December 1944. The Germans have left, but the civil war begins. Nikos Dendrinos, Antigone, Doctor Karamanis Tramountanas, and the DSE fighter Katerina struggle for their beliefs and to keep their love alive amidst the absurdity of war.

A chronicle of 1944-1949 with gripping images, some of the memories of author Kostas Kyriazis, then a war correspondent, that remain etched in the mind. From the December events in Athens and Kalamata, to Thessaly, Pindos, Vitsi, and Grammos, the reader experiences the events. They will encounter generals Tsakalotos and Papagos, Velouchiotis, Vafiadis, Zachariadis, and Belogiannis, Churchill and President Truman, Secretary of State Marshall, and marshals Tito and Stalin in their rivalries over Greece.