On that November evening in 2016, as they parted ways at King’s Cross Station, Khaled and Hossam knew they would never see each other again. Yet a long friendship bound them together. Wandering alone through the streets, Khaled reflects on his life in exile, from his hasty departure from Benghazi to his arrival in London, when he was still a student driven by political ideals. His encounters with Hossam—a brilliant journalist who had long been living in the British capital—and Mustafa, another Libyan expatriate, would prove formative. Unlike his friends, who chose to return to their homeland to fight Gaddafi’s dictatorship, Khaled had put down roots in a life far from his own people. How much are the power of friendship and a love of literature worth in the face of the weight of regret?