He had just lost his mother. His father the year before. And their house had been burned to the ground. But it wasn't their house, of course. This was Ireland in 1811, and the English held all the cards. With nothing left, Pat would leave. To the island of Talamh Én Eisc. The one the Britons call Newfoundland. To freedom. Stained with tragedy and disease, a boy crosses a dangerous Atlantic, peppered with American raiders and Napoleon's frigates, in a vessel that would become one of the first 'coffin ships'. This is the story of Patrick MacGormain, chronicling his trials and triumphs while forging a life of his own in the New World, moving in parallel with his friend and confidante, Edward Comerford: a dwarf of sharp wit and noble birth on a different path. Based on true events. [Complete]
22 parts