 Using extensive source material and new eyewitness accounts, it relates stories of the Hafto family, the Norwegian Campaign, the minesweeper "Thorodd" and its crew, the naval war off East Scotland, and the bonds between the Norwegians and the Scots are threaded together.The hardback version became a Scottish best-seller, and a paperback version was released in October 2009.Media attention renewed interest in Bamse in Norway.