In 1920s Ireland young doctor Damien O'Donovan prepares to depart for a new job in a London hospital. As he says his goodbyes at a friend's farm, British Black and Tans arrive, and a young man is killed. Damien joins his brother Teddy in the Irish Republican Army, but political events are soon set in motion that tear the brothers apart.
Keywords: british-army , british-empire , civil-war , colonialism , depressing , dublin-ireland , england , guerrilla-warfare , historical-fiction , independence , ira-irish-republican-army , ireland , irish , irish-civil-war-1922-23 , irish-history , mercenary , peace , resistance , sibling-relationship , traitor , underground