The Star Of The Sea

In the bitter winter of 1847,TheStar of the Seasets sail from Ireland for New York. Amongst the passengers are a maidservant with a devastating secret, bankrupt Lord Merridith and his family, an aspiring novelist and a maker of revolutionary ballads. All in search of a new home in the Promised land, each is yet connected more deeply than they can possibly know... and a camouflaged killer is stalking the decks, hungry for vengeance and absolution.

Joseph O'Connor was born in Dublin. His novels includeCowboys and Indians(Whitbread Prize shortlist),Star of the Sea(Irish PostAward for Fiction, France's Prix Millepages, Prix Madeleine Zepter for European Novel of the Year),Redemption Falls,andGhost Light(Dublin One City One Book Novel, 2011). In 2012 he won the Irish PEN Award for Outstanding Achievement in Literature. His work has been published in thirty-five languages.

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