The book covers Captain Samadi's memories of the beginning days of the Iraq-imposed war on Iran through his retirement as a naval commander.

Captain Houshang Samadi, commander of a 600-strong division during the Sacred Defense resisted wholeheartedly the Iraqi forces in a 34-day siege to save the strategic city of Khurramshahr. During the 34-day resistance, Samadi was injured 6 times but never retreated. He had a diary in which he recorded his every-day memories precisely.