DISASTER LEGACY
Disaster Legacy follows the struggles and challenges of the journey leading Sean McChesney-Dalton from Ireland to North America in the 19th century. The adventurer survives seafaring pirate attacks, the murder of his father and attempted killing of his mother. Dealing with a dysfunctional Uncle Liam's family from childhood, Sean narrowly escapes a hanging sentence as a young man. His Uncle Liam is instrumental in having the young family member charged for alleged terrorism and plotting to sink a visiting American merchant ship. Sean's girlfriend with ties to the New Republicans (IRA predecessors) helps the young adventurer escape eventually making his way to Canada.
Arriving at York Factory aboard the merchant ship Disaster, Sean carves out a career before marrying a First Nation woman and accepting an assignment to develop Canada's Hudson Bay Company prairie trading posts. Intrigue and suspense follow as the seaman turned successful business executive is selected by Hudson Bay executives to organize the first North American Great Lakes shipping company. He faces turmoil after the death of his native wife forcing the newly appointed executive to assume sole care of an infant daughter.
Sean is instrumental in helping defuse a Métis insurrection threat after discovering American ships smuggling arms to the rebels mixed with manufactured goods owned by his family's Irish firm. The details force Sean to reveal an unscrupulous partnership between his uncle Liam and the American shipping firm owned by his American stepfather's family firm. Death threats and family turmoil result when Sean successfully uncovers and helps destroy the illegal international arms syndicate involving his family. Returning to Ireland with his infant daughter he learns of a son born to his former girlfriend after the adventurer turned executive escaped from Ireland. Challenges continue after discovering the mother of his son, in partnership with his mother, are struggling to retain family ownership of the crumbling family industrial empire.
This exciting historical adventure novel follows adventures and romantic exploits the 19th century McChesney family dynasty from Ireland to North America ....
available in print edition at COLES BOOKS in the New Sudbury Shopping Center.
Arriving at York Factory aboard the merchant ship Disaster, Sean carves out a career before marrying a First Nation woman and accepting an assignment to develop Canada's Hudson Bay Company prairie trading posts. Intrigue and suspense follow as the seaman turned successful business executive is selected by Hudson Bay executives to organize the first North American Great Lakes shipping company. He faces turmoil after the death of his native wife forcing the newly appointed executive to assume sole care of an infant daughter.
Sean is instrumental in helping defuse a Métis insurrection threat after discovering American ships smuggling arms to the rebels mixed with manufactured goods owned by his family's Irish firm. The details force Sean to reveal an unscrupulous partnership between his uncle Liam and the American shipping firm owned by his American stepfather's family firm. Death threats and family turmoil result when Sean successfully uncovers and helps destroy the illegal international arms syndicate involving his family. Returning to Ireland with his infant daughter he learns of a son born to his former girlfriend after the adventurer turned executive escaped from Ireland. Challenges continue after discovering the mother of his son, in partnership with his mother, are struggling to retain family ownership of the crumbling family industrial empire.
This exciting historical adventure novel follows adventures and romantic exploits the 19th century McChesney family dynasty from Ireland to North America ....
available in print edition at COLES BOOKS in the New Sudbury Shopping Center.