Greece after the triumph of the Forties, during the Occupation. A dark era for Greek history. A tyrannical life for the Greeks who unjustly had to live under the commands of the occupier. Everyone struggles to find a way to survive. They will resort to all means, but they will never forget their freedom. They will continue to fight for it. And amidst this horror, the children. Zoe, the unknown heroine known from this book, will try to understand. She will grow up in the horror of hunger, she will hope when the adults take up arms to shake off the yoke, she will cry, she will want - wasn't she a child? - to be happy. Around her, a strange world, harsh, heartless, running to escape, running to find a piece of bread, often only in the trash, the executions, the optimism that everything will end. Her eyes will see many things. She will hear more. She will suffer. She will know hope. She will live with it until the end of Evil comes. And it came. And the wild celebration of liberation took place. The goddess of Athens, Athena, also came down to the streets to celebrate with everyone. Zoe is twenty years old! A new world surrounds her. A new life awaits her...