Pino Lella, a young Italian boy, is as obsessed with music, girls, and himself as many of his peers. But everything changes when war invades his life. His home in Milan is destroyed by bombing, and Pino joins the underground resistance movement. He helps Jewish families cross the Alps to escape the fascists and meets Anna, whom he falls in love with. Yet to survive, Pino is forced to enlist in the German army, where he becomes the driver of Hans Leyers, an influential commander close to Adolf Hitler. Now his life is split between love for Anna and hatred of fascism.
Mark Sullivan’s novel "Under the Scarlet Skies" held the top-100 positions on Amazon for six months, receiving 12.5 thousand reviews and 80% five-star ratings—a rare achievement for a book. Pascal Pictures bought the adaptation rights, in which Tom Holland—famous for playing Spider-Man—will star.