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    Now and in the Hour of Our Death
    Now and in the Hour of Our Death
    Now and in the Hour of Our Death
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    Now and in the Hour of Our Death

    Written by Patrick Taylor

    Narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds

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    Patrick Taylor's first novel of the Irish Troubles, Pray for Us Sinners, introduced us to Provisional IRA bombmaker Davy MacCutcheon and the love of his life, Fiona Kavanagh. Davy planned to leave the Provos after one final mission. But the deadly mission backfired, and Davy ended up in prison. Six years later, in Now and in the Hour of Our Death, Fiona Kavanagh has found sanctuary in Vancouver, Canada. But news of a breakout at the Maze prison brings back memories she thought she'd left behind. Especially when she discovers that Davy is one of the escapees. Davy's desperate to go to Canada, but in exchange for the forged documents he needs to join Fiona, he must help one final attack against the British soldiers. Can Davy's love for Fiona transcend his commitment to a cause that led to his imprisonment? Will Davy threaten the peace Fiona has found in Canada? And does Fiona want him to? From secret IRA meetings in tense County Tyrone to the easy tranquility of Vancouver, Patrick Taylor describes with delicate precision and painstaking detail the events that set the escape plan in motion. This is a haunting, exultant prayer to the lives of those bound by the ties of patriotism and the intimate battles we fight to release our hearts from the fetters of love and loyalty.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateAug 15, 2014
    ISBN9781490631660
    Now and in the Hour of Our Death
    Author

    Patrick Taylor

    Patrick Taylor, M.D., was born and raised in Bangor County Down in Northern Ireland. Dr. Taylor is a distinguished medical researcher, offshore sailor, model-boat builder, and father of two grown children. He lives on Saltspring Island, British Columbia.

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    • 4/5
      Outstanding! When read back to back, Pray for us sinners and this book are an excellent way to spend some time. Superb characters, well woven plots, honest about the horrors of The Troubles while also having sharp wit and a genuineness I’ve not found in to many places. Read them. You’ll be glad you did.
    • 4/5
      Patrick Taylor is probably better known for his Irish Country books but as this books shows he can write a darker style of fiction too. This book takes place in Northern Ireland and also in Vancouver. Taylor has lived in both places and the little details he works into the writing make the settings very realistic.In 1983 the Irish Troubles were in full swing. The Irish Provisional Army (the Provos) had been fighting a guerrilla style war against the British army forces to gain independence in the six northern counties that had been left as part of Britain when the rest of Ireland gained indepence. Many civilians had been killed in the ongoing battle. Some Provos saw their deaths as a necessary evil but Davy McCutcheon had finally come to see them as unacceptable. In 1974 he had promised his girlfriend, Fiona Kavanagh, that he would do one final job and then emigrate to Canada with her. Instead he was caught by the British forces and imprisoned in the Kesh. Fiona left Ireland and moved to Vancouver herself where she tried to forget about Davy. Now Davy has a chance to break out of the Kesh with a bunch of other Provos. His friend Jimmy has just run into Fiona in Vancouver and sent him her picture. That impetus persuades him to join the breakout in the hopes he could be reunited with her. The odds against making it are long.It has always astonished me how bloody the conflict between holders of different religious faiths can become. The epilogue to this book starts out as follows:In the twenty-five years of internecine strife (1969-94) in Northern Ireland, 3,268 people were killed and more than thirty thousand wounded. The Troubles didn't even end in 1994 although a peace process started then. It took until 2007 for the process to finish. The British Army ended Operation Banner in July 2007, thirty-eight years after it started. In a way, I find it heartening to have lived to see this. If Northern Ireland could finally achieve peace then perhaps other areas of the world can also do so.