The Rising of the Moon Author:William Martin Irish immigrant Tom Tracy knows the thrill of being a rising aide to a Boston politician, and of making love to Rachel Levka, the daughter of a Russian Jewish businessman. But when a fiery rebel named Padraic Starr arrives in Boston and murders a British agent, the ambitious young American and the remarkable woman he loves are pulled into Starr&... more »#39;s dark wake. Now Tracy must choose between his life in America and fighting for freedom in Ireland. Rachel must choose between her love for one man and her desire for another. And both must risk their lives as a desperate plot primes a nation to explode on Easter Sunday 1916 -- the day that Ireland would forever call ... The Rising of the Moon.« less