The author narrates the battles in Famagusta in Cyprus in 1974, as he experienced them as a soldier, always on the front line, from the beginning of hostilities, the occupation of the city, the setting up of the firing line in Deryneia, to the encirclement of the city by the Turks.

The events are accompanied by the thoughts, reflections, and fears of the then nineteen-year-old author. The myth of the Quaix, the city's frogs that sang every night and awaited the return of the inhabitants to open the water channels, fill the tanks in the orchards, and water the trees, in order for the frogs to sing again and bring the city back to life, is intertwined in the narrative.