"Too long a sacrifice can make a stone of the heart." William Butler Yeats from his poem 1916. We know how the story ends but do we really know how it all began? The improbable story between an American spy and his Irish asset that eventually became so much more: two damaged souls who found love despite the churning world around them.

"If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance" - George Bernard Shaw The final installment of the "Charlie Trilogy" that began with the birth of the O'Donovan family in "Sea and Change" and followed by the reveal of the past in "The Everlasting Present". Charlie is no longer a child and ready to strike out on his own. Can mayhem be far behind?

Michael, Fiona, and Charlie, reborn as the O'Donovan family, have successfully settled on the Iveragh Peninsula. Their lives are in transition as they make the switch from covert operatives to parents. With the Christmas season looming, difficulties arise in trying to make the holiday memorable for Charlie. A four part holiday story - Nollaig Shona Dhaoibh!