The Abstainer Author:Ian McGuire Manchester, England, 1867. The rebels will be hanged at dawn, and their brotherhood is already plotting its revenge. — Stephen Doyle, an Irish-American veteran of the Civil War, arrives in Manchester from New York with a thirst for blood. He has joined the Fenians, a secret society intent on ending British rule in Ireland by any means neces... more »sary. Head Constable James O’Connor has fled grief and drink in Dublin for a sober start in Manchester. His job is to discover and thwart the Fenians’ plans whatever they might be. When a long-lost nephew arrives on O’Connor’s doorstep looking for work, he cannot foresee the way his fragile new life will be imperiled -- and how his and Doyle’s fates will become fatally intertwined.« less