying moments of the First World War.

Through the eyes of a twelve year old runner named Yuri, we witness the day a new weapon arrived at the fortress.

And the men who answered it.

1914, Leuven Belgium.

Archives Assistant Elina de Smet senses the German army may not appreciate the art of books as she does. With the help of her boss she vows to remove and store as much material off site as she can, just in case.