Syuzhet romanu pochynayetʹsya 28 chervnya 1914 roku – dnya, yakyy nazavzhdy zminyv khid svitovoyi istoriyi. Pered heroyamy — i persh za vse Rilloyu, molodshoyu ​​donʹkoyu Enn i Hilberta Blaytiv — chotyry vazhki y bolisni roky tryvohy, strakhu y zhertovnosti, piznannya bolyu vtraty. . . ale nevymovna lyubov i beztsinnyy dukhovnyy rozvytok na tli velykoyi viyny. Nadzvychayno shchyra, zhyva i zavzhdy suchasna istoriya pro znayome zhyttya v nezvychaynykh, nepryrodnykh umovakh, yaka nazavzhdy zminytʹ heroyiv i chytachiv zaklyuchnoyi chastyny tsyklu romaniv pro dolyu Enn Shyrli.

Knyhy lehendarnoyi kanadsʹkoyi pysʹmennytsi Lyusi-Mod Monthomeri (1874–1942) vzhe ponad stolittya korystuyutʹsya velykym uspikhom u vsʹomu sviti. Shchoroku vykhodyatʹ milʹyony prymirnykiv u SSHA, Kanadi, Avstraliyi, Yevropi ta Aziyi.

Tse vosʹma i ostannya knyha seriyi Enn Shyrli v chudovomu ukrayinsʹkomu perekladi Anny Vovchenkovoyi.