{"product_id":"redemption-falls-9781416553175","title":"Redemption Falls","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eStar of the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eShadowplay\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ea novel of epic power, ferocious grit, indomitable resolve, and shattering romance, set in a savage and lawless Western Territory in the aftermath of the Civil War.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e1865--the Civil War is ending. Eighteen years after the Irish famine-ship \u003ci\u003eStar of the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e docked at New York, a daughter of its journey, Eliza Duane Mooney, sets out on foot from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, crossing a ravaged continent on a quest. Eliza is searching for a young boy she has not seen in four years, one of the hundred thousand children drawn into the war. His fate has been mysterious and will prove extraordinary. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is a walk that will have consequences for many seemingly unconnected survivors: the stunning intellectual Lucia-Cruz McLelland, who deserts New York City to cast her fate with mercurial hero James Con O'Keeffe--convict, revolutionary, and commander of a brigade of Irish immigrants in the Union Army turned governor of the desolate Western township of Redemption Falls; rebel guerilla Cole McLaurenson, who fuels his own gruesome Westward mission with the blind rage of an outlaw; and runaway slave Elizabeth Longstreet, who turns resentment into grace in a Western wilderness where nothing is as it seems. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eRedemption Falls\u003c\/i\u003e is a Dickensian tale of war and forgiveness, of strangers in a strange land, of love put to the ultimate test. Packed with music, poetry, and storytelling, this is \"a vivid mosaic of a vast country driven wild by war\" (\u003ci\u003eIrish Independent\u003c\/i\u003e) and a riveting tale of urgent contemporary resonance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eO'Connor, Joseph:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - JOSEPH O'CONNOR was born in 1963 and has written thirteen books, most recently the novel \u003ci\u003eStar of the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e, which sold a million copies around the world. His work has been published in thirty languages, and he also writes for the stage and screen. He lives with his wife and two sons in Dublin, Ireland.","brand":"Free Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50334645354770,"sku":"9781416553175","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7253e260-340a-416f-9bdf-a00896349f18.jpg?v=1727892628","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/redemption-falls-9781416553175","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}