Against the backdrop of the bombing campaign in Britain and the Northern Ireland Hunger Strike, a young woman joins a terrorist operation which takes three people hostage. Over the days of their captivity, she questions her own involvement and the history of Ireland which has brought her to this point.
Paul
After 18 years as a friar, Peter is no longer sure of his vocation. It is a happy life, maybe too much so, and now he has met Clare. Will his doubts run away with him? Runaway friars are officially "fugitives" who must be persuaded back to their order. Author Sean Walsh fled the Franciscan order to become first a journalist, then a playwright and is now a radio drama producer in Ireland.
Brother Pius
Set in the near future. As a consequence of an ecumenical movement (Vatican Council IV), the Catholic Church has joined other religions and has eliminated much of the original dogma of Catholicism. A group of Irish monks rebel against this situation and react back to the past: they begin to say Mass in Latin and act according to traditional Catholic dogma. So, Rome decides to send a representative to investigate what is happening
Countryman in Pub
영국 정보부의 비밀 요원으로 일하는 조셉 리어던은 맥킨토시로부터 임무를 부여받고, 유태인 도둑으로 위장한다. 그리고, 그는 다이아몬드 강도 사건으로 경비가 삼엄한 교도소에 수감된다. 그는 그곳에서 러시아 스파이 소머즈를 만나, 교도소의 한 그룹이 벌이고 있는 대규모 탈옥사건에 휘말린다.
