Pirates and crooked rulers make seventeenth-century Ireland a dangerous place.
When Tom feels rejected by his father, he finds a secret second family among the group of smugglers who trade in and around Roaringwater Bay.
Though Tom doesn’t know it, his family in the Big House is under huge pressure. His father has had savage losses in business; his mother is always sad and worried, and his sisters have no hopes for a good future. This is seventeenth-century Ireland when cut-throat interests control everybody and everything, and land-grabbing is the order of the day. Friend turns into foe, and loyalty counts for nothing.
From his new family, Tom learns all about boats and smuggling – and secret treasure. And then Tom discovers the best-kept secret of all ...
- ISBN10 1847172075
- ISBN13 9781847172075
- Publish Date 16 April 2012
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 31 March 2024
- Publish Country IE
- Imprint O'Brien Press Ltd
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 272
- Language English