When the Sun Bursts

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Ireland, 1916.

The Irish nationalists are preparing to fight for their freedom from the British.

Lydia Fitzgerald, a Protestant land-owner, will play a crucial role in the war - and all for her German lover.

Lydia betrays her family and their place in the establishment when she begins to work in secret for the Irish rebels.

She helps to entangle them with the Germans, securing the Kaiser’s support for the Irish nationalists’ uprising while inviting German troops onto Irish soil.

Sadie McDonald, her one-time serving girl, is searching for the son she gave up under dark circumstances.

Her quest to get him back will lead her down a dangerous path as the city teeters on the brink of implosion.

When the Germans descend on the city with their Zeppelins, wreaking havoc among the fighting citizens and soldiers, the two women are thrown into the chaos of a war that Lydia helped to make.

They must survive the bloody conflict between soldiers, rebels and the threat from above in order to reunite with their loved ones.

As the uprising takes hold of the city, the lives and histories of the two women begin to intersect with far-reaching consequences.

'When the Sun Bursts' is a thrilling story of the fine line between love and war.

'A gripping, moving story, set against a turbulent backdrop.' - Robert Foster, best-selling author of 'The Lunar Code'.

John Maher has won many awards for his writing, among them the Francis McManus Short Story award , the P.J. O'Connor Radio Play award , the Marianne Pallotti fellowship to the Djerassi Resident Artists Program, California, and the Lar Cassidy Award Memorial Award. His stories have been broadcast on both R.T.E. Radio and the BBC. His fourth novel, 'When the Sun Bursts', was completed with the assistance of an Arts Council of Ireland Bursary in Literature. He lives in Ireland.

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