Blood for Blood

She is a child of the gutter, the daughter of a whore. She is the bastard child of the last king of Umaill.

With a swift ship and a loyal crew, Mary turns a handsome profit smuggling contraband. Life is good for all until the wretched Síol Faolcháin, a powerful Irish clan jealous of her success, wants what is hers. After Mary takes the head of a clan chieftain, she is forced to flee to the New World.

But no one can run from the Síol Faolcháin forever. The clan lures Mary into a trap at an old mill and sets the mill on fire. Mary escapes the flames but her lover, her heart’s true joy, dies saving her. Beset with rage, blood for blood becomes Mary’s daily, ungodly prayer.

But with England and Spain locked in barbarous war, Mary must put aside her desire for revenge. She is honor bound to answer a call-to-arms from the Tudor Queen and sails with the English fleet with her ships and men to battle the Spanish colossus.

After the two kingdoms have spilt oceans of blood and spent themselves, Mary returns to Ireland to settle all debts. The Síol Faolcháin will kill her, or she will kill them, but Mary will run no more.

Based on true historical events, this is a tale about war and adventure, about love, betrayal and revenge.