After war made the surface of the Earth inhabitable people have hidden in the underground City of Ember. The creators of the city left the important message that will help people 200 years later... if someone will still be interested in the message.
World-famous psychic Simon Silver plans his great comeback, university academic Margaret Matheson who debunks everything paranormal wants to bring him down as a fraud.
In 1918 Germans are preparing their final do-or-die push in the western front. Young British officer joins his unit just few days before offensive is about to start and tries to adapt to life in trenches.