Swifts and UsSwifts live almost entirely in the air. They eat, drink, sleep, mate and gather their nesting materials on the wing, fly thousands of miles across the world, navigating their way around storms, never lighting on tree, cliff or ground, until they return home with the summer.

But when Samuel moves in with the beautiful Rakel and her son Jonas in the remote house by the sea

while we live as though we have all the time in the world

a Ted Hughes scholar and scruffy romantic

A runaway with a privileged past

More than 40 years after it ended

But running

a remote forested region near to where Russia

and historical figures as you build the puzzle

And who wants absolutely nothing to do with her new stepmother

Their friends think they're crazy

frequently fearful yet ultimately brave man - a hero for his time and for ours

But on a riverside farm in Suffolk there is excitement of another kind