Fintan O?Neill?s no hero. There?s not a lot of money in 17th century Ireland, but the likeable, withdrawn 15-year-old?s the poorest kid in Waterford, living on a small tenant farm with a tough
cynical mother, forced to do what she?s had to for her and her boy to survive. The sudden arrival of Fintan?s older cousin Ruari, an ex-soldier with a troubled past, has turned Fintan?s world
upside down. Appointing himself a stand in father figure, Ruari leads Fintan into a world of vice and violence. But Fintan never thought an evening pub venture would end up in Ruari?s death.
And he absolutely never counted on Ruari dumping a strange-looking coin into his lap with a dying request to return it to its original owner.
