December 24th 1914 and all along the Western Front, soldiers are settling down for a night of disturbed sleep, foraging rats, and the evil attentions of enemy snipers. Suddenly from across No Man's Land comes the sound of singing.not sure at first what is happening the troops look at each other in disbelief and then slowly, slowly, they join in. This new novel explores the motivations for Irish soldiers, fighting for the British in the trenches of World War I. The inhumanity of war is slowly exposed and the complex issue of the Irish at the front is developed as some of the soldiers return to Ireland after the war, some injured physically, all hurt emotionally and psychologically.