Irish Game

My father needs a pawn as he plays King with the Irish Mafia. Releasing me from the asylum walls that kept me from my revenge, I'm free to play a few games of my own. Games I plan on winning. The taste of revenge sits sweetly on my tongue as I watch her, Claire, my new obsession. I keep her safe in a cage made of glass. Safe from the cravings she stirs in me. I watch her, my hunger growing with every move she makes.

75 Things to Do In Ireland is your ultimate guide to the Emerald Isle’s most unforgettable activities. This is not just a list of places to see—it’s a handbook of immersive, interactive, and meaningful things to do that will help you connect with Ireland’s vibrant culture, breathtaking landscapes, and rich history. Whether you want to: Climb Ireland’s highest peak, Join a traditional music session in a mountain pub, Explore castles, lighthouses, and Viking ruins, Taste the country’s best seafood and craft beer, Dance with locals at rural festivals, Or cycle through remote ...

Into the woods. Count to ten. Only one of us comes home again. When a teenager disappears from her small Irish town and a therapist is brought in to break the silence of the only witness, old wounds are opened in a search that becomes a race against time—perfect for fans of God of the Woods...

From the #1 internationally bestselling author of Strange Sally Diamond and Unraveling Oliver—a brilliantly plotted, utterly immersive novel lauded by #1 New York Times bestselling author A.J. Finn as “extraordinary…crackles and snaps like a bonfire on a winter’s night.” My husband did...

Bloomsbury presents The Land of the Living and the Dead by Shauna Lawless, read by Aoife McMahon, Aidan Kelly, Clara Harte, Frank Laverty and Breffni Holahan. With war on the horizon, everything is at stake in this scintillating new novel from Shauna Lawless, the next volume in the critically...

Tragedy strikes the three Americans when Sarah Woodson is brutally taken from her home in Ireland - across the Irish Sea to the pastoral beauty of England’s Cotswold’s - and the horrors of a post-apocalyptic sex slave trade. Determined to escape her captors - including a monster who’s vowed never to let her leave England alive - and to survive the impossible journey of a thousand miles through the harsh Welsh wilderness, Sarah uses every resource she has to find her way home again.

Bloomsbury presents Dreams of Fire by Shauna Lawless, read by Dan Murphy and Lauren O'Leary. The immortals of Ireland renew their ancient warfare as the new generations come to terms with their place in the world. Part of Shauna Lawless’s critically acclaimed Gael Song series, the novella...

Sinn Féin is the most popular political party in both Northern Ireland and the Republic. A movement once synonymous with a paramilitary campaign is on the brink of taking real power through purely democratic means. But if Sinn Féin has mastered the art of electoral politics, it remains strangely opaque. Who really runs the party? How is it funded? And what can we expect of it as a party of government? Aoife Moore, Irish Journalist of the Year in 2021, explores these and other burning questions in The Long Game.

Bloomsbury presents Daughter of the Otherworld by Shauna Lawless, read by Clara Harte, Kevin Hely, Sam McArdle, Amy McAllister, and Gerry O'Brien. From the author of the Gael Song trilogy, an epic new historical fantasy set in the tumultuous, magical world of medieval Ireland during the time of...

Some people were born to take advantage of a bad situation—like Sinead Branigan, who has found a way to create happiness for a nation of childless couples by stealing and selling the babies of post-apocalyptic Ireland. When Mike and Sarah return from their search for John and Gavin, they find their home and compound deserted and their friends and family inexplicably gone without an apparent struggle. Will they be able to piece together the mystery in time to find their people? Or, like so many other things they’ve adjusted to in Ireland after the bomb, will they be forced to accept a ...

Aimee Jack Duffy Dark. Dangerous. Lethal. But so goddamn handsome It’s disgusting. When I ran into him, he pulled me under his spell. Little did I know, a night full of sinful pleasure would cost me my freedom. There are lots of lies this man is telling me. One of which is to marry him so he can keep me “safe”. My family is his enemy. He is my enemy. And all he wants is vengeance and blood. By the time I find out his true identity, it’s too late. A war between our families is brewing, and if I’m not careful, he’ll send me to my death. Jack I want revenge, but I want her more… ...

A fun family vacation turns into an apocalyptic nightmare when a couple and their young son find themselves trapped in the Irish countryside during an international crisis. With all contact outside the country gone, all electricity and all non-horse-powered vehicles useless, and desperate bands of outlaws roaming the Emerald Isle, the time has come for one soft American family to reach deep within for the reserve of brains and courage to survive.

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INSTANT TOP 10 IRISH BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR IRISH BOOK AWARDS NOVEL OF THE YEAR AN OBSERVER BEST DEBUT NOVELIST ‘A triumph … the funniest novel I've read in years’ SALLY ROONEY ‘A brilliant and bittersweet ode to young love’ IRISH TIMES 'One of my favourite books of the year’...

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Some decisions can be the death of you. After ten years of a brutal apocalypse, Sarah Donovan doesn’t want much. Just a place where she can live where people aren’t trying to kill her. A place where she can raise her daughter and live without fear. Unfortunately, it's all a little more than any sane person should hope for. In the thrilling climax to the Irish End Game series, Mike and Sarah launch into the unforgiving North Atlantic in a retrofitted tramp steamer with five pregnant women, eleven children and fifteen desperate people in the determined hope of finding that place. Will ...

From its earliest days, association football was seen not just as a contest between individuals and teams, but also between nations and peoples. The Irish national team was among the first in the world to participate in international competition in the early 1880s, but not everyone accepted it as a truly national entity. Sport in Ireland was disputed ground in a manner that was not the case elsewhere – even the term ‘football’ itself was a contested one. But soccer followers generally found no contradiction between their sporting and national loyalties, and the game found an important...

Mike Donovan sees himself as a reasonable man. It’s true he’s had to do some hard things in the five years since an EMP turned the lights out all over Ireland and the UK, but he’s always managed to keep his humanity. Until now. Until the day a singular threat comes crawling up to the drawbridge of Henredon Castle…a threat that attacks every moral or decent instinct Donovan ever had. How far will he go now to protect the people inside? Will he sacrifice the weak for the good of the whole? Will he turn his back on the love of his life? And can he do it in time to save any of them?

WINNER OF AN ABA AWARD. Innocent by day, killer by night: a dark, twisting thriller about a teen assassin’s attempt to live a normal life. Don't miss the second book in the trilogy, The Hummingbird Killer, out now. 'An electrifying debut!’ Chelsea Pitcher, author of This Lie Will Kill You...

The second book in the searing HER HIDDEN FIRE romantasy trilogy, perfect for fans of S. F. Williamson, Lynette Noni and Samantha Shannon. What happens when a girl escapes her fate? The hunt begins. Éadha has narrowly escaped the cruel grip of the Master Channellers on the back of a dragon...