Darkness Falling: A Novel of the Great Famine (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781916189300)

1845: . In Ireland the potato crop has failed ushering in a six-year period of famine and disease which will destroy a million lives and compel another million people to flee the country.

A woman cursed by a priest stands alone on a clifftop trying to summon up the courage to jump.

Her brother stands accused of murder and rebellion against the State.

Surrounded by a troop of soldiers a landlord destroys the homes of his tenants leaving them to die on the hillsides.

The British Government responds to the crisis, reshaping Irish society with disastrous results.

Darkness Falling is a story of lives destroyed by the misuse and abuse of power, of betrayal and greed, and of survival and courage in the face of horror.