An Irishman's Odyssey

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A fugitive fleeing the gallows. A soldier forged in battle. A hero returning home.</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>In 1832 Ireland is in the grip of the Tithe War and County Kilkenny is a powder keg waiting to explode. When teenage friends Liam Flaherty and Michael Nolan stand against the British constables to protect a widow's farm the consequences are deadly. With his best friend hanged for murder and a bounty on his own head Liam is forced to leave his grieving mother and flee his homeland to escape the same dark fate.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Smuggled aboard the </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Primrose</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> Liam arrives in New Orleans where he attempts to build a new life. But after a passionate affair with a wealthy widow leaves him heartbroken Liam seeks purpose in the ranks of the United States Army-a decision that will plunge him into the heart of America's most brutal conflicts.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>From the humid swamps of Florida to the dusty plains of the West Liam's journey is one of survival and resilience. He rises from a green recruit to a hardened leader becoming the sole survivor of the infamous Dade Massacre during the Seminole Wars. His odyssey continues through the heat of the Mexican-American War and the fratricidal bloodshed of the Civil War where he commands a regiment at the Battle of Wilson's Creek and rises to the rank of Brevet Colonel-a man forged by </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>terror</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> and loss but imbued with </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>great inner strength</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> and seeking </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>redemption</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>After decades of service a chance encounter on a transatlantic voyage introduces Liam to Lucinda Poitier a love that offers him a second chance at happiness. Liam and Lucinda triumphantly return to his struggling village where their courage and strength drive the improvement of the local economy and infrastructure-a lasting testament to the extraordinary journey of a man who never forgot those who influenced him.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Spanning seventy years and two continents </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>An Irishman's Odyssey</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> is a sweeping historical saga of </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>heartache</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> terror war romance and the enduring call of home.</span></p><p></p>